Students packed into New Wimbledon Theatre last week as winners of the Young Writers Competition were announced.
The competition was organised by Wimbledon Bookfest and attracted hundreds of entries from schools across Merton and neighbouring boroughs (51 Merton Schools - primary and secondary - took part in the competition).
The theme of the competition was ‘The Island’ in honour of the 300 year anniversary of Robinson Crusoe and the panel of judges include authors, professional writers, teachers and booksellers.
Junior runner up Joshua Kuropatwa, Year 5 King College, Wimbledon with authors Cressida Cowell and Konnie Huq
Children from Wimbledon Park, Cricket Green, Hollymount, Dundonald, Wimbledon Chase, Rutlish and Ursuline High School were amongst the winners.
But it was Year 9 Ursuline student Madeline Harding who was crowned the senior overall winner.
The Winner, Runners-up and High Commended entries are published in a special Wimbledon BookFest 2019 Anthology.
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