A creative writing competition to encourage children to put pen to paper during the summer holidays is returning for its second year.
Write on Norfolk, organised by Norfolk County Council and BBC Radio Norfolk, is encouraging children aged between five and 13 to submit a piece of creative writing between June 5 and August 31.
Last year's inaugural contest attracted more than 200 entries, with nine selected as winners.
Matt Dunkley, interim director of children's services at the county council, said: 'After a successful launch last year, we're excited to be bringing Write on Norfolk back for 2017.
'We want children to have fun with their writing and really let their imaginations run wild. This is a great way of boosting their literacy skills, particularly over the long summer holidays, when we know some children's learning dips.'
The piece of writing must be a maximum of 500 words - roughly one side of A4 paper - and must contain a link to Norfolk. It can be a short story, poem, script or song lyrics.
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The competition will be split into three age categories, five to seven-year-olds, eight to 10-year-olds and 11 to 13-year-olds. Gold, silver and bronze winners will be chosen in each category by judges including local authors Kevin Price and Cressida McLaughlin.
Nick Conrad, BBC Radio Norfolk breakfast presenter and another competition judge, said: 'Children can be wonderfully creative.
'Anything that marries up improving English skills, promoting literature and encouraging our next generation to get inspired, I support.'
Winners will receive Amazon Fire tablets and book tokens and have their entries published in the local media.
Jan Holden, head of libraries at the council, said: 'Every author knows that good readers make great writers. So our libraries will be great places for budding writers to get inspiration for their Write On Norfolk entries this summer.'
The campaign is part of the council's wider Raising Learners drive, which includes its newly-launched Count on Norfolk, a scheme to boost numeracy skills in primary school children.
• For more details about the competition, including how to enter, terms and conditions, click here.
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