{"id":962,"date":"2014-07-15T11:34:28","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T11:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/?p=962"},"modified":"2014-08-13T07:34:21","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T07:34:21","slug":"kelpies-prize-celebrates-tenth-anniversary-with-2014-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/07\/15\/kelpies-prize-celebrates-tenth-anniversary-with-2014-shortlist\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelpies Prize celebrates tenth anniversary of launch with 2014 shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/kelpiesprize\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-965\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/KP-logo-2014-text-1024x272.jpg\" alt=\"KP-logo-2014-text\" width=\"600\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/KP-logo-2014-text-1024x272.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/KP-logo-2014-text-300x79.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Every year as part of the <a title=\"Kelpies Prize information\" href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/kelpiesprize\/\">Kelpies Prize<\/a>, we look for the best unpublished children\u2019s fiction with a Scottish twist. This year, the Kelpies Prize is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its launch and since February, our judges have been working their way through a mountain of entries to find our three finalists for this year\u2019s prize \u2013 and they certainly weren\u2019t disappointed!<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re delighted to announce that the books shortlisted for the Kelpies Prize 2014 are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Superpower Project <\/em>by Paul J. Bristow<\/li>\n<li><em>The Mixed-Up Summer of Lily McLean <\/em>by Lindsay Littleson<\/li>\n<li><em>My Fake Brother<\/em> by Joan Pratt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Superpower Project <\/strong>is a comic adventure set in Glasgow\u2019s Clydeside, as best friends Megan and Cam follow a mysterious map left behind by Megan\u2019s gran. They think the map might help them work out the superpowers they\u2019ve suddenly developed&#8230; But can the map explain their new, rather unusual powers? And will it help them save their hometown from strange and sinister forces?<\/p>\n<p><em>Paul Bristow has written folktales, comics and ghost stories as part of heritage group Magic Torch. By day, Paul lives in Greenock and manages The Dutch Gable House for Inverclyde Community Development Trust.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s holiday time in <strong>The Mixed-Up Summer of Lily McLean<\/strong>. At home in Largs, Lily\u2019s stuck in the middle: stuck in the middle of teenage tantrums and fierce fights for the TV remote. So it\u2019s a big relief when Gran offers to take her on a holiday to Millport, just the two of them. But a strange voice seems to be telling Lily not to go in this story of family love and how mixed-up it can be.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lindsay Littleson is a primary school teacher in Renfrewshire. She has only been writing since January this year, but has already published a short story with Walker Books, in addition to being shortlisted for the Kelpies Prize 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kamryn has a new foster brother in <strong>My Fake Brother<\/strong>, but she doesn\u2019t need a new brother and certainly not \u2018crazy\u2019 Ross, with his secrets and ominous warnings. And then there\u2019s the weird texts Kamryn\u2019s been getting. They\u2019re crazy too. Maybe Ross\u2019 \u201ccrazy things\u201d and Kamryn\u2019s crazy messages are all connected, part of a bigger, crazier secret.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joan Pratt trained as a primary school teacher and taught in Drumchapel, Glasgow for a number of years. Her time in Glasgow\u2019s East End inspired her real-life plots and brave, feisty characters.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It won\u2019t be long until you can find out which will be the latest addition to <a title=\"Our Kelpies Books\" href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/subjects\/kelpies\">our Kelpies list<\/a>. The winner of the Kelpies Prize 2014 will be announced at a ceremony at the <a title=\"Edinburgh International Book Festival 2013\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edbookfest.co.uk\/\">Edinburgh International Book Festival<\/a> on Thursday 14th August 2014.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Want to enter next year\u2019s Prize?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Manuscripts are now invited for submission to the Kelpies Prize 2015. The deadline is 28 February 2015 and for full rules and guidelines, you can <a title=\"Enter the 2014 Kelpies Prize\" href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/kelpiesprize\/enter.html\">read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year as part of the Kelpies Prize, we look for the best unpublished children\u2019s fiction with a Scottish twist. 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