Competition
Creative Writing Competition
As part of the first Walton-on-Thames Film Festival, we are delighted to launch a creative writing* competition, based on the theme of the festival which is celebrating the 120th film adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ by famous Walton film pioneer Cecil Hepworth.
We actively encourage members of the Walton-on-Thames, Hersham or wider Elmbridge residents to take part. The competition will receive entries until 5pm Friday 26th May 2023.
There are three age groups, each with its own ‘theme’:
1) Children aged up to 11
‘Create a story or poem about a character from Alice in Wonderland visiting Walton-on-Thames’.
2) Young Adults aged 12 – 16
‘If Alice were born today, what would a contemporary ‘Wonderland’ look like?’.
3) Adults aged 17 and above
‘If you fell down a Walton rabbit hole, where would you go?, what would you do / experience?’
* Entries in each age group can be a poem or a short piece of creative writing but must be no longer than one side of A4. You can be as creative as you like with your presentation, i.e., a longer thin poem over two columns.
Enter here!
Terms of Entry
- Entries can be typed or handwritten neatly, as long as it is only one side of paper as long and legible.
- Entries are open to anybody who has lived or is currently living or working in Elmbridge. We are actively encouraging entrants from Walton-on-Thames and Hersham as the competition themes focus on this location.
- The deadline for entries is 5pm Wednesday 17th May 2023, any entries received after this time, will unfortunately not be included.
- Entries need to be submitted either online via www.waltonfilmfestival.co.uk or hand delivered or posted to James Neave the Estate Agent, 38 High Street, Walton on Thames, KT12 1DE
- Prizes will be given to the winners of each age group, as well as a framed copy of their work. Certificates will be given to all finalists.
- A prize ceremony will be hosted as part of the Film Festival, where the winning entries will be read out to attendees. The ceremony will be on Bank Holiday Monday 29th May 2023 13:30 – 16:00 – location/venue to be confirmed.
- Copyright of the entries is retained by the entrant but Walton Film Festival reserve the right to have a copy on the festival website and use them for promotional purposes in the future. We also hope to get winning entries displayed in Walton-on-Thames after the festival (for example for the summer of 2023).
- The competition will be judged by avid Elmbridge readers to create a list of finalists per age group. Judges from organisations who have funded part of the Film Festival, other Elmbridge Arts organisations and Walton Businesses will select our winners.
- Decisions of the judges are final.
- This competition will be moderated by Walton BID Ltd (know publicly as Love Walton), all prizes will be provided by them, no alternatives will be available.
