Registration is open now for this year's Hampshire Book Award for Year 8s. 

You will find the registration letter and form on the SLS/Awards page; the closing date for registration is Wednesday 1 February 2017.

Some other important dates to get in the diary:

• Launch: w/c 20 March 2017
• Voting Day: Tuesday 4 July 2017

If you haven't already done so, you have only days left in which to send your Year 9 pupils' preferred suggestions for this year's shortlist. We value your and their contributions to this process.