Over the summer holidays I was one of the Librarian volunteer judges for the Climate Tales creative writing competition. Young people from across Scotland were invited to enter short stories, poetry, monologues or raps of 500 words or less focusing on the environment as part of the COP26 activities.
The winners have now been announced and can be viewed on the BBC Radio Scotland Climate Tales website. Sadly my winner didn’t make it but I still loved it, so hopefully they got into the final 45.
Love writing stories?
The Henrietta Branford Writing Competition 2021 is now open!
Open to anyone 19 or under.
Deadline Sun 23rd May 2021
Stories can be up to 1000 words, should have a title and connect to the starter paragraph (look at the website).
Another competition!
Design a book token and you could win a token for everyone in your class. Between Wednesday 6th May and Sunday 28th June 2020, National Book Tokens will pick one winner every week.
See the link below for details – also coming soon through an Art and Design class near you 🙂
https://www.nationalbooktokens.com/create-a-national-book-token-for-your-class
Calling all children – we need your imagination! We’re creating a virtual library of miniature books with some of your favourite authors and you can be part of it. Make your own mini book and send it to us at @BL_Learning with #DiscoveringChildrensBooks https://t.co/w8s7Gs8nO0 pic.twitter.com/wbGVK3oXGt
— British Library (@britishlibrary) May 11, 2020
It's the Wednesday #ShapeChallenge! What can you make of this shape? 🙂✏️ pic.twitter.com/e2RApMpL0R
— Virtual Studio (@StudioTeaBreak) May 13, 2020
Look out for more shapes every Wednesday.
Here's a brilliant opportunity for budding scriptwriters: the Young People's Puppet Theatre @YouthPuppetsUK have a script competition. Deadline 31st May. See link for further details. https://t.co/vKFGENZEao
— OLHS Library (@OLHSLRC) May 13, 2020
I've never made a video before, and never thought I would! But the @britishlibrary asked me to share some writing tips for their MAKE A MINIATURE BOOK activity page. So here it is – for kids, parents, teachers, librarians & anyone interested in writing!https://t.co/En3ku8KNKi pic.twitter.com/BGg7r0RjP4
— SF Said (@whatSFSaid) May 13, 2020
From Into Film
We want children and young people to create a short film and use nature and their surroundings in an engaging and creative way, to capture the calmness and document something they’ve noticed or appreciated while spending more time in their local area. Whether it’s in the garden, the local park, or even from inside the home, the natural world is all around us. Encourage children to get creative and use their natural surroundings to make a short film, 3 mins or under in length (including titles and credits) using what equipment you have in the home. Films can be made on a mobile phone, tablet or camera, and we have a range of filmmaking resources to help support you.
There’s lots of advice, resources and information (including the prizes) at the address below
https://www.intofilm.org/competitions/16
Closing date: Friday 19th June
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