The BBC 500 word competition is open!
Guidelines: Entry will be in two age categories:
- Category 1 - ages 5-7 years
- Category 2 - ages 8-11 years
Write a fictional short story (no more than 500 words in length).
Entry is via an online entry form available at www.bbc.co.uk/500words. The responsible adult submitting the story on behalf of the entrant will be asked to provide the entrant's name, gender, region and their age and ensure that they have parental permission to do so. The submitter must enter the child's story in the text box provided for submission.
Submitting deadline: Friday 10 November 2023
Prizes:
All the finalists will receive a £20 National Book Token and their stories will be recorded and published on our website.
The winners in each category will receive an array of prizes. As well as their stories being read out by celebrities, they will all receive a bundle of books.
The 2 gold winners will receive the height of Sir Lenny Henry in books and their schools will receive 500 Books.
The 2 silver winners will receive the height of HRM Queen Camilla in books.
The 2 bronze winners will receive the average height of a 7 or 11 year old in books.
Their stories will be illustrated by incredible children's illustrators, Joelle Avelino, Axel Scheffler, Fiona Lumbers, Sue Cheung, Jamie Smart, and Steven Lenton, framed and put into a 500 Words winners book.
As an added incentive for schools to enter, every story will be entered into a random prize draw. One lucky winner will not only receive a ticket to the final and a bundle of books but their school will be given 500 books and literacy wall art - of their choice - to promote the love of story-telling.
For more information click here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-words/about-500-words-collection/zj9b8p3
We hope Southwold puts forward lots of entries so we can share our amazing writing talents! Let us know if you enter.
Good luck everyone who is taking part!
From Southwold English PLT
