Young Writers Awards

The 2011 Young Writers Awards mentees have now been selected.

Chloe, 14 from Edinburgh, Tabitha, 15 from Dundee and Maeve, 16 from the Isle of Skye will be working with teen author and playwright Cathy Forde until February 2012.

As well as taking part in regular group mentoring session our three mentees will meeet various industry professionals and visit a top London publisher.

All three mentees were selected out of over one hundred other applicants. To read extracts of their work click on their names below.

Chloe: The Man with the Rucksack

Tabitha: Bottled Lightning

Maeve: Yesterdaze; or, Ulric Revolting