Children's Story Competition
Prolific author and illustrator Caroline Uff will be the judge for this year’s competition. Enter and win cash prizes with your short stories where the best stories, in each age category, will win these top prizes. Plus see your work in print in our Children's Story Book.
£150 1st Prize
£75 2nd Prize
£50 3rd Prize
Plus the school, college or youth club which submits the best overall entries receives a trophy and £200 worth of books.
To enter the competition write a story in no more than 1000 words on one of these story titles listed below:
- The Mysterious Adventures of the Ant Army
- The Journal of a Super Hero
- The Day The Aliens Took Over My School
- Leave Me Alone
- If Only I Had Not....
The entry fee is £5 per story and you can enter as many times as you like along with the correct entry fee for each story. All entries must be in English and can be either hand written or typed.
Schools, colleges and youth clubs can submit group entries of up to 30 stories for £50.
These are the four age categories:
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Category 1 |
7 to 9 year olds |
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Category 2 |
10 to 12 year olds |
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Category 3 |
13 to 15 year olds |
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Category 4 |
16 to 18 year olds |
The last day for stories to be sent in to us is midnight on
Friday 31st October 2008.
All entries must include your contact details and story title(s) on a separate sheet. Your name must not appear anywhere on your story.
Stories and payment can also be sent to us online. You will first need permission from a parent or guardian. Ask a parent or guardian to do this bit for you.
To pay online click the button below
Send your entry online by clicking here
For schools, colleges or youth clubs, please click here to download the entry form for group submissions. All group entries and payment must be sent to us by post only. Our postal address is Chapter One Promotions, 19-35 Sylvan Grove, London, SE15 1PD, England.
More Information:
The competition is open to schools, colleges, youth clubs and children in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the Channel Isles. We also accept entries from individuals, including English Nationals living abroad, and English speakers residing worldwide.
Entries are also accepted from individuals who are home educated.
Tips:
- Choose a story title that fires your imagination.
- Plot out how the story begins, what happens in the middle and how your story will end.
- Be descriptive and create interesting characters and intriguing situations for them to be in.
- Always re-read your story before submitting it to make sure there are no spelling mistakes.
- If you are hand writing your story do make it as neat as possible.
Remember:
On a separate sheet tell us your name, address, age, e-mail address (if you have one), name of your school/college/youth club and story title(s).
Your name must not be on your story.
You may enter as many times as you like as long as you include the correct entry fee with each story.
Important bit:
The last day to send your stories in by is Friday 31st October 2008. All entries must be in our offices before or on this date. If you would like to know if we have received your story, then please include a 2nd class stamped addressed postcard with your story title and name on it and we will sign it and send it back to you.
The winners will be announced in January 2009 on our website and we will publish the winners, the top ten excellent stories and some really good ones in the Children's Story Book which you can purchase from us. Only the winner's first name, age and area that they live in will be displayed on the website. For example: Benjamin, aged 10, London.
If you would like a list of the winners and the winning school then please send a 2nd class stamped addressed envelope marked ‘Kid's Korner Story Winners 2008'.
Send your entries and payment to Kid's Korner Story Competition, Chapter One Promotions, 19-35 Sylvan Grove, London, SE15 1PD, England. Please make your cheque or postal order out to Chapter One Promotions.
If you have any questions then you can call us direct on 0845 456 5364 or e-mail us with your query.
Please read the competition guidelines for the rules before entering the competition.
We look forward to reading your stories.
Good Luck!