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YOUNG STORYTELLER OF THE YEAR 2008

10:30am - 5pm, Sat 8 March
Birmingham Library Theatre

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Prizes include:
- Young Storyteller of the Year
  (25 and under)

- Young Storyteller of the Year
  (18 and under)

- Best young group
- Best young woman storyteller
  (as it's International Women's Day!)

Judges are Jan Blake, Hugh Lupton and Rona Barbour (Society for Storytelling)

If you are interested, or know any young people that tell stories, then please
click here to email Fiona or phone her on
01490 430551 or 07941 918159

Download the Young Tongues newsletter about activities for young storytellers
issue 1
(Oct 06) | issue 2 (Jan 07)
issue 3 (July 07) | issue 4 (Jan 08)
issue 5 (Feb 08)

Checkout the Young Tongues blog!

Are you aged between 15 and 25? Do you tell stories at school or college, folk clubs or storytelling clubs?

We are searching for the best young storytellers in the land to come forward into the public arena.

Click here for the winners!

Rachel Rose ReidRachel Rose Reid was the
Young Storyteller of the Year 2007

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Come along to a non-stop, action-packed day as young storytellers from across the country share their work. A time to celebrate the diversity and energy of young storytelling from across the land. Come along to support these dazzling youngsters as they tell stories as you have never heard them before.

Tickets only £5

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The Young Storyteller of the Year 2008 is sponsored by Arts Council England, Birmingham City Council, Bristol Storytelling Circle, Derbyshire County Council, East Staffordshire District Council, Festival at the Edge, Hugh Lupton, Martin Jefferd, Mythstories, Northern Star Community Arts, the Ogresses, Rhymes and Tells, Scarthin Arts, Shaggy Dog Storytellers, the Society for Storytelling, Solihull Metropolitan District Council, South Shropshire District Council, Storytelling in Hope, the Swan Club Wolverhampton, the Telling Place, the Traditional Arts Foundation, the West Midlands Folk Federation and Whitby Folk Week