Story competition for Key Stage 2 pupils

The Doncaster Book Award is delighted to be able to announce a KS2 story competition, with prizes generously sponsored by the Rotary Club of Doncaster St Leger, and with the top few winning entries going forward to a regional Yorkshire Rotary Clubs’ story competition.

Here is the competition in a nutshell:

• Open to all KS2 pupils – Y3 to Y6
• Story must begin: “I heard a loud noise, everything around me rocked and ...”
• 500 words maximum, hand-written by the pupil
• Deadline: Friday 10th February 2012 [break-up day for half term]
• Pupil's name, age, yeargroup and school should be written in the top right corner of the first page

The short deadline is to ensure sufficient time for the top Doncaster entries to be submitted to the regional final by 28th February. Details of where to send entries will follow after Christmas, along with a poster for librarians and teachers to display in school.

PRIZES: Many thanks indeed to Doncaster St Leger Rotary Club for these stupendous prizes!

• First prize: £50.00 ... plus a treat for the school - children’s author/illustrator Chris Mould for a day!
• Second prize: £30.00
• Third prize: £20.00

Chris Mould is the author of the Something Wickedly Weird series plus the current DBA longlisted Pip and the Twilight Seekers. He is also a successful illustrator of many children’s books, such as the Measle Stubbs series and Vesuvius Poovius. Chris will be a guaranteed source of delight for pupils. See www.somethingwickedlyweird.com for further details.