Write Your Own Historical Story Competition
Once again the Historical Association is running an historical fiction competition.
Get your Year 6, 7, 8 and 9 students to bring the past to life by writing their own historical fiction!
They can set their stories in ANY period or place in the past – Ancient Egyptian temple, Roman city, medieval village, Civil War battlefield, Victorian town, First World War trench, ….
A panel will judge the entries and 8 winning students, two from each Year, will receive a cash prize of £25 and an engraved Bath Aqua Blue glass paperweight. Schools will receive a year’s FREE subscription to the HA.
Entry Rules
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Entries are free.
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Entry is open to all students in Years 6, 7, 8 & 9 in the academic year 2009/10.
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Entry is limited to 3 stories per school.
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Entries may be word-processed or handwritten, but must be legible.
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The story may be illustrated.
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We regret that we will be unable to return entries, so please make copies.
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Each entry must have a completed entry form attached which can be obtained from the Historical Association website.
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Entries must be received by 21 May 2010 and should be sent to ‘Write Your Own Historical Story Competition’, 17 Fordington Dairy, Athelstan Road, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1FD
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The results of the competition will be posted on the Historical Association website: http://www.history.org.uk/ and on this blog on 22 June 2010.
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Prize winners will be notified in writing and will receive their prizes by post.
Why not use the resources on this blog to help develop your students’ historical fiction writing skills and increase their chances of success?
