Forget Saga holidays and Stannah stairlifts, this generation of over-60s are the very people that invented flower power, marched to Aldermaston and were the first to get the Stones, Pink Floyd et al...and if that weren't enough prvileges, they're now being invited to write a debut short story now that the grind of the workaday week is behind them.
Booktrust has just launched a competition especially for the over-60s; entitled 'The Letter I Wish I Had Written', entrants are invited to submit 750 words on the subject, with £500 of book tokens for the winner.
The competition was inspired by a recent Booktrust survey which indicated that nearly 75% of over-60s questioned felt that writing about their lives and experiences offered younger Britons a vital insight into social history...and apparently nearly half those taking part in the survey already kept a diary. So, if you fit the profile, give it a whirl--but don't forget to spend your tokens at your faovurite book shop (ie us!)Good luck!
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