--- title: "Young Writers: Share Your Blackburn with Darwen Favourite Places!" url: "https://staidansblackburn.co.uk/news/2025-07-16-young-writers-share-your-blackburn-with-darwen-favourite-places" school: "St. Aidan’s Primary School – A Church of England Academy" --- # Young Writers: Share Your Blackburn with Darwen Favourite Places! ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-aidan-s-primary-school/images/news/FB_IMG_1752682225715.jpg) 16 July 2025 Good news for young writers! ✍️ Following last month's Children's Literature Festival, author Christina Gabbitas is hosting a "Favourite Place or Space" competition for anyone up to 16 years old. ???? How to Enter Simply write a poem ✒️ or short story ???? about your favourite place in the Blackburn with Darwen Borough. This could be anywhere from Darwen Tower ???? or Corporation Park ???? to even your own street! ???? Prizes There are some great prizes up for grabs: \* £100 Waterstones voucher for the winner ???? \* £50 Waterstones voucher for the runner-up ???? \* £200 Waterstones voucher for the Blackburn with Darwen school with the most entries ???? How to Submit Make sure to submit your entry by 31st August 2025. You can: \* Drop off your entry at any Blackburn with Darwen library. ???? \* Email your entry to info@christinagabbitas.com. ???? Don't forget to include your name, age, and school so they can contact the winners! 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