By Paul Glynn
Entertainment reporter
BBC Breakfast is to relaunch the children's penning contention 500 Words, 3 years aft it was dropped from Radio 2.
First launched by Chris Evans connected Radio 2's meal amusement successful 2011, the fashionable UK-wide contention continued with his successor Zoe Ball until 2020.
It volition instrumentality this September, supported again by the Queen Consort.
The BBC's main contented officer, Charlotte Moore, said the corp was "thrilled" to denote its return.
She added the contention would "help observe a scope of young authors with large imaginations".
"It is fantastic that the contention volition beryllium supported by the Queen Consort and we bash anticipation teachers and librarians crossed the UK volition get progressive successful this accidental to assistance find the writers of tomorrow," Moore said.
BBC Breakfast presenter Jon Kay added: "We are delighted to beryllium championing 500 Words and look guardant to the nary uncertainty stellar entries from talented, aspiring young writers up and down the state that are definite to travel successful owed course."
Speaking connected his Virgin Radio amusement successful the summertime of 2020, Evans said it was "a existent shame" that his erstwhile leader had brought the originative penning contention to a close.
Up until then, it had has received much than 1 cardinal stories written by children, generating much than 440 cardinal words; and astatine 1 signifier brought keen scholar Camilla to tears.
Now that it's back, teachers and librarians are being invited to articulation the 2023 judging sheet alongside World Book Day ambassador Sir Lenny Henry - who volition besides work a CBeebies Bedtime Story for the occasion.
Other judges see best-selling authors Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Francesca Simon, Charlie Higson and the erstwhile children's laureate Malorie Blackman.
The expansive final, which volition see the 50 champion entries from 2 antithetic property categories - children aged 5 to seven, and 8 to 11 - volition instrumentality spot a twelvemonth from now, connected World Book Day 2024.
Previous locations for the last person been Windsor Castle, Hampton Court and the Tower of London.
The winning stories volition beryllium work retired by prima names, with past narrators including Dua Lipa, Benedict Cumberbatch and Jodie Whittaker.
For much accusation connected engaging with 500 Words sojourn BBC Teach.