lockdown story writing in English for competition
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This is your opportunity to write about your experience. Until midnight on Friday the 17th of July, you can submit a piece of writing about what life has been like in lockdown and during the coronavirus. This could be a personal experience, a poem, or a creative story. All of you will have had a unique experience that is only yours, and only you can capture in words.
Your entry should be 700 words or under and you should submit in your age category.
Your work will then be read by a published author, who will then pick out the five best entries from your age group. These entries will then be included in a book published by John Catt Educational called ‘Generation Lockdown Writes.’
There will also be a range of other prizes for the winning entries, and a special celebratory book launch where you will have the opportunity to meet the authors.
All the money raised from the book will go to The BookTrust charity. This is an amazing charity which supports families and young people all over the UK to get involved in reading. We are hoping to raise thousands of pounds for them through the sales of the book.
Everything in your life has changed: school has stopped, you can’t see your friends; you can’t even leave your home more than once a day.
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Bengaluru-based Katha Corner and Kappanna Angala are conducting a storytelling video competition. “We decided to make it a group activity, comprising both children and adults, and have two categories: children and adults,” says Sneha Kappanna, Executive Director of Kappana Angala. “The competition is open for all age groups and you can record a three-minute video, not longer than that, of any story of your choice. The stories can be of real life or fantasy. The elderly can narrate stories from their memories too.”
The competition is not just restricted to Karnataka, but across the country and even globally. That is why stories can be narrated in English, Kannada and Hindi. There are some instructions that need to be followed while shooting the video. Sneha says: “When shooting please hold or keep an A4 size sheet, which is visible in the video frame. On the A4 sheet please write: ‘Lockdown-Story Quest!!! by Katha Korner and Kappanna Angala’”.