Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen To Print. 

This week’s podcast is the first of two episodes featuring award-winning writing from the recent Pen to Print Awards. Next week, we’ll hear winning pieces from the main Pen to Print Awards but, this week, we have winning pieces from a new competition: 'Adventurous Voices', sponsored by the Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation and Odizzi. The competition is for adults and young writers and split into age categories. Writers were given a soundscape from the Amazon rainforest supplied by Oddizzi, a multi-award-winning geography resource designed to ignite curiosity and inspire young minds.

The first piece you can hear is the winner in the primary age group: ‘Elara And The Enchanted Rainforest’ is by Daisy Higgins. It is read by Emily Inkpen.

The winner in the secondary age group is ‘Who Am I?’ by Musfira Sharif. The reader is Chris Gregory.

The winner in the adult age group is ‘Off The Beaten Path’ by Patrick Blosse. It is read by Chris Gregory.

You can find out more about the award sponsors The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation here:   https://www.wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org 

And find out more about Oddizzi here: https://www.oddizzi.com/  

We’re always delighted to read your contributions, so if you’d like to see your words in Write On! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch.

Please submit to:  https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/ 

Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio.  This edition has been presented by Tiffany Clare and produced by Chris Gregory.  Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen To Print. 

This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England.