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*Extended deadline* b small publishing’s Young Language Learner Award is back for 2024!

b small publishing’s Young Language Learner Award is back for 2024!

Children aged between 6 -11 are encouraged to send in a story or comic written in a language of their choice, other than a mother tongue.

To mark the excitement for various sporting events happening this summer, including Euro 2024, the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games, the theme for this year’s competition is TEAM SPIRIT.

Entrants are encouraged to interpret the theme however they see fit!

Entries close 20 June. b small publishing will publish the winning entry as a PDF on their website, and the winner will also receive 10 books from b small, with 2nd and 3rd runners up receiving 5 and 2 books respectively.

Sign up for your pack and get access to a fantastic FREE activity and brilliant way to practise learning languages!

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