In no more than 500 words make up a short story about ‘Special Powers’.

Entries will be judged and a prize given in three categories:

P1-3, P4-5, P6&P7

All entries to be put in competition box in Waterstones, Newton Mearns.
Entry fee:  £1 donation to Cosgrove Care http://www.cosgrovecare.org.uk/

Please include your name, age, Primary class and school.

Closing date for entries in Thursday 13 March.
Prizegiving on Thursday 27 March.

The competition will be judged by:

Craig Birrell, Bookshop Manager at Waterstones, Newton Mearns
Jamie Rodney, pupil at Hutcheson’s Grammar School and winner of the Scottish Book Trust Young Writers Award
Zoe Strachan, award winning novelist who also writes short stories, plays and libretti
Prizes will be awarded by Theresa Breslin, the critically acclaimed Carnegie Medal winning author of over thirty books for children and adults.

Competition sponsored by The Avenue and Waterstones