PRESS RELEASE:  22/11/05

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60 pupils from Tividale Community Arts College have had their short stories published in “T.A.L.E.S” (which stands for Totally Amazing Little Exciting Stories) – West Midlands Edition Volume 2 (edited by Lynsey Hawkins) Published by Young Writers 2005.

Young Writers was established in 1991 and has been passionately devoted to the promotion of reading and writing in children and young adults ever since.  This year, Young Writers, presents a dynamic and entertaining new selection of the best creative writing from a talented and diverse cross section of some of the most accomplished secondary school writers around.  Entrants were presented with four inspirational and challenging themes.

‘Myths and Legends’ gave pupils the opportunity to adapt long-established tales from mythology to their own style.

‘A Day in the Life of..’ offered pupils the chance to depict twenty-four hours in the lives of literally anyone they could imagine.  Some of our entries included ‘A Day in the Life of a Plague victim’.

‘Short stories’ offered no limit other than the author’s own imagination.

‘Hold the front page’ provided the ideal opportunity to challenge the entrants’ journalistic skills asking them to provide a newspaper or magazine article on any subject of their choice.

The following pupils had their work published:
Sharon Uppal (14), Steven Hadley (13), Hamza Darby (13), Kirsty Beckett (12), Emma Cox (13), Tammy Harper (12), Zachary Ward (13), Ian Bishop, Sean Mountney (12), Joseph Bettridge (13), Claire Burton (12), Stefania Cerritelli (11), Anisa Shahban (12), Lerissa Simms (11), Oscar McDevitt (12), Michelle Humphrey (12), Sukhjit Imran (12), Pooja Behl (13), Kellie-Louise Pilsbury (13), Zoe Hinton (14), Keely Cadman (11), Jodie Hobbs (13), Stacie Horton (14), Richard Hill (14), Guvinder Natt (14), Jagdeep Basra (14), Daniel Clayes (12), Abby Green (13), Kiren Gill (11), Antoine Young (14), Arusa Chugtai (12), Samantha Bailey (12), Hayley Hancox (13), Balpreet Kaur Sanghera (13), Nicholas Garner (12), Bianca Murray (14), Demi-Leigh Wheeler (12), Kayleigh Brough (12), Ben Horton (13), Michelle Brown (13), Emma Brogan (13), Thomas Beddall (13), Rebecca Harris (14), Jamie Clark (14), Ben Payne (12), Jeni Harcourt (14), Sarah Bradnick (14), Than Shivani Patel (13), Aaron Pour (13), Jade Cooper (13), Jacob Clarke (12), Jonathan Mullinger (14), Jade Saunders (12), Steven Whitehouse (13), Sharnie Gardner (13), Shanice Lewis (12), Callum Farrington (14), Joanne Facer (14) and Kayleigh Faulkner (13).