We would like to thank the many talented authors who submitted their works for our Kraken Book Prize. It was such a pleasure reading your manuscripts and we deeply appreciate the opportunity to consider them for our prize. After a challenging selection process, we are proud to have narrowed down our 2022 longlist to the following four:
2022 Kraken Book Prize longlist
Susan Lloyd-Davis for Pinkie’s Turnabout
Mark Gallant for The Ballad of Sammi Mae
Robert Walcott for The Extraordinary House on the Ordinary Lane
Sandy Grubb for Just Like Click
The 2022 Kraken Book Prize winner will be announced May 30.
The 2023 Kraken Book Prize for Middle-Grade Fiction will open for submissions January 15, 2023 – April 15, 2023.
