Budding young poets from our Academy have been encouraged to take part in this year’s Brooke Weston Trust poetry competition.

The A Light in the Dark competition has been launched by our sister school, Thomas Clarkson Academy, and is open to all students from Brooke Weston Trust primary schools and secondary schools.

The judges are looking for students to produce an original piece of creative writing around the competition’s title of A Light in the Dark.

Leader of the Learning Information Centre at the Thomas Clarkson Academy, Debbie Trafford, said: “The entries will be judged on creativity, originality, reader engagement and use of literary devices.

"The Light Cinema in Wisbech has also offered to display the winning poems in their exhibition space, so be sure to present them attractively.”

An independent and impartial team of judges from the local community will look through the entries and decide on one winner from the primary schools and one winner from the secondary schools.

The first prize is a £25 Amazon gift voucher and an invitation for the winner and a friend to attend a poetry day at Thomas Clarkson Academy on 12^th January 2016, when they will get the chance to enjoy a performance and take part in workshops run by a visiting poet.

There will also be two runners up prizes of Amazon gift vouchers.

The prizes have been kindly donated by Wisbech Rotary Club.

The closing date for entries is 7pm on Friday, 27^th November.

All poems should be emailed to Library@thomasclarkson.cambs.sch.uk, and must be clearly labelled with the entrant’s name, age, and school.

The school will also accept hard copies – these must be posted to reach Thomas Clarkson Academy by the closing date.