500 WORDS - The Movie

Step behind the scenes of The Chris Evans Breakfast Show's 500 WORDS competition - meet the finalists in the atmospheric Chained Library at Hereford Cathedral, Chris and his judges at Radio 2 HQ, the celebrity readers at the Hay Festival - and see the winners revealed at the Grand Finale!

[@sarahmulgrew8340]

My best friend is in the last 50 for the 12-13 category this year. I think she's gonna win, I read her story it's amazing. 😊 really proud of her xx

[@RAMZANKHAN-wc9rd]

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[@msagain]

I enjoyed hearing the stories so it was nice to put faces to the voices. I thought the whole competition was a great idea as it is important to encourage children to get off their game machines and just sit down and write what they see in their heads. Well done everyone involved.

[@elmahandly7078]

I think you should make another age group going to 14 to 18

[@nohamirghani2390]

Elma Handly That age is for adults this is for kids

[@YagamiLightgodofjustice]

there is one- BBC young writers award

[@carlysherry4282]

Hi