“Eyeballs Growing All Over Me … Again” is the third short story compilation from author Tony Rauch for young adults. The book contains 23 stories full of action, adventure and fantasy that are funny, charming and fantastic. The imagination behind these individual plots is endless, with each story almost as far-fetched as the last. One [...]
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the winner of the ‘Hidden Charms’ Winchester Writers’ Conference short story competition. Veronica Bright, from Cornwall, scooped the prize for her story about an old woman living a life of anonymity, masking a rich inner life of knowledge and experience, in . ‘Hidden Charms’ the Winchester Writers’ Conference short story competition. Ms Bright, a children’s [...]
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Lorna Jones the Founder of the Annual Essay Writing Contest for Children of African Caribbean Descent , is looking to host another essay contest in late July strictly for UK African Caribbean children between the ages of 7 – 16 years. She is uregntly seeking the following; 1. Volunteer Judges 2. Children between the ages [...]
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I’ve been thinking recently about mistakes I make in my own writing and I’ve come up with five I find myself making over and over again. The first is the use of the metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you see and hear all around you. Occasionally I’ll find myself writing phrases like [...]
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Three schoolgirls beat off the competition from thousands of others to make it through to the final of a contest to write a Dr Who script. Sisters Holly and Rosalyn Draper, 11 and nine, from Corner Lane, Horsford, and their friend Georgie Burton, 10, of Lime Tree Close, Horsford, made it through to the top 10 [...]
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