Join us for the FREE launch of Undiscovered Voices 2026!
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS EXCITING COMPETITION!
If you’re an unpublished, un-agented children’s author, don’t miss this opportunity to attend the online launch of the next SCBWI Undiscovered Voices competition for unpublished fiction writers.
At this event you’ll hear from Chris Snowdon, Managing Director of our sponsor, Working Partners, Natascha Biebow, Co-regional advisor of SCBWI- BI and our SIX JUDGES for 2026:
literary agents Julia Churchill, Becky Bagnell, junior agent Saskia Leach, and publishing editors Frances Taffinder, Charlie Selvaggi-Castelletti and Tierney Holm.
Get TOP TIPS on what the judges will be looking for, discover how the competition has launched the careers of over fifty debut authors, and find out how you can make your submission a real winner.
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The Undiscovered Voices Anthology aims to celebrate a diverse range of unagented and unpublished children’s fiction from members of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) British Isles and Europe. SCBWI British Isles’ UV competition runs every two years, supported by the generous sponsorship of Working Partners.
UV2026 is FREE to enter, but only unagented and unpublished members of SCWBI living in the UK and Europe (writing in the English language) are eligible. Click the link below to JOIN! Other entry requirements and rules for writers wishing to apply can be found on the UV website.
Submissions open 3 July 2025 and close at midnight on 8 September 2025. When submissions open, a link to an online form will appear on this website. A panel of children’s book editors and agents will make the final selection for the anthology, and the long-list will be announced in December 2025 and the selected entries will be revealed in January 2026. The judges’ decision is final.