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Children’s Writing Competition
We were blown away by the quality of entries by young Island authors aged 7-16 into the Style of Wight Children’s Writing Competition – the Isle of Wight has some serious literary talent!
After careful consideration by our judging panel – including award-winning local author Kieran Larwood – the winners listed below all received a £50 book voucher, a signed illustration of their story by Island author/illustrator Jules Marriner, and the publication of their story in Style of Wight Magazine. All remaining funds have been donated to the I.W. Story Festival.
Elspeth Giddens, one of the I.W. Story Festival’s organisers said: ”We are so grateful that Style of Wight supports the I.W. Story Festival. The whole point of the festival is to get children from the Island and beyond to listen to stories and — perhaps even more importantly — tell their own. The Style of Wight Children’s Writing Competition fits so well with the sessions we run at our annual festival in February half term, as well as the work we do in schools, and is a great way to encourage young writers. We loved the winning stories!”
The winning young authors were: Isobel Baynham, age 7, from Ryde, for their story ‘Lila and the Secret Rain’ | Alice Joubert, age 10, from Shanklin, for their story ‘Griffinsea’ Tru Crossley-Brook, age 15, from Sandown, for their story ‘The Man Who Would Rule Nothing’ | Imogen Forsyth, age 12, from Gurnard, for their story ‘Riding Towards Freedom’
A special thanks to everyone who entered, and our Island Sponsors: Hillside, Robin McInnes, Quay Arts, Red Funnel, Rouse Ltd, McCarthy & Booker and Jules Marriner Books.
Imogen Forsyth
‘Riding Towards Freedom’
Isobel Baynham
‘Lila and the Secret Rain’
Local author Kieran Larwood
Alice Joubert ‘Griffinsea’
Tru Crossley-Brook
‘The Man Who Would Rule Nothing’
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