The winners have been announced for the ghost story competition run for young writers as part of Kirkcudbright Book Week and organised by event organisers the Kirkcudbright Book Week Society and Kirkcudbright Library.
The judges, Lesley Garbutt, from the library, and John Dean, from the Society, said: “We thoroughly enjoyed reading all the stories and were struck by the energy and gusto with which the stories were told. We would happily have given everyone a prize.”
The winners and highly commended stories received book tokens donated by the library as well as certificates. They were presented by Society volunteer Sandie Gay during an event at the library on World Book Day on March 7.
The successful writers were:
9-10 years old category Winner The Book Lexie Patterson
Highly commended The Green Lady By Lucy Mitchell
Highly commended Fiona Arnold Neil Secrets of the Fiddle
11-12 year old category Winner Portals of Fate Conor Kelly
Highly commended The Ghost Town of St Elmo by Dawson Minaudo
13-15 years old category Winner Lachlan Macarthur The Night Of October 31st
You can read their stories by clicking on the page at the top of our website (www.kirkcudbrightbookweek.org)
The picture shows, from left, Lexie, Fiona, Lucy and Lachlan Picture: Sam Kelly
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