Royal Mail young letter writing competition
What the Olympics means to me
The finish line is in sight for this year’s Royal Mail young letter writer competition.
The competition is now closed. All entries have been received and regional winners have been announced.
The theme for Royal Mail’s 2012 Young Letter Writing Competition was “what the Olympics means to me".
We will be announcing the national winner in the coming weeks.
About the competition
The Competition is open to Children aged 7-11 and there is an additional ‘Special Achievement’ category for children who teachers or parents feel have overcome exceptional experiences or difficulties to enter.
Judges look for originality, freedom of expression and creativity in the letter content. The content is as important as presentation: while entries should follow the basic letter-format we will take age into consideration and don’t expect them to be ‘perfect’.
If parents or teachers feel that a child has any additional needs or has overcome exceptional experiences or difficulties to take part, we’d ask them to send a covering note telling us about this so that it can be taken into consideration.
Letters should be no more than 250 words and should include the child’s name, age and address on the back. Entries sent by teachers should include the school name.
Letters can be submitted in any format including typed. .
The winners
The prize for the overall winner will be a weekend in London for four people, including transport, accommodation and £200 in spending money. The winner will receive their award from Olympic Gold medallist Sally Gunnell OBE.
The national winner’s letter will be entered into the UPU (Universal Postal Union) International Olympic letter writing competition in 2012.
