Young Island authors have gone on a voyage of discovery.
Students aged 21 and under in full-time education were invited to pen a short story, a memoir or the opening chapter of a novel on the subject of ‘discovery’.
And the story tellers produced a number of winning and highly commended authors in the .
Education and Children Minister Tim Crookall said the competition boosted literacy in the classroom and allowed the imaginations of young people to roam free – with joyous results.
The competition – named after the distinguished Manx novelist Sir Hall Caine – attracted 933 entries with his great-granddaughter Gloria Rukeyser presenting the prizes.
Her family still occupies the novelist’s former home, the historic Greeba Castle.Hall Caine Prize for Creative Writing
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