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The winners of BBC 500 Words will have the chance to meet the Queen. ... Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman will read a child’s winning story at the final of a BBC literary competition ...
The UK's largest children's writing competition, judged by a star-studded panel, opens for entries. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: ...
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Originally, winners received £15,000 while runners up received £3,000 and shortlisted writers £500 each. [4] [7] In 2008, the BBC became the main sponsor and the award was renamed from the 'National Short Story Award' to the 'BBC National Short Story Award'. [1] In 2009, only women were featured on the shortlist. [8]
[6] [8] In 2008, the BBC became the main sponsor and the award was renamed from the "National Short Story Award" to the "BBC National Short Story Award". [2] To mark the tenth anniversary, in 2015, the BBC Young Writers' Award was launched, challenging 14-18-year-olds to write a story of up to 1,000 words. The winner of the Young Writers' Award ...
Sam on Boffs' Island is a British educational television series, made by the BBC, and aimed at developing the reading skills of 6- to 8-year-olds. [ 1 ] First broadcast in 1972 as part of the Words and Pictures strand, it was one of the first television appearances of Tony Robinson .
Since it was launched in 2011, the writing competition has received more than one million stories from children throughout the UK. Queen praises young writers as she presents prizes in BBC ...
A second book, also by Alex Games and published by BBC Books, is titled Balderdash and Piffle: One sandwich short of a dog's dinner and accompanied the second series of the show. The two books explore the origins of a number of words in the English language, including randy , shampoo and bouncy castle .