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Rail Tales – Writing Competition

Date to be announced.
‘Rail Tales’ is a competition that asks people to submit fiction stories of no more than 1,000 words inspired by trains, the railways, or a railway journey.

Linking with Libraries Story Writing Competition

Rail Tales – inspired by the Heart of England Line project.  The railways have always inspired stories, from children’s classics such as The Railway Children, Harry Potter, to Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express

Celebrating Railway 200 and partnering with Libraries to launch an exciting competition to inspire the authors of the future.

There are FOUR age categories to enter:

  • 6-11 years,
  • 12-16 years and
  • 17-21 years
  • and aged 21 years and above

Prizes are available for the winners in each category.