You need to be aged between 8 and 16 to enter.
Stories must be between 500 and 1000 words long.
Before starting your story you should include a paragraph describing your super-villain.
Your story can be in any format that you wish – a traditional tale, written as a diary, a film script etc. Let your imagination run wild!
Please make sure that you include your name, age, address and a contact number on your entry.
The closing date for receipt of entries is 10th August 2007.
UNFORTUNATELY BLOOMSBURY IS UNABLE TO RETURN ANY STORIES SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU KEEP A COPY.
You can email your story to: story@bigbadwrite.com
Or send it by post to: BigBadWrite Competition, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 36 Soho Square, London W1D 3QY
The winning story will be published in First News, the only children's national newspaper, and will be the first story in an exclusively created winners-only limited edition book for the top twenty BigBadWrite writers. The winning writer will also receive signed copies of both H.I.V.E. novels as well as a copy of each of the other 29 books in the Borders BigBadWrite promotion.
Two runners-up will receive copies of the BigBadWrite book with their story in it, signed editions of both H.I.V.E. novels and a copy of each of the other 29 books in the Borders BigBadWrite promotion.
The next 17 winners will each receive a copy of the BigBadWrite book with their story in it, signed H.I.V.E. novels and a £10 Borders gift voucher.
The competition is supported by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Borders, First News and the National Literacy Trust.
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