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Category Archives: Competition
Competition time!
Share a Story Month competition is now open!
This year’s theme is Sail Away in a Story so you are invited to write a short story (50-300 words) about a boat, ship, the sea – anything related to sailing!
Entries to Mrs Vaughan by 1 June – prize to be won!
Winners galore!
Mrs Vaughan was blown away with the entries to the WBD competitions!
The winner of the match the pairs competition was Kaiden, with runners up Amy, Kaitlyn and Iona.
The mystery book went down a storm! One pupil in particular read 13 books!! Aimee was rewarded with a special prize which delighted her!
The winner was drawn at random from all the other entries – well done Carmen! With runners up Kara, Olivia, Megan, Aela and Rosie. Some pupils mentioned how they had discovered a book they normally wouldn’t read and enjoyed it. That’s the real win!
World Book Day Competitions
To celebrate World Book Day, why not enter the library competitions?
Firstly, there’s match the book character pairs – pick up an entry form from Mrs Vaughan. Prize to be won! Closing date 23 March.
Secondly, you will have heard the saying, “Don’t judge a book by its
cover!” so why not try a mystery book – no information on the wrapped up book so it’s a lucky dip!! Read at least 3 chapters, fill in the review card, and be in with a chance of winning a prize. Closing date 30 March.
Thirdly, see Mrs Vaughan about a book token to get a free World Book Day book from the local supermarkets or Waterstones.
Finally, see the World Book Day website for more competitions.
BBC Young Writers’ Competition
The BBC Young Writers Competition is now open to writers between the ages of 14-18 years.
Write and format your short story as per the following instructions:
- One entry per writer
- Written in English (with a Gaelic/Welsh version)
- A maximum of 1,000 words
- Original fiction on any topic
- Typed on a computer
- Any font, 12pt, black
- Double spaced
- No page numbers
- Include a front page which details the Title of Story and the Word Count
- Do not include your name anywhere on the story
- Save the story as an Adobe PDF, with the Title of Story in the file name
- Complete the Entry Form online including uploading your short story document.
Entries close at 9am (GMT), Monday 20th March 2023.
Find out more at the BBC website.
Writing Competition
The Scottish Book Trust competition to write a comic, play, story, poem, a spoken word piece, or make a video, in the Scots language is now open.
Entries should be minimum 50 words – maximum 2,500 words.
Or 10 minutes of video/audio
Open to all 11-18 year olds
Closing date – 21 June 2023
Prizes
First prize: £100 book token and option to be at The Scots Language Awards to receive an award at a ceremony
Second prize: £50 book token
Highly commended entries: £25 book token
More info at SBT website and also some inspiration and tips from the judging panel.
More writing competitions
If you love writing, there are more competitions for you to enter throughout the year.
Scottish Book Trust collate information on competitions for young people so check out the website regularly.
BBC Writers Competition
Aged 14-18 and love writing short stories? The BBC Young Writers’ Award with Cambridge University is still open for entries!
Closing date is 9am GMT on Monday 28 March 2022 – not long now so get writing!
For information on how to enter, T&Cs + privacy notice go to the BBC website. 
WBD Winners!
Thanks to those who entered the WBD competitions.
Winners of the Registration Quiz are…. Mr Wilson’s class (4C2)!
Winners of the Who am I? quiz are…. Mrs Bourne’s class (2D2)!
Prizes with you shortly!
WBD competitions!
Thursday 3 March celebrates all things books on World Book Day.
This year, there are 2 library competitions to enter:
- Registration word cloud quiz (see your registration teacher for details)
- Who am I? Quiz on Google classroom
Prizes to be won so what are you waiting for?
