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The Du Maurier Fowey Literary Festival Competition for Young Writers and Artists 2025
The Du Maurier Fowey Literary Festival has announced its competition for Young Writers and Artists 2025. The competition has four categories: fictional writing, factual writing, poetry, and art.
This year, the theme is Making Waves.
The competition opens on Monday 13th January 2025 and can be entered by all children aged between 4 and 16 living in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
The closing date will be 5th March 2025.
There will be a celebration and awards event during the summer term when prizes and certificates will be presented for the best entries in all categories and all age groups.
For additional information, rules and entry forms, please go to https://www.foweyfestival.com. The information about the competition will also be sent to schools via School Communications.