Writing for Babies Call for Manuscripts

As part of our ongoing involvement with early literacy in New Brunswick, the Early Childhood Centre at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, in concert with Born to Read NB, is sponsoring a province-wide English-language "writing for babies" manuscript search.

The winning author will have their manuscript illustrated by a New Brunswick illustrator. 6000 copies will be printed for distribution through the Born to Read, Books for Babies programme in 2006. Born to Read is a provincial program, funded by numerous individuals and organizations. The mandate of Born to Read is to provide every newborn with quality, age-appropriate books in an effort to instill a love of reading in children.

The text must be appropriate for babies, not for older children.

The winner will have his or her manuscript illustrated by a New Brunswick illustrator.

A prize in the amount of $2,500, constituting a royalty advance will be awarded to the winner.

Your book will land in the laps of thousands of New Brunswick newborns over the next year.

Please visit www.unbf.ca/education/ecc/what for more information.