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Amplify Your Book’s Magic With a Moonbeam Award!

Entering the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards presents a fantastic opportunity to gain recognition for your exceptional children’s books across a wide range of categories. Whether your work shines in Picture Books, Young Adult Fiction, or Educational Titles, there’s a category that fits your creative vision!

Participating in the awards offers numerous benefits, including heightened visibility, esteemed accolades, and increased credibility within the children’s publishing community. Be sure to follow the submission guidelines and choose to submit your book online or by mail. We invite you to seize this chance to showcase your talent and inspire young readers with your remarkable contributions!

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Benefits

  • Increased Visibility
  • Increased Credibility
  • Boost Media Exposure

Medalist

Explore award-winning children’s books and join us in celebrating the authors, illustrators, and publishers who have made a magical impact with their imaginative works. These creators shape stories and adventures, providing young readers with joy, inspiration, and a love for reading that lasts a lifetime.

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Guidelines

With entries open to authors, illustrators, publishers, and self-publishers of children's books published from 2023 to 2025, submissions are evaluated based on creativity, storytelling, and design quality, emphasizing originality and impact. Continue reading for details on eligibility, categories, entry fees, and deadlines!

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Categories

The Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards boast over 45 categories, celebrating exceptional titles in every genre of children's literature, from picture books to young adult fiction. Whether your work is in print or digital format, there's a category that showcases your unique storytelling and creativity.

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Moonbeam Children’s Book awards are a great way to enhance your author reputation, provide the very-necessary social proof, and gain traction in the crowded book market for indie authors. Their application process is simple, and the care and marketing support for their award winners is stellar. Highly recommend!
 

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2024 Silver Medalist for Divided: Book One in the Divided Series (Manifold Publishing LLC)

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