City Libraries launch kids writing competition

GREEN PENCIL 2022 has been launched by the City Libraries. The environmentally themed creative writing competition, is open to all P4 to P7 aged children and young people in S1 to S3 in Edinburgh. The deadline for entries is 21 October. The ‘Year of Scotland’s Stories’ is also the theme. Are you a budding story writer? Could you write a story/ poem/ prose with an environmental theme? It could be about yourself, your pet, a special place or your favourite animal that relates to your life in Scotland.

You could include Scotland’s landscapes, lochs, towns and villages. A story or poem that captures the reader’s imagination, piques interest and brings your writing to life.

Entries can be poetry, prose or story, all that is required is that the writing is the author’s own work and is no longer than one side of A4 paper.

An awards ceremony will be held on 24 November at Central Library. www.edinburgh.gov.uk/libraries/

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