14 October 2011

And the Winners Are...


I didn't mention it here, but Visit Woods and the WWF were running a short story competition called the Big Forest Story Picnic. The theme was to be about the forest and the woods, and simply to do with conservation I suppose. I forget the exact parameters if there were any. Anyway, the winners have finally been choosen after a month's extension on the announcement date. And, I have won the sixteen and under section. See below :)

{Edit 2014: This can no longer be viewed online. VisitWoods began in 2008 with the aim of bringing together information about woods that are open to the public and inspiring people about visiting woods. The project was funded by the Big Lottery Fund (administered by Natural England) for 5 years and came to an end on 31st December 2013.}


I win free books. If I had one the older age category it would have been a Kindle, but I suppose I will have to live with ten books of my choice. Heehee...



In addition, you might recall a competition I did mention here, which was the Concern Creative Writing Competition. I have been told recently that my entry (short-listed as I found out) is to be included in the Concern Creative Writing Competition book, which will be published by Liffey Press. Last year I got nothing, so as you can see I am slowly scaling the steps to the top.

3 comments:

Mimi and Tilly said...

You are fantastic. I admire your tenacity and am really excited about being able to say in ten years' time "I've been friends with Aoife for years, don't you know" when you win your Booker prize. Em xx

Huda Awan said...

Excuse me, but how do you manage to win so many competitions?

Aoife.Troxel said...

Just talent I guess. :) Bribing the judges helps a little too.
Seriously? I don't know. What I do know is you have to enter to win and I enter a lot of competitions.