Hosts of the Yorkshire Festival of Storytelling, Settle Stories, aims to promote story writing among young people this year with an exciting writing competition set to change worlds.

Children, aged 7-11 years, will be encouraged to write a story of up to 500 words about this year’s theme - 'A Day that Changed the World'. Stories may be based upon a day that actually did change the world or be completely fictional.

Sita Brand, CEO of Settle Stories, says: ‘The opportunities to bring forth dreams and ideas that could change the world are endless, we can’t wait to read the entries.’

The competition judge this year is award-winning children’s author and storyteller, Atinuke. Atinuke has published over 20 children’s books, mostly set in Nigeria, which have won her 4 literary awards. Her best-selling book, Anna Hibiscus was voted Best Children’s Book of the Year and won the Bank Street College Award, the CCBC Choices Award, made the Boston-Globe Honour Book, and was shortlisted for the UKLA Children’s Publishing Award.

With prizes that include monetary book tokens, signed books and personal feedback from Atinuke herself, the competition is set to be fierce.

Each sign-up to the competition will receive a twenty-page learning resource, packed full of tips and techniques to inspire young writers and help them create the best stories possible.

The deadline for the competition is 29th September, so start encouraging young writers to think about what kind of story they’re going to write.

To sign up and to find out more about the amazing prizes on offer for the winners, visit the Settle Stories website :

https://www.settlestories.org.uk/whats_on/childrens_story-comp/