RNIB Writing Competition judged by Michael Morpurgo

Season 2, Episode 316,   Jan 23, 09:00 AM

To celebrate World Book Day on 7 March 2024, RNIB is inviting blind and partially sighted children aged 5 to 12 to submit a short story on the theme of 'adventure'.

The submissions will be judged by award winning children’s author Sir Michael Morpurgo, and the overall winner will receive ten signed copies of Michael Morpurgo’s books.

Competition Rules
  • The competition is open to any child or young person between the ages of 5-12 years with a vision impairment in the UK.
  • The competition runs from 9am on 1 January 2024, to midnight 18 February 2024.
  • Send in an original piece of writing up to 500 words in a Word document, MP3 audio or MP4 video, via email.
  • The piece of writing must be based on the theme ‘Adventure’.
  • Submissions must be in English.
  • The use of AI, such as ChatGPT is not permitted. One submission per author: this will be the first entry emailed to us.
  • The top three entries will be sent to award-winning author Michael Morpurgo for him to choose the final winner.
  • All entries submitted will be read and shortlisted by RNIB’s library team.
Go to www.rnib.org.uk to learn more.
Email all entries with the subject of “WBD competition” to lara.marshall@rnib.org.uk. 

Image shows a picture of author Michael Morpurgo, an older man with balding head wearing a blue shirt and a red denim jacket. To his right are the words ‘World Book Day’ and underneath them is a cartoon pencil with a light bulb on top.