Stars Out For Sight For Wight Short Story Writing Competition 2024

Sight for Wight’s Short Story Writing Competition is back after the success of last year’s which produced some very high-quality entries.

This is the 15th year of the competition, originally started by Sight for Wight patrons, RC Bridgestock, international crime writing authors.

Chris Cane, competition organiser, said:

"This is an exciting opportunity for budding Island writers to become published authors and also win some great prizes.

"For the Under 8s we want them to write about a favourite animal or pet and for the Over 8s the story needs to start with, ‘A funny thing happened when…’ which will give our writers scope, creativity and a chance to let their imaginations run wild!’

‘We will have our usual categories of Under 8s, 8 -11, 12-17, 18+ and our special Edana Minghella Award to honour a very special person, Edana Minghella, who sadly passed away two years ago."

Each category winner will have their story read by one of this year’s celebrities:

• Richard Cadell is best known for being the in-vision presenter and the hand of puppet Sooty.
   
• Chesney Hawkes is best-known for his hit single, “The One and Only”, which topped the UK Singles Chart for five weeks and reached the top 10 in the United States.
   
• Joe Pasquale is an English comedian, actor and television presenter, noted for his trademark high, squeaky voice. He won the fourth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2004 and participated in the eighth series of Dancing on Ice in 2013.
   
• Steve Power has been in the entertainment industry for 40 years; primarily a radio presenter with various radio stations in the UK.
   
• Selina Ross has had an extensive radio career. She worked on the original Devonair from 1988 which led her to work with AA Roadwatch, providing travel news to BBC & ILR stations across the South & West.

That station was Wave 105 where she spent over 20 happy years providing travel Sight for Wight news and co-hosting with Steve Power.

She now works, alongside Steve, on Nation Radio since Wave 105’s demise.

The closing date for entries is Friday November 1 with the Award Ceremony on Friday December 6 at the Riverside Centre, Newport.

Entry forms are available by email admin@iwsb.org.uk or in person from: Waterstones, High Street, Newport, Sight for Wight, Millbrooke House, 137 Carisbrooke Road, Newport, Dress for Less, 57 Pyle Street, Newport and Vectis Radio, at the Riverside Centre.