Sidwella Rewritten
St Sidwell’s Community Centre ran a competition inviting the public to rewrite the story of Sidwella, the patron saint of Exeter!
Entrants were invited to take inspiration from the original tale, the people of Sidwell Street today, or anything they could think of to make the tale more inspiring and empowered. Dragons, unicorns, spotted frogs; it was all fair game! Read on to find out which story took the winning prize!
THE RULES
• Entrants had to be living in Devon, and include a short introduction about themselves.
• Length had to be a maximum of 300 words of fiction or 25 lines of poetry, 2 pages comic strip/graphic novel style or a 2-minute video.
• The work submitted must not be previously published.
THE PRIZES
🥇 First Prize was a £50 National Book Token provided by Exeter UNESCO City of Literature, and publication on ours and St Sidwell’s Community Centre websites.
🥈 One runner up received a £20 Co-Op voucher.
🎖️ All entries received a meal or coffee and cake in the community centre cafe!
🥇THE WINNER 🥇
The winner of the competition was local storyteller Clare Viner with the following beautiful story. Congratulations, Clare!
