YOUNG STORYTELLER OF THE YEAR 2008
10:30am - 5pm, Sat 8 March
Birmingham Library Theatre
Are you aged between 15 and 25? Do you tell stories at school or college, folk clubs or storytelling clubs?
We are searching for the best young storytellers in the land to come forward into the public arena.
Download your entry form
Full list of prizes
PRIZES for 18-25 age group:
up to four prizes from Festival at The Edge:
Performance in the Young Storyteller concert / £50
expenses / Camping pass / Festival pass for each winner / two guest
passes for each winner / details and photo (biog) on FATE web site in
parity with professional tellers
two prizes from Whitby Folk Festival:
Free camping / three days of tickets / winner to tell
with Taffy at the yacht club / runner up to be "a guest" of the
festival for that time / £50 each expenses
one prize from The Ogresses:
A session sitting in with storytellers in the Everyday
Magic programme / to tell alongside a storyteller at another session
for a one off small fee + £30 travel money
from the Society for Storytelling:
The winners in all categories would get one year free membership of
the SfS / the over 18 winner will get a free entry in the Directory
PRIZES for 15-18 age group
two prizes from the West Midlands Folk Federation:
£50 cheque + winner certificate
from Story Clubs:
£10 book tokens,
thanks to Martin Jefford, Bristol
Storytelling Circle and the Swan Club, also
Rhymes & Tells, Storytelling in Hope, Shaggy Dog
Storytellers, The Telling Place at Mythstories Museum and Hugh Lupton
