Week Two is upon us, and started well with a lovely evening celebrating young creative writers in Birmingham.

The second annual Write On Adventures In Writing Awards recognised the progress and enthusiasm of the participants of the Summer Term’s Write On Project.

Write On is a Birmingham Book Festival project, and it focuses on placing professional writers in schools across Birmingham and the West Midlands. Its aims are not academic, rather inspirational and aspirational, bringing to life The Writer as a career choice, and the writing as a valuable way to express imagination.

The four prize winners were:

Elijah Madourie and Adelle Raymond of Holyhead Secondary School, Ophelia Wilkinson of Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School and Megan Courtney-Jones of Tiverton Primary School.

The children all read from their work and joined Write On writers Roz Goddard and Philip Monks on stage for a chat about the project and how their writing has evolved.

Each child has shown great promise and enthusiasm for writing, and their work was excellent. It was humbling and warming to hear such ‘new’ writers generously giving of their work.

Well done all! From the Birmingham Book Festival/Write On team.