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MBFR SHORTLIST...
Don’t forget to buy MIZZ MAG on 8th JULY to see who which six lucky readers have been shortlisted for the 2010 MY BEST FRIEND ROCKS award… choosing has been tough, as the entries were SO brilliant this year!
All the judges have have their say, and I have spent a few days sifting through the longlist and whittling it down – in the photo you can see my cat Pepper ‘helping’! The shortlist will be announced in Mizz mag’s 8th July issue, so don’t miss out. Shortlisted readers will then be informed by mail, too, and I’ll see them for the fabby award ceremony at this year’s EDINBURGH FESTIVAL. Woo hoo!
If you live in the North West, see if you can come along to my event at the MANCHESTER CHILDREN’S BOOK FESTIVAL on Saturday July 3rd… I’ll have some exclusive taster chapters from Cherry Crush to give out!
For more info on my EDINBURGH FESTIVAL event or on the MANCHESTER CHILDREN’S BOOK FESTIVAL one, check out the EVENTS page on my website!
Last but not least, good news… Thanks to your brilliant nominations, I have been shortlisted for the 2010 QUEEN OF TEEN award. Yay! It’s time for you to get voting – and tell your friends, too! Just click QUEEN OF TEEN to cast your vote. It’s a pretty cool shortlist… scary biscuits!

Kate says...
hey Cathy! I am counting down the days to July 8th to find out about the MBFR ! Soooo glad you are shortlisted for QoT and hope you win :D xx
Robyn says...
Well done Cathy!!! You deserve it for writing fabulous books!!!! I am going to vote for you!!!
Ellie says...
You rock Cathy, you definitely deserved it! I love writing too, so I’m a tad envious but can’t help loving you!!!!
Elaine says...
Can’t wait for MBFR results! Wish I could come to your event would love 2 read a bit of Cherry Crush but I live 2 far away :(. So glad that you are shortlisted for Queen of Teen I voted for you!;)
beth says...
i didnt do the MBFR contest because i never could of decided which friend, i have the best friends in the world and i couldnt ask for better. thank you so much cathy xxxxxx
ellie says...
I thought the mag came out on 8th june so iwent to three news agents but couldnt find until i checked on the website, really want me aand my bff issy to win. well done for getting into qot i already voted for you!
Georgina says...
Hope you loved my entry!!! me and my best friend are soooooo excited luv your books Cathy and I luv Mizz!!!
Maeve says...
I will buy Mizz then . Mizz is my fav mag :)
cathyMEGAFAN says...
u rock cathy!!!i’m sure that u will win the Queen of Teen award, as u are absolutely brill!i love all of your books – can’t wait until cherry crush!
Yinka says...
Great job Cathy, your the best writer even, and I soooo hope you win! I know you can ;) xxxxxxxxxx
katy says...
you rock!!!I tried to enter the competition but i just couldn’t choose a friend andi Live in beijing so it would be hard
Ellie (again!) says...
I wish I could have signed up for the comp but I was too late when I found out!!!! I really hope everyone who has entered will do well and not to mention… well done Cathy Cassidy (one of my favourite authors!) :D
cathyMEGAFAN (mark 2!) says...
i really wish i had entered the MBFR comp!!!i thought i wouldn’t be able to choose from my schoolfriends, and was going to do my cousin, but i forgot and the comp closed!sorry sarah!c=
Abbie says...
WOW WELL DONE !!! I’m so happy for you! I’ve only read one of your great books (Ginger Snaps!) and I already know that I’ll love all of your books. You should win a personal award from all of your fans! I’d give you loads!
Megz xD says...
Hiya Cathy! I entered this comp with my best friend-also called Cathy! Lol Well her name’s Catherine but I call her Cathy for short :P Cathy (I mean you this time Cathy Cassidy lol xD), I want to say thank you for creating this award to celebrate friendship. I know Catherine and I only have a one in ten thousand chance of even getting into the final six, let alone winning the whole thing, but even so, the knowledge that I nominated her for the award made Cathy so happy and it sealed our friendship permanently. She loved my entry-you probably don’t remember it, but it was blue, with pictures of Catherine all down each side, and a funny pic of us at the bottom. All you can see of me is an eye and a tuft of red hair, but you can see half of Cathy’s face. It’s a great picture-I love it. Anyway, on all the pictues I used my special metallic blue gel pen to do silly doodles and write silly messages, like I do usually in my exercise book, to make the entry seem more…informal. Catherine loved it, and so, to you, Cathy Cassidy, I am truly grateful for this awesome competition that gave me the chance to show Cathy how much I truly love her as my bff :) ♥ xxx
maebh says...
i wish i entered the MBFR comp i have loads of good friends 2 award it 2. my friends say dat mizz iz a good mag so i mite get it.
Kate (me again!) says...
Sorry but it is me again! YOU CAN SEE MY ENTRY ON THE PICTURE ! OMG i thought i was dreaming! it is the one about me and my best friend Bridget, the girl who plays the violin (and now cello!) and sings AMAZINGLY ! remember me? hope so! Love your books – Gingersnaps forever! x
Rosie xx says...
I have 4 BFFs, to nominate one wouldn’t be fair! The sad thing is, I’m going to a different secondary school to 3 of them-and I’m going to miss them soooooo much! MY 3 BFFS ROCK ! LUV YA BABES !
Sophie says...
Ahhhhhhhh!Me and my BFF can’t wait untill 8th July! Fingers crossed :D!
Jemima says...
Wow! I would love to buy Mizz. It sounds awesome, though sadly, I’m not a resident of England, so I can’t enter the comp though it sounds so much fun!
Mishhie says...
Cathy i know your gonna get it all ur books are fab!!!!! i voted for you!
xxxx
Evie says...
I entered a few years back but I didn’t win ! Shame ! <3
Megan says...
OMG ! i am so excited about this! i spent ages on my entry would love to win! Well done cAthy aswell your an amazing author!!! x
veronica castille says...
Cathy i am almost finished with Scarlet.
Paige says...
hello cathy… will it be sold in australia? and can i still enter the compertition?
Amy says...
Hi Cathy I love your books. Their amazing!!! All of your books are the best. You can’t chose a favourite. I can’t wait till Cherry Crush comes out.
Eilidh quigg says...
Hi cathy!! I entered and i chose my best friend in the whole world!! Me and her have fallen out with our other best friend because stupidly we let a new girl come between us all. I know the chances if me getting into the shortlist are REALLY small but thanks anyway :) xxxx
Charley says...
OMG !! Well done Cathy thats great I am green with envy!!! I entered the MBFR comp hope me and meg get somewhere!!?? Luv u, Again CONGRATS !!! Charley xoxoxox
Alice Baxter says...
Hope you like my entry, I spent a lot of time and effort. I just hope it gets short listed
Ellyse says...
Your books are fabulose i read them all the time and i was going to enter the but it’s closed now anyway my bestfriend is called Katie she is sooo kind and caring whenever theres a problem she always fixes it and i missed her birthday because i was in hospital poorly she was heart broken but now we are still bffs she loves your books aswell again i absolutely love your books
Emily says...
I loooooooooooooooooooooooooovvvveeeee Cathy’s books. U r gr8.
Niamh; x says...
ahhhhh! i can’t wait to buy mizz magazine and find out the finalists for MBFR ! i’m really hope my biffle Mary does well in the comp! You deserve to win the Queen of Teen comp! Good Luck!
Love niamh :) thanks a billion.x
Elaine M says...
Hi Cathy,I just went on the Queen of Teen website and I voted for u obviously :)!!! I’m sooooooooo excited because I’m a mizz mag regular and I’m going to the Edinburgh festival as well. Yay!!! ;) Thx Love Efinity Elaine (my nickname is Efinity Elaine)
Ellie says...
Good luck to all the shortlisted people. I was too late to sign up. I live all the way over is Aussie though, so I probably wouldn’t have been able to go there. I love your books Cathy, but I can’t find them in any of the bookstores near me. And to everyone, Australia isn’t full of hillbillies. And we aren’t all exactly like Steve Irwin. I’m going to grab the next Mizz mag when I see it. I absolutely LOVE your book, Gingersnaps. I wish your caravan could grow wings and fly to here.
Charlotte says...
I’m so sad NONE of my BFFs are going to my senior school in september! and there is another thing, too…...MY SECOND DAY OF SENIOR SCHOOL IS MY BDAY !!!!i will only see my family for a little while before school on my bday, and when i get back it will already be about half five. Help!!! wish i’d had time to enter MBFR – it would have been a nice reminder of junior school mates and a reminder to keep in touch with them!!!
Niamh; x says...
i got mizz and im so sad that my bezzie didnt make it through the shortlists … well i guess there is always next year! x
Deniz says...
It’s my birthday on the 8th today and I will defnitely be getting the mizz magazine!! Also you’re books are fantastic Cathy! xx
Kate (for the third time - sorry!) says...
Hey CC! I AM SHORTLISTED FOR THE COMP ! thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou! I just bought Mizz and sifled through it with my closen beautiful BFF Bridget and saw our names! We screamed! Thankyou so much x
Darcy says...
wowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
megan says...
hey who were the shortlisted people i cant pick up mizz! thanks xxx
cathy cassidy says...
Well done Niamh for taking part… Kate, well done!!! See you in Edinburgh at the awards ceremony! Magan, the shortlist will be added to the website soon but it has to be exclusive to Mizz mag for a little while, sorry!
Eilidh quigg says...
arghhhhh!!!! I can’t get Mizz just now because I am on holiday!!!!! but I will defenatly be back for the edinbrugh book festival! I have been coming to see you for 4 years now! the only book I don’t have is cheery crush! I wore a pink dress and beret last year :) do u remember?
saifa says...
awww thats awesome xx(= u rock keep up and never giv up im really suprised wowwwww
Rosie xx says...
Well done kate! I am so getting the mag and will look out for ur entry! Cathy, is it the readers who get to vote?
sophie says...
Hi Cathy Cassidy me and my bff liv entered and we didnt get through but we are going to try every year until we try to be a runner up and we wont give up!
Jenny says...
I was so busy I forgot to enter but I want to take this opportunity to thank Iona Vari and Sophie for being the best friends ever thanks guys!!!!!!!!!
arianna says...
i love your books!! make another sequel for dizzy, i know you wrote lucky star but i want 2 hear from dizzy!oh and if not dizzy then more mouse!
Izzy mcnaughton (: says...
hi cathy! im addicted to your stories!!!!! my perfect day would either be curled up with one of your books eating oreos or hanging out with my bff clara,i think you might be comming to my school next year,if you want to spot me look for a girl with glasses who is about to have a nervous breakdown!.i love writing(and doing drawings), my other friends(except clara who has got used to me ) try not to mention the words “books” or “author” in front on me because i start a big conversation on how amazingly cool you and your books are,they end up with sore ears for a week. p.s im sorry for the long letter.
Tina says...
OMG I love your books! My favourite one is Indigo Blue. I think Indigo is so much like me. And MY BEST FRIEND ROX !!!!!
Heidi Shepherd (: x says...
I love Mizz, nd ive just read it now!! me and my bff didnt win, but we had so much fun together making it that i don’t mind that much!! Are you doing any events near Leeds soon?? Hope so!! My fave book of urs is probably….... i dont know! i love them all!! xxxxxx
brianna says...
cATHY YOUR THE BEST WRITER IN THE WORLD …......NO CHANGE THAT IN THE universe!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE ALL YOUR BOOKS ESPECIALLY SCARLET
clara says...
i love all ur books cathy im defo voting 4 u in queen of teen!!! my fave book has to be drift wood! ur such an amazing writer!me and my bffl always say love,peace and chocy when eva we say bye!!!
Niamh; x says...
omg cathy i really hope you win queen of teen! You deserve too! i voted for youu. thanks for being such a fab author! looking fwd to reading cherry crush wen it comes out :) niamh;x
Rachel Newnham says...
I didnt enter but i can’t wait to see who has won good luck to you all!!!!!
indigo diamond says...
you definitely rock, cathy, im an author too!! ;-) i didnt know if i should vote you or jacqueline wilson thoug i love you better !!!
eilidh quigg says...
i just got the letter in the post telling me that i never got in to the shortlist :( oh well. next year i am going to have to do it on a diffrent friend. i cant wait till endinbrugh book festival were i am coming to see you cathy! i got my ticket the other day :):) eilidh xx
Maisie&Jade! says...
i got the letter yesterday telling me that unfortuneatly, we DIDN ’T win :( but we’re not bothered, because just me ENTERING the competition made us even closer, i got to show jade how much i appreciate her, & we’re even betterbestmates, if thats even possible! thank you for making this competition so i could do that :) my fave book? Scarlett! jade’s fave book? Scarlett! :’) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mairi says...
I forgot to enter…I better remember next year. LOVE YOUR BOOKS CATHY !
Megan says...
Hi have letters beeen sent out to the people who didnt get runners up? and have the winners been notified? and when will it be posted on the site! Go cathy, your such an amazing author and if i dont get placed i dont mind cause ive showed my best friend Jen exactly what she means to me! she was so happy with what i made! i even photocopied it for her XXXX
meg says...
hi cathy i luv ur books sooo much i didnt have time to enter the comp but good luck 2 everyone who did =)
Courtney says...
Me and my bestfriend are in the shortlist :) ahaha she didnt even know i put her up for it and she said a little wee came out :) x
meg says...
awwww courtney that must have been a lovely surprise for her i luv surprising my friends to and how awesome for u both
Niamh; x says...
Did everyone who entered the comp got a letter from you, cathy ?
Shimana says...
YOUR ROCK CATHY CASSIDY . I LOVE YOUR READING IT IS FAB !! YOUR BOOKS ARE MY FAV BOOKS I LOVE YOU …....XX
Brooke says...
I have voted for you and I hope you become the “Queen of Teen”! Your books are fab!
Phebe says...
Cathy,Cathy she’s the best She is better than the rest!
Rosie xx says...
OMG I am so sad. On Friday it was my last day at my junior school and I really miss it and all my friends. I don’t know how to explain to my mum why I’m sad. I’m keeping in touch with some people, of course, but I’m going to miss the teachers and the routine and the games and grounds we play on. =(
Jaydee .. x says...
Hey Cathy!! Just coming to say, your books are some of the many books that truly do inspire me.I am only thirteen but for later life, I hope to become an author, like you. Im in the middle of a book write now, though barely finished, and i hope to god its good enough to be published!! I have a real passion for writing, and thats what i want to do from now till forever.
Lola Water ! says...
I have just read lucky star, and i think it ROCKS just like you!! I haven’t got any more of your books at home to read so I’m soooooo bored!! I love writing stories and want to be a writer too but I don’t like to tell anyone. xx
Brittany says...
You rock thanks for good clean books my favorite out of the three i read Scarlett
anju says...
Hey cathy !!i love your books and am a HUGE fan.u hve 2 win :D.scarlett’s gr8. XX
caitlin xxxxxx says...
I have read ALL your books Cathy and LOVE everyone of them :) I think scarletts the BEST 1000000 % LOL
I wanna be a writer and have entered the latest comp , plz take a look dont just ignore ittt ! x
clara davidson says...
heyy cathy! i have soooo many amazing friends and nearly all of them are going to differant secondary schools as me! only one of my amazing friends are going to weald with me (sarah h) all the others are going to hillview (chloe m,megan b,alice b,julliette f,eliza d so many more) and im going to miss them loads! im really worried that i will forget them!
BTW you should so win the queen of teen! you are the best author i know!!!!!! love,peace and chocy!(me and my bf always say that when we say bye) clara xxx
lilly rose says...
hey cathy i love your books and i realy love the book sundae girl its amazing ! i want to be a writer like you and travell the world .I hope you right lods more books and if you do i bet i will buy them all i love this web its kind of like a blog. you rock cathy love from lilly rosexxx
Lindsey says...
Hey Cathy I love your books, (especially Angel Cake). I recently found out you won queen of teen! Congratulations!!! You write the best books everrrrr! CANT WAIT TILL CHERRY CRUSH IM GETTING IT SOON !!!!!! lindseyxxx
AMELIA [AGAIN] says...
hey cathy i’ev just finised cherry crush !!!! best book ever . i understand if the can’t but me and my friends paige and remi adore your books and would love you to visit our school ( westgate junior school lincoln ) it would be like a dream come true !!!!!!! amelia , paige and remi biggests fans ever xxxxxx
Jessica says...
You r the best writter ever u r my gr8est friend writter
sophie your no 1 fan says...
hi cathy i am your num er 1 fan of cherry crush read it in 3 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
love sophie
Lindsey (again) says...
Hey Cathy! Im your biggest fan! You write the best books everrrr and your my fav author and always will be. Keep writing! (Im gonna get Angel Cake soon woohoo!)lindseyxxxxxxxxx
Anna says...
hi cathy i loove your books they rock they are sooo good thankyou so much for making them im your number 1 fan cya later bye from anna queens road primary school
Emily Killick says...
Hey Cathy Cassidy wow just read scarlett huge fann of your amazing non-boring books amazing i am huge fan along with my friends amelia paige and remi and khloe i think you are fantastic at writing books your books are brill you should could and vist our school westgate junior school lincoln it will magnificent if you do like a dream come true Emily..xxxxx
Ellie says...
Cathy I love all your books you are such an amazing writer! I hope to write like you one day! Ellie xxx :)