{"id":974,"date":"2014-08-15T11:29:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T11:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/?p=974"},"modified":"2014-08-15T11:29:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T11:29:00","slug":"kelpies-prize-2014-winner-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/08\/15\/kelpies-prize-2014-winner-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelpies Prize 2014 winner announced!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/KP-logo-2014-text.jpg\"><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><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We&#8217;ve battled through a mountain of entries, spent six months reading all day every day, met three wonderful shortlisted authors, hosted one glamourous awards ceremony, and now we&#8217;re delighted to finally announce the winner of the <a title=\"Kelpies Prize information\" href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/kelpiesprize\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kelpies Prize 2014<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A hearty congratulations to Lindsay Littleson and her charming tale of family love and how mixed up it can be, <em>The Mixed-Up Summer of Lily McLean<\/em>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Joined by Paul Bristow and Joan Pratt, <a title=\"Read about the Kelpies Prize 2014 shortlist\" href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/07\/15\/kelpies-prize-celebrates-tenth-anniversary-with-2014-shortlist\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">shortlisted for <em>The Superpower Project<\/em> and <em>My Fake Brother<\/em><\/span><\/a>, all three of our shortlisted authors were treated to a reading of their work by <a title=\" Time Travel Triumph at the Scottish Children\u2019s Book Awards\" href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/03\/05\/time-travel-triumph-at-the-scottish-childrens-book-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\">recent Scottish Children&#8217;s Book Award winner Janis Mackay<\/a> at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. There was great excitement as bestselling Young Adult author Claire McFall took to the stage afterwards with the all-important prize envelope. Each story was praised for strong characters and original storytelling, but in the end it was Lindsay\u2019s gentle humour, believeable family relationships and touching plot that proved a firm favourite with the judges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lindsay dreamed of being a writer when she was little but found that real life kept getting in the way! Now a primary school teacher in Renfrewshire, she finally found the time to try children&#8217;s writing in January this year and has already published a short story with Walker Books.<em> The Mixed-Up Summer of Lily McLean<\/em>, her first children\u2019s book, will be published in our Kelpies range in Spring 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Well done Lindsay, and congratulations to Paul and Joan on being shortlisted!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSCF4523.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-978\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSCF4523-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF4523\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSCF4523-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSCF4523-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSCF4523.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kelpies Prize 2014 Winner: The Mixed-Up Summer of Lily McLean, by Lindsay Littleson<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At home in Largs, Lily\u2019s stuck in the middle. Stuck in the middle of her big sister\u2019s teenage tantrums with mum. Stuck in the middle of her younger brothers fighting all day for the TV remote. Only her baby sister Summer seems to like spending time with her. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So it\u2019s a big relief when Gran offers to take Lily on a holiday to Millport, just the two of them. But it\u2019s the weirdest thing. Lily keeps hearing a strange voice telling her not to go. It tells her that Millport \u2014 safe, small Millport \u2014 is dangerous. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Just what could be dangerous about a summer holiday with Gran?<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Want to enter next year\u2019s Prize?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">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\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">read more here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve battled through a mountain of entries, spent six months reading all day every day, met three wonderful shortlisted authors, hosted one glamourous awards ceremony, and now we&#8217;re delighted to finally announce the winner of the Kelpies Prize 2014. 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