SLVR Children's Book Awards 2025
SLVR Children's Book Awards 2025
#slvr2025 finalists
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WRITING EXCELLENCE
This category recognises excellence in storytelling, including strong narrative structure, engaging language and age-appropriate tone. Whether it's lyrical, funny, heartfelt, or clever - this award honours outstanding writing.
BIG FEELINGS & BEYOND
For books that help children understand, express and navigate their emotions or physical health. This category recognises stories that support mental health, emotional and psychical resilience and wellbeing, including topics like anxiety, body awareness, healthy habits, mindfulness, grief and more.
PICTURE PERFECT
This one’s all about the visuals. For books that shine through their artwork, whether hand-drawn, painted or digitally illustrated. Judges will consider style, technique, originality and how well the illustrations enhance the story.
MOST HUMOROUS BOOK
We’re looking for giggles, chuckles and full-on belly laughs. This category celebrates books with humour, quirky characters, playful storytelling, or unexpected silliness that kids love.
FOR GREATER GOOD
This award honours creators using their work to spark change, raise awareness or give back to communities.
WILDCARD
This category is for any children's book that doesn't quite fit the others - whether it's for older readers, a unique format, or published through a hybrid or vanity press. As long as it's a non-traditionally published children's book released in printed form between 2022 and 31st August 2025, it’s welcome here!
MOST HEARTWARMING
For the book that gives you all the feels. A story that inspires kindness, empathy, hope or brings a tear to the eye. Sweet, meaningful and full of heart.
CELEBRATING DIVERSITY
Celebrating books that champion inclusivity and representation. This category is for stories that reflect diverse voices, cultures, abilities, genders and identities - books that help all children feel seen, valued and understood.
Celebrating excellence in independently published children's books.
The aim of the 2025 SLVR Children's Book Awards is to recognise & celebrate the outstanding work of self-published creatives.
In an industry that often overlooks self published books, we're here to shake things up - because if the industry won’t acknowledge the brilliance of self-published books, we’ll do it ourselves.
SLVR CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDS 2025
it's time to celebrate the independent creators who do it all themselves
Good luck to the SLVR Children's Book Awards 2025 Finalists!
The winner for each category, as well as "Book of the Year" will be announced at the Gala on October 11, 2025.
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