I just have to tell you about this writing competition... The Henrietta Branford Writing Competition is open to any young writers under the age of 19. So that's me and you - yay! Six winners will be invited to a celebration party in London at which the Branford Boase Award is given. There they'll get to meet authors, editors, publishers, agents, and other professionals in the field. This year the party is on Wednesday 9th July and I hear Jacqueline Wilson will be there too!

Linda Buckley-Archer who was one of the Branford Boase Award winners in 2007 has written a starter paragraph. All you have to do is finish the story in not more than 1,500 words, using the Linda's paragraph to start you off. Your ending can be long (well up to 1,500 words) or short as you like, then all you have to do is send it along to Kate Jones, the Director of Young Writer magazine, who is the Judge this year (here's her address):

Kate Jones
Glebe House
Weobley
Hereford
HR4 8SD

or you can email your entry to youngwriter@enterprise.net

Get your skates on though, as the closing date is Friday 16th May.