The Naples Festival
for Young Writers

What?  It is the first Naples Festival for Young Writers sponsored by Campania ELT in collaboration with Longman and Fratelli Ferraro Editori, and with the participation of a special guest writer from the UK. The theme is NAPLES: Past, Present and Future. You can write in any form: short story, poem, short play, song (no longer than 5 A4 pages) 

Why?  To promote the learning of English through creative writing and to give young writers the opportunity to have their work performed and published 

Who?  All students of English in the following age groups are invited to take part: 

  6 – 11: Junior School
11 – 14: Lower School
14 – 16: Middle School 
16 – 18: Upper High School
18 – 25: Adult/University

Where?  The festival will be held in Naples and the works selected by the festival committee will be published in an anthology

When?  The Festival will take place on Saturday 14st May 2005 but the deadline for entries is Friday 18th March 2005 via e-mail to: naplesfestival@email.it

How?  To take part, simply word process your piece of creative writing and send it via e-mail indicating your full name, date of birth, class, school/University, contact address and telephone number.

Technical guidelines

•	The piece of creative writing must be original and unpublished (except in a school magazine)

•	It can be in any style or genre but must be no longer than 5 A4 pages

•	It should be word processed using Times New Roman font , size 12, single spaced lines, justified

•	It should be written in English by a non-native speaker of English although it can be reviewed for language error before submission

•	It should be based on the theme: NAPLES – Past, Present and Future

For further information please contact the committee at:    naplesfestival@email.it