Longlist judges from top left:

Top row: Adult judges
Bobita Dey, Senior Business Analyst and former co-chair of Simon & Schuster Int'l DEI  Council
Mohammed Shaikh, Blogger
Jane Graham Maw, Literary Agent at Graham Maw Christie

Second row: YA judges 
Caroline Fielding, YLG National Conference Exhibition Manager
Pauline Mutebe, Personal Assistant and Publishing Assistant 
Charlotte Murphy, Personal Assistant and Book Blogger 

Third row: Children's judges
Tom Griffith, Headteacher and Children’s Book Blogger
Karen Whittingham, Acquisitions and Engagement Librarian
Sarah Keshani, Secondary School English Teacher and Children’s Book blogger 

Last row: Picture Book judges
Maya McKenzie,  Assistant Head Teacher of Inclusion and SENDco
Alison Leach, Director of BooksForTopics
Ian Eagleton, Children's Author