Stumbled across this today – it’s a bursary scheme for young people aged between 13 and 19, designed to help them fulfill their writing ambitions.  To be eligible you need to live in certain areas, and … oh, why don’t I just post the criteria here?

MyVoice Bursary the facts:

• Nine MyVoice Bursaries are available
• You need to be aged between 13 and 19 and live in either Birmingham, Blackburn (Darwen & Pendle), Bradford, Leicester, Luton, Manchester and Oldham, Slough, Tower Hamlets or Waltham Forest to apply
• Only your own original work is eligible to be entered for a Bursary Award
• You’ll need a referee (for eg: a teacher, youth worker, librarian etc) to support your application
• The Bursary runs from October 2009 through to January 2010
• If you are shortlisted for a MyVoice bursary we’ll be in touch with you and your referee by week commencing 2 November.
• Winners of the Bursaries will be invited to a ‘Welcome to MyVoice’ session at their local library in October half term break
• The decision of the selection panel will be final
• The deadline for MyVoice Bursary applications is: 12pm, Friday 23 October 2009

Sound like something you might be interested in? Check out http://www.myvoicewriteorwrong.org/ for all the information on how to apply.

Good luck!

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