Young Authors Winner Update

If you remember earlier this year Buy A Gift were offering young writers (under the age 10) the opportunity to write a story and if it won to be published for charity. Well at long last a superb winner has been chosen!

The theme of the story was “The Unexpected Gift” the budding authors had their

Stories judged by award winning writer Giles Paley-Phillips and Emma O’Donovan a leading picture book blogger. The author will now see their work being made into a professionally published book, sold on the Buyagift site, and all profits will be going straight to children’s wishgranting charity Make-A-Wish Foundation® UK.

By the sounds of it the judges had an incredibly tough time choosing their favourite. One story though stood out. Winner Charlotte Corrigan 9rs old from Accrington had written an amazing story about an elderly lady who having found herself in hospital had no one to look after her pet, a donkey! However little Lottie steps into the breach for her!

“It really is a heart-warming story and such a clever piece of work – well done Charlotte!” says James Congdon of leading gift experts Buyagift.com. “It's been a real treat to be involved in the Buyagift young writers competition, I loved going through all the entries, which I have to say some were of a very high standard. Myself and the fantastic Emma O'Donovan found it very difficult to choose the three winners, but the ones we chose had just that little bit extra, that makes for a special story”

 

Charlotte Corrigan

Charlotte loves reading and writing stories.  In her spare time, she likes to play tennis and loves horse riding. When she is older she would like to be a vet or a jockey. "I was delighted to win. I didn't think that my story would be picked. I love writing stories about animals. It was really fun to enter this competition."

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