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To enter this competition, send your entry to:

Fiona MacDonald, Walker Books, 87 Vauxhall Walk, London, SE11 5HJ, or email it to: fiona.macdonald@walker.co.uk.

Tell them which Salem character you have interpreted, and why, and also include your name, age, e-mail address and mailing address, in order.

Salem Brownstone Competition

Salem Brownstone is the
most hypnotic, gothic, innovative and critically acclaimed teenage
graphic novel of 2009.

If you’re aged between 12 and 18, Walker Books want YOU to draw your own interpretation of
your favourite Salem character. The winner will receive a signed copy of Salem Brownstone, and
the winning piece of artwork will be added to the Salem facebook page and the Walker Books website.

The winner’s local library will also receive a Comic
Workshop with John Dunning as a prize.

The entries will be judged by John Dunning and Nikhil Singh. The competition is running until 1 April 2010 – so get started drawing, and send your entry to:

Fiona MacDonald at Walker Books not Stories from the Web!

The Young Crime Writers' Competition

Competition runs from 18th January 2010 to 19th February 2010

Writers who are 18 or under (specifically those born on or after 1st September 1991) are invited to submit a story of 1000 words or less with a crime theme.

Ask your local library for information and an entry form

Competition

The Boy
Who Fell Down Exit 43

Harriet Goodwin Competition

Entries may be made at:
www.harrietgoodwinbooks.com

Question:

If you could wake up in the Underworld as one of my ghosts, which one would it be and why?

The prize will be awarded to the most original and imaginative reply.

The Prize:

A character in Harriet's next book, The Extraordinary Legacy of Elvira Phoenix, will be named after the winner (first name only) and the winner’s full name and school will appear in the book’s dedication. The winner will also receive £100 worth of book tokens, to be shared equally between themselves and their school.

Closing date for entries: March 31st 2010

India Miller is the fifth Young Poet Laureate for Birmingham

15 year old India was one of more than 70 young people who applied to be our fifth Young Poet Laureate. The announcement was made on National Poetry Day, Thursday 8 October 2009.

India is a pupil at King Edward VI Camp Hill Girls School and she will be promoting poetry to young people in Birmingham throughout the year.

a picture of India Miller

India says:

"English has always been one of my passions, but it’s only fairly recently that I’ve become interested in poetry – a few years ago, I would have dismissed it as dull and irrelevant. When I decided that I’d try to enter my school’s poetry competition I realised how fun – and easy – it is to write poetry; and after reading some brilliant poems (and trying to write a few, too) I’ve become hooked!

For me, one of the most brilliant things about poetry is its ability to make you laugh, or cry, or both, in just a few words.

Write your own poems here

An extract from one of India's Poems:

Retired Hero

A hero I was
And strong as steel;
But look at me now
Eating meals on wheels.

My muscles were toned,
My hair a blonde quiff
Now my head’s a desert,
My joints weak and stiff.

I long for the days
When crowds would cheer
I’d wave an automatic wave
Behind a false, well... sneer.

Now I hobble through streets,
Ignored – unseen
Though it’s only after years
Of life experience I’ve gleaned...

Read more of this and India's other poems here...


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