article_snippet.sent: The event’s judges for Festival annual competition to find young writers who can bring history to life include Birdsong author Sebastian Faulks, Claire Tomalin and best-selling novelist Charlie Higson.
article_snippet.sent: Budding young authors are being asked to submit a first chapter of a historical novel of no more than 1,500 words, and a brief outline of the rest of the proposed novel of up to 500 words, for a chance of winning the Penguin Chalke Valley History Prize.
article_snippet.sent: It must be on one of the following themes:
article_snippet.sent: The Ancients; Secret and Spies; The Home; Adventurers and Inventors; or King and Country.
article_snippet.sent: There are two age groups: 11 to 14 and 15 to 18.
article_snippet.sent: Entrants will be judged on historical research, writing skill and originality.