WIN a literacy Wall Art project with BBC’s 500 Words Competition 2024.

BBC’s 500 Words Competition is back!

The UK’s largest writing competition encourages children aged 5-11 to submit their original story and stand a chance of winning amazing prizes.

Last year, Promote Your School donated a literacy Wall Art project for the competition. St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in North London won the project as part of a random prize draw.

This year, we’re once again donating a bespoke, literacy Wall Art project. One lucky UK school will win Wall Art to create a magical space for reading.

BBC’s 500 Words Competition – prizes

Each winner in both age categories will take home a bundle of books. The gold winners in both categories will also win 500 books for their school.

In addition, each winning story will receive an original illustration from some of the best children’s authors in the UK. The winning stories could take home an original illustration from Dapo Adeola, Nigel Parkingson, Lydia Monks, Momoko Abe, Rob Biddulph or Yasmin Ismael. Plus, the six illustrated stories will also be framed and each child will get a 500 Words winners’ book to take home.

There’s also a random prize draw, which takes place at the start of February. One lucky winner will receive a ticket to the final and a bundle of books for themselves and their school. AND they will win a bespoke, literacy Wall Art project from Promote Your School.

The Wall Art project will promote the love of storytelling and will transform up to 30 metres of wall space, anywhere in the school.

BBC’s 500 Words – How to enter

The competition opens for entries on 24th September 2024! From this date, children can submit their stories on the BBC’s 500 Words Competition page.

Children should write a story they would love to read themselves. And children can only submit one story each.

There are a few points to remember when entering BBC’s 500 Words Competition;

All stories must be ;

500 words or less

written by an individual and not a group

a child’s own original idea

prose, not rap or poem

Stories must not;

Give any personal details of the child, including their name

Recount an historical event

Be created, written or developed by AI

All stories will be judged on the following criteria;

Characterisation

Plot

Originality

Language

Enjoyment

There are loads of fantastic resources on the BBC’s website. Here you’ll find all the information you need to know about the competition!

 

 

 

 

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