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Do you love writing stories? If so, why not write a story and enter this year’s BBC ‘500 Words’ children’s story-writing competition? Follow the link below to find out more. All entries must be submitted by Friday 10th November.

There are two age groups for the competition:
 5-7 year-olds and 8-11 year-olds. 

Use your creativity and imagination to write a story you would love to read

The competition will be judged by the well-known authors, Malorie Blackman, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Lenny Henry, Charlie Higson,  Francesca Simon,

There are some amazing prizes on offer this year, so why not write a story and talk to your teacher about sending it in?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/500-words/about-500-words-collection/zj9b8p3

50 finalists, along with their parents or carers, will be invited to attend a grand final next February at Buckingham Palace!. The bronze, silver and gold winners of each age group will have their stories read by celebrities and published with illustrations by famous illustrators Joelle Avelino, Axel Scheffler, Fiona Lumbers, Sue Cheung, Jamie Smart, and Steven Lenton. There will also be a special ‘500 Words’ programme with the The One Show, on World Book Day on 7 March 2024.

You could also win a pile of books the height of Lenny Henry, Queen Camilla or an average 7- or 11-year-old!

This year, there will also be an amazing random draw prize. Every story submitted will be entered into a random prize draw. One lucky winner will receive a ticket to the final and a bundle of books, and their school will also be given 500 books and a literacy wall art – of their choice, to promote the love of story-telling.