Could you be next JK Rowling?

8:00am Monday 25th August 2008

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WRITERS dreaming of following in the footsteps of JK Rowling and Cheshire-born Lewis Carroll are encouraged to pick up their pens and enter The High Sheriff’s Cheshire Prize for Literature.

With a theme of children’s literature, entries have been pouring in as budding authors with a connection to Cheshire bid to win the £2,000 first prize and see their work published in a Chester Academic Press anthology.

The winner will be announced at an awards evening on October 28 as part of the Chester Literature Festival, and all published writers will be invited to a book launch reception with civic dignitaries at the University of Chester.

Competition organiser, Lynda Baguley, said: “Whether you are writing a story for the first time or have had work published before, the process of writing can be very rewarding and satisfying, and this competition gives every entrant the chance to showcase their work and possibly be published.”

The competition is free to enter, and is open to anyone born, living or working in Cheshire. People who used to live in Cheshire are also eligible. Stories must be a maximum of 1,500 words, while poetry should be no more than 100 lines.