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2026 Junior Juries’ Registration Form
To register please complete all parts of this form.
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KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards here.
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1.
Name of Group Leader/Primary contact
(Required.)
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2.
Group Leader/Primary contact role
(Required.)
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3.
Name of School/Organisation
(Required.)
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4.
School/Organisation address
(Required.)
Address
Address 2
City/Town
State/Province
Postal Code/Eircode
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5.
We are based in:
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Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
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Group Leader/Primary contact telephone number
(Required.)
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7.
Group Leader/Primary contact email address
(Required.)
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8.
Total number of students in your Junior Jury.
(Required.)
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9.
Breakdown by numbers of your class/group
(Required.)
Boys:
Girls:
Other:
Prefer not to say:
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SCHOOL GROUPS
Please indicate grouping that applies. (tick all relevant options)
Primary
Secondary
Special School
Full Class Group
Other (please specify)
11.
BOOK CLUBS/READING GROUPS
Reading Group/Book Club
Other (please specify)
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Is your group a Gaelscoil/ Gaelcholáiste/ or does your group include young readers who are fluent Irish speakers?
Yes
No
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13.
Age range of readers
(Required.)
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14.
Has your group taken part in the Junior Juries' programme before?
(now the Junior Juries but called the Shadowing Scheme until 2019)
(Required.)
Yes
No
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15.
Would your group like to apply to receive books from the shortlist?
Please note this is only open to some school-based groups and is not a cash grant. There are limited numbers of books available. These will be given to groups that show most need, (see Q.20 below)
(Required.)
Yes
No
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Would your group like to apply for an online or in-person event with a shortlisted author or illustrator?
Please note this is only open to some school-based groups and is aimed at one class/group and not a whole-school event. Children’s Books Ireland event guidelines can be accessed to follow best practice. These will be given to groups that show most need, (see Q.20 below)
(Required.)
Online
In-person
Either/or
No
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Would your group like to apply for an in-person event with a KPMG volunteer, taking place on 26th March at 10–11:30am?
Please note this is only open to some school-based groups and is aimed at one class/group and not a whole-school event.
(Required.)
Yes
No
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Would your group like to take part in the Junior Juries’ video, shooting date TBC, and other ad hoc media opportunities?
Please note that all young people taking part need signed guardian/parental permission.
Groups will be gifted copies of the shortlisted books where required, to take advantage of these opportunities. Group members must have read and be familiar with the content and theme of these books and confident to speak about them on camera.
(Required.)
Yes
No
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19.
Are you happy for your application to be considered for other Children’s Books Ireland projects?
Children’s Books Ireland is committed to treating your data sensitively with GDPR requirements. To see our privacy policy, please visit our
website here.
(Required.)
Yes
No
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Applications for books or author/illustrator visits will be given to those groups who show most need. In 150 words or less, please let us know why your school group should be considered.
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