Hello,
Coram Voice, the children's charity, have been in touch with Mumsnet. Voices, their UK-wide writing competition for children in care and care leavers, has been launched for its second year, and they are reaching out to parents who have adopted or fostered, to encourage children to enter.
The competition, they explain, "aims to provide a positive platform for care-experienced children and young people to celebrate their creativity and challenge some of the stigmas they often face. This year’s theme is 'New Beginnings', and gives young people the chance to write about an opportunity they’ve had to try something new, make a fresh start or overcome a challenge."
The competition is grouped in three age categories primary school, secondary school and care leavers with a special additional award for migrant children in care or care leavers. Entries can be in any written style, including poems, short stories and newspaper articles, with a 500 word limit, and should be submitted online at coramvoice.org.uk/voices-2017 before 21 February.
This year's panel of judges will include:
· Alex Wheatle, winner of the 2016 Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize;
· Jackie Long, Social Affairs Editor for Channel 4 News;
· Jenny Molloy, author of ‘Hackney Child’;
· Paolo Hewitt, music journalist, writer and author of ‘The Looked After Kid’;
· Nikesh Shukla, writer and editor of ‘The Good Immigrant’;
· Keren David, author of young adult fiction including ‘Salvage’; and
· Luke Stevenson, Children’s Social Care Journalist for Community Care.
Winners will be announced by the judges at an awards ceremony in London on 10 April.
Thanks,
MNHQ