Fifty Word Mystery

Write a complete mystery connected to Bradford’s River Avon in exactly fifty words. In addition, you may use a title with not more than fifteen words.

Write or type your entry on one side of a sheet of A4 paper, and add your name, age (if under 16) and address, email and phone number. If you’re entering by email, include all this information.

Hand in your entry no later than Wednesday 18 August at:

Bradford on Avon Library

Ex Libris Bookshop, The Shambles, Bradford on Avon

Or send an email to: 50wordmystery@gmail.com

Judges: Writers Stan Hey and Stephen Volk

No entries will be returned.

All work must be original.

Entrants agree that Bradford on Avon Arts Festival may publish their work.

The judge’s decision will be final and there will be no correspondence.

The winner’s name will be posted in Bradford on Avon Library.

The winning entry will be published.

The prize will be £50 worth of books.

A River Quiz plus an Avon A-Z

Twenty-six quiz questions to answer and twenty-six letters to identify. All for a prize of £100.

Buy a booklet at a cost of £2.00 from:

Ex Libris Bookshop, The Shambles, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1JS

Tillions, The Shambles, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1JS

All profits from the sale of this book will go to the Bradford on Avon Arts Festival funds.

The quiz and letter hunt are suitable for all ages. The letter photographs were all taken near the River Avon in Bradford on Avon.

Hand in your completed form to Bradford on Avon Library or post it to Arts Festival Quiz, The Library, Bridge Street, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1BY to arrive by Friday 10 September.

Only forms from the booklet will be accepted.

If there is more than one completely correct entry, a winner will be picked at random.

The results will be announced on Sunday 19 September 2010 in Westbury Gardens during the Arts Festival ‘Happening’.

The 48 hour film challenge for Young Film Makers!

Teams of 2-3 people aged between 14 and 25 from Bradford on Avon and the surrounding area, are asked to submit a script for a 2-minute film (roughly 2 sides of an A4 word document).

The film will be shot in one day on location at the Bradford on Avon Arts Festival on Sunday 19 September, edited within 24 hours and screened on Saturday 25 September at the West Barn.

The theme is Lost and Found and must be set against the backdrop of the Arts Festival. The rest is up to you. Perhaps a comedy, suspense / thriller - it can even have a bit of action. No blowing up the high street though!

Working with West Country based film partnership Dotcommercials, Director of Photography Gary Young and Producer William Sansom will be working with Pavel Douglas’s street theatre ensemble to storyboard the selected script and produce the winning film. The winning team will also get the opportunity to direct the shoot on the day.

The winning entry will be chosen by a judging panel - members of the Bradford on Avon arts festival including producer Simon Relphs (whose many credits include Enchanted April, Hideous Kinky, Land Girls, Reds, Sunday Bloody Sunday).

The runners up will be invited to film behind the scenes on the day of the shoot and produce a short documentary covering the day’s events as they unfold.

Before you send in your script, make sure that the names and ages of all the team members and the name and contact number of a parent or guardian are clearly listed at the top.

Send your competition entries to c/o Ritka Carr, Abbey House, Church Street, BA15 1LN by 5pm on Friday 10 September

Queries to John Potter - 01225 862405

Get your thinking caps on and good luck!