The judges felt Why Did the Chicken… Become so finger-lickin’ excellent that they made its creator, Esme Harrison-Jones, a gold winner within the 10 to 13 age category. Snow Blood Window Frame, a cutting-edge spin on Snow White by Eve Molloy, became the gold winner within the 5 to 9 age category.
Now in its ninth year, the competition invites under-13s to write a story about any fictional subject. The triumphing memories were discovered—and read through celebrities—at some point during a live broadcast from Windsor Castle on Friday. Comedian and author David Walliams studied Why Did the Chicken…, while actress Helen McCrory read Snow Blood Window Frame.
The runners-up inside the two classes had been read using Hugh Bonneville, Konnie Huq, Michael Sheen, and Sandi Toksvig. John Newman, Tom Walker, and Matilda actress Francesca McKeown were executed at some stage in the ceremony, presided over by the Duchess of Cornwall. DJ Chris Evans, who created and launched 500 Words in 2011, changed into attendance in his potential as chair of the judging panel.
The two gold winners will receive Evans’ height in books and a tour of a CBBC manufacturing facility, while their colleges can despatch 500 books for their respective libraries. The six finalists also had drawings created by famous illustrators such as Helen Oxenbury, Tony Ross, and Briony May Smith. The 2019 final was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 and hosted by Zoe Ball, who hosts the station’s breakfast show.
Some 112,986 entries were acquired in these 12 months, bringing the overall number of testimonies submitted since the opposition’s inception to more than 900,000. Some children who sent in testimonies this year were chosen randomly to wait for the final. There are so many wonderful reasons to find the time to write. Do you wonder why I say find the time to write? Writing is exciting, as it should be!
It is best initiated when you have the time to engage yourself on a fact-finding, poetic, or expressive mission- Allowing time to release what your spirit wants to release, first to yourself, then for you to pen on paper, or in 2018, make the time to type words of information, poetry or encouragement LET your writing be nourishment to your very own soul first! You have to enjoy writing at the very onset of doing your craft. It should NEVER be seen as a bore or a chore, THOUGH as much more- a passion, mission, or even your calling.
Writing can and does serve a purpose on so many different levels and circumstances:
*Write as self-therapy; read your thoughts on paper, and you judge what needs to be mended, ended, or further expanded upon- Let the good or unfair events of your life experience be released!
Be prepared to enjoy your writing mainly for your self-satisfaction. Making the time to write should primarily be accomplished for the writers’ enjoyment or benefit.