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Booktrust, the Children's Charity, is inviting
young writers in North Somerset to enter a short story
competition.
The winners will join the judging panel for the internationally
acclaimed Booktrust Teenage Prize 2008.
The charity encourages people of all ages to enjoy reading. It
has set the challenge for young writers aged 11-16 to write a
500-word story with the title 'My Great Escape'.
The four best short stories will win their authors a place on
the judging panel for this year's Booktrust Teenage Prize.
They will join the journalist and novelist Amanda Craig,
librarian Emma Sherriff, author Julia Bell, children's books
specialist John McLay and Matthew Sawyer, a young judge whose short
story won him a place on the judging panel last year.
The entry form is available for download on the brand new
Bookheads website -
www.bookheads.org.uk. The
deadline for entries is Monday, 28 July. |