Brighton cancer charity invites children to write poems about Sussex
The competition will be judged by popular children's writer, Dame Jacqueline Wilson
Sussex Cancer Fund poetry competition
Submitted by Sussex Cancer Fund
A charity in Brighton, East Sussex, has partnered with guest judges, including popular writer, Dame Jacqueline Wilson, to create a children's book of poetry celebrating 'Why We Love Sussex'.
The Sussex Cancer Fund have invited children between the ages of six and 16 to write and illustrate poems on what they love about the county.
The winning entries will be published in a book, which will be sold to raise vital funds for the charity.
Local author, Jill Hucklesby, and Dr Ollie Minton, director of Cancer Services at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, will also be judging the poems.
David Witham, fund manager, said: “The Sussex Cancer Fund’s work has always been about making treatment more bearable for patients, improving facilities and therapies, and funding cancer research projects. All very positive actions.
"We wanted to create a fundraising project, that reflects this positivity, and what better way than celebrating this amazing county that we love and serve."
How to Enter:
• Poems can be about anything to do with Sussex, and why you love it. Whether that celebrates the countryside, towns, and villages.
• Poems can be any length up to a maximum of 250 words, they don't have to rhyme and can take any form.
• You can also include a separate picture or illustrate your poem directly.
• You must be aged between six and 16 years old.
• The closing date for entries is Monday, April 4.
Entries should include your full name, age, and school and be sent via email to uhsussex.scfadministrator@nhs.net.
They can also be sent by post to Sussex Cancer Fund, Sussex Cancer Centre, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, BN2 5BE.
If you would like to find out more about the Sussex Cancer Fund’s work or about how to get involved with the poetry competition, visit here.
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