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Oxfordshire Libraries eBook short story competition 2024

Monday 11 December 2023 – Sunday 11 February 2024

The Oxfordshire Libraries 10th writing competition launched on 11 December 2023.  Children aged 7-11 are invited to write a short story up to 1000 words.  Other categories are for 12-17 year olds and 18+ (short story up to 3000 words).  It is the perfect activity for winter, inviting children to build on the creative writing skills practised in class – to then explore at home and in their own time.  They hope it inspires children to tell their own story and write for fun.  They could become a published author!

Winners of each category will see their story published as an eBook and eAudiobook, available to members of Oxfordshire Libraries to borrow in 2024.

Children’s entries need to have parent/carer consent. Full terms and conditions, as well as instructions on how to submit entries, can be found on the Oxfordshire Libraries website: www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/shortstorycompetition

Sonning Common Library

Looking for something to do in January, before the schools go back? Look no further….

There will be a Lego MasterBuilders session in the library at 10am on Wednesday 3rd January.  The theme is ‘An Arctic Adventure’, and it will end at 11.30am – so that’s that morning sorted! Tickets cost £10 and MUST be paid for in advance, preferably by cash in the library before Christmas.  If you’re too busy to think of anything after Christmas just yet, tickets can also be booked and paid for online through:  www.friendsofsonningcommonlibrary.org.uk  

Contact the library for more information.