Caldecott Festival - In 500 words tell us what you will be doing when you are 26
Competition theme
“In the three years that we have been this wonderful competition , I think we have realised how much we have missed it.”
“Over the years, it has actually turned into half a billion words that have been written, typed, scribbled and tumbled onto thousands of pages by children cross the UK, read by an army of volunteers and then sent to Oxford University Press to form the biggest collection of children’s writing in the world”
[Reported in The Telegraph by Victoria Ward, 07 March 2024]
Under 18s
WHY WHEN YOU ARE 26?
Caldecott went to London when he was twenty-six to live and work as an illustrator. He gave up training to be a banker as his father had wanted.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/KNWsKPrg7stQ54tTbcf6P7/500-words-the-stories
Prizes for all the competitions will be presented at the closing ceremony by the Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire.
Your entry must be attached in a Word or PDF format and sent to info@caldecott.org.uk. This attachment must contain only your entry. (no other details of the author, or any other details, should be included in the attachment).