The Young Quills Awards for Historical Fiction are annual awards that recognize the best in historical fiction for young people. The way the HA organises the awards is that publishers nominate their new historical fiction books from the previous year, copies of those books are sent to schools, and the reviews of...

The Young Quills Awards for Historical Fiction are annual awards that recognize the best in historical fiction for young people. The way the HA organises the awards is that publishers nominate their new historical fiction books from the previous year, copies of those books are sent to schools, and the reviews of...

The Young Quills books for each year must be published for the first time in English in the year preceding the competition – so 2021 for this year’s selection. Divided by age suitability the books are given to schools on the condition that the children and young people there write...

The Young Quills books for each year must be published for the first time in English in the year preceding the competition – so 2022 for this year’s selection. Divided by age suitability the books are given to schools on the condition that the children and young people there write...

Each year, the Historical Association runs ‘Young Quills’, a competition for published historical fiction for children and young adults (14+). The Young Quills books for each year must be published for the first time in English in the year preceding the competition – so 2022 for this year’s selection.  Our...

6-9 years category: The Closest Thing to FlyingBy Gill Lewis, Oxford University Press 10-13 years category: Our Castle by the SeaBy Lucy Strange, Chicken House 14 years + category: The Stolen OnesBy Vanessa Curtis, Usborne Publishing  Highly commended: 6-9 years category: Winter of the Wolves By Tony Bradman, Bloomsbury 10-13...

We are delighted to announce the 2022 competition winners for the Historical Association’s Young Quills Awards for Historical Fiction for children and young adults:  Ages 5–9 years category: Winner: The Chessmen Thief by Barbara Henderson, Pokey Hat, Cranachan PublishingHighly commended: The Valley of Lost Secrets by Lesley Parr, Bloomsbury Publishing  Ages 10–13...