2016 Text Prize Shortlist Announcement

Um, okay, so this happened to me today:

Yeah, that’s my picture in the top left corner…

Because, um, yeah, my unpublished book, Black Spot, has been shortlisted for the 2016 Text Prize, run by Text Publishing in Melbourne, Australia. It’s a competition for unpublished manuscripts written for children and young adults.

This is kind of embarrassing to admit for a writer… but I have no words!

Except… yay! And *happy dancing* that no words can describe!