To enter this competition, pupils were expected to write a story consisting of no more than 1200 words and were instructed to use following as an opener;

 

“Better start running”, he said with an evil grin, patting the shrouded cage beside him. “You’ve got a thirty second head start and then I let it out.”

 

This was supplied by the author, Mark Walden.

 

There was a tremendous response to this competition and the stories were of a very high standard. Unfortunately, I was only allowed to submit ten stories which made it very difficult.

However, congratulations to the following:-

 

Ceinwen Jenkins-7N.

Aniela Pawar-7S.

Stephanie Cole-7L.

Jessica James-7B.

Lucy Felton-8W.

Hannah Jenkins-8K.

Samantha Wainwright-8N.

Rhona Graham-8T.

Fay Steere-9J.

Georgina Glover-9P.

 

All ten stories have been submitted to the UK final of this competition and if a pupil is successful, their stories will be published in an Anthology of Short Stories and the book presented to them by the author, Stewart Ross.