BBC Breakfast to relaunch children's writing competition 500 words
Speaking on his Virgin Radio show in the summer of 2020,that his former employer had brought the creative writing competition to a close.
Up until then, it had has received more than one million stories written by children, generating more than 440 million words; and at one stage brought keen reader Camilla to tears. "There's no rules - they can sit down and write exactly what they like," she said in a recent conversation with current children's laureate Joseph Coelho.
Now that it's back, teachers and librarians are being invited to join the 2023 judging panel alongside World Book Day ambassador Sir Lenny - who will also read a CBeebies Bedtime Story for the occasion. Other judges include best-selling authors Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Francesca Simon, Charlie Higson and the former children's laureate Malorie Blackman.
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