Calling All Independent Publishers: Enter the 2025 Kindle Storyteller Award!

Are you a self-published author with a story that sparks imagination, ignites curiosity, or brings young readers on a magical journey? If so, this is your moment to shine! 🌟

The 2025 Kindle Storyteller Award is now open for entries—and it could be your ticket to £20,000 and the recognition your story truly deserves!

🗓️ Key Dates:

Submissions are open from May 1st to August 31st, 2025.

Whether your book features talking animals, brave young heroes, enchanted lands, or giggle-inducing bedtime tales, children’s books are welcome in this all-genre competition—as long as it’s published in English through Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP).

🏆 What’s at Stake?

• £20,000 grand prize for the winning author

• Kindle Scribes for finalists

• And perhaps the most exciting reward of all: the love and support of readers around the world—many of whom will help select the winner!

  
  

✅ How to Enter:

It’s easy! Just follow these steps:

1. Publish your children’s book on kdp.amazon.co.uk between May 1 and August 31, 2025

2. Make sure it’s available as both an eBook and paperback

3. Enroll your book in KDP Select

4. Add the keyword "StorytellerUK2025" to your book’s metadata

5. That’s it—you’re in!

📚 You can even check if your book is officially entered by searching your book’s ASIN on the contest page.

💡 Why This Is Big for Kids’ Authors:

This isn’t just a prize—it’s a platform. Winning or even being shortlisted in the Kindle Storyteller Award could bring your book into the hands of thousands of families and educators across the UK and beyond.

Your story could be the next one a child begs to hear “just one more time” before bed. 💤💕

So if you’ve been sitting on that rhyming picture book, action-packed middle-grade adventure, or heartwarming tale of friendship, now’s the time to share it with the world.

Ready to inspire the next generation of readers? Submit your story to the 2025 Kindle Storyteller Award and let your imagination lead the way.

📖✨ Good luck, storytellers!