The Tenby Book Fair is the first event of the Tenby Arts Festival -Saturday 24th September 2016 – 11 am to 3 pm
Presentations for the Tenby Book Fair Writing Competitions will take place at 12.30 on Saturday, 24th September 2016
Children’s Competition.
For entrants aged 7 – 12, an essay (one page) entitled: My Favourite Character.
Collections of books are very generously being donated as prizes by Firefly Press.
First category
1st Prize: Leo Robertson
2nd Prize: Olivia Robertson
3rd Prize: Libby James
Second category
1st Prize William Russell
2nd Prize Darcy Conbeer
3rd prize Zihan Lin
Congratulations to all the winners. And thank you to everyone who entered the competition. There were a many entries and the standard was excellent. The judges had great difficulty coming to their decisions.
Young Adult Flash Fiction Competition
For entrants aged 12 – 18, a 100 word Creepy Tale.
First Prize £15 book token. 2 runners-up: £5 book token.
Prizes sponsored by Cambria Publishing Co-operative
1st Prize: Gracie Ardolino
2nd Prize: Catrin Lawrence
3rd Prize: Zack Spencer
Congratulations to these three winners. There were some very Creepy Tales indeed. I think the judges had nightmares after reading some of these!
Short Story Competition
For entrants 18 and over: a short story, “The Bag Lady.”
First Prize £25 Second prize £10 Third Prize £5.
The prizes are donated by Cambria Publishing Co-operative
1st Prize: James Purchase
2nd Prize: Eloise De Sousa
Joint 3rd Prize: Keith Bell & Wybert Bendall
There were a great many excellent entries in this category and some interesting and innovative slants on the title. I am told it was a difficult choice.
As well as receiving their prizes on the day the winners will have their stories published on the Tenby Book Fair website
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The results of the competitions for the Tenby Book Fair are in… head over to Judith to find out the results and lovely to see one or two of our community as prize winners including Eloise De Sousa…
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Thank you, Sally. We had some great entries. I think the judges found it hard to choose.Jx
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Congratulations to all the winners. Looking forward to seeing you at the book fair, Judith.
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Thank you, Hugh. You are so kind. jx
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