Short story competition for teenagers
Released: 3 July 2007
Wolverhampton Libraries are hoping that one of their young borrowers will scoop a national prize to judge the year’s best teenage books.
The library service is helping to promote the Booktrust Teenage Prize 2007 awards that will take place in London on 31 October. The winner will join the 2007 judging panel at a meeting two weeks before the event and will also attend the glamorous award ceremony.
To be in with a chance of winning, young people between the age of 11 and 16 should write a short story based on the theme of time travel. The story should be exciting and imaginative, but no longer than 500 words.
The stories entered by the five winners and five runners-up will be published online with all winners receiving a complete set of the shortlisted books.
Marion Cockin, Assistant City Librarian for Children and Young People, said: ‘This is an ideal opportunity for those creative writers out there to put themselves and Wolverhampton on the map. We know from working with them in our libraries just how imaginative they are – this is a fun competition with a great prize!’
Entry forms are available from Wolverhampton libraries or by emailing libraries@wolverhampton.gov.uk .The closing date for entries is Monday 30 July.
Issued by the press office.
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