aged about 7
i wrote a crappy little poem about a space shuttle launch, which i sent off for a competition in the southport visitor. i actually won the compo and the £50 prize money, but the best thing about it was seeing that 2nd place went to a woman in her forties who wrote something about cats or tulips. i can just imagine the look on her face when she found out she'd been beaten by a seven-year-old!

the worst part was having the school headmaster reading out the damn poem in the middle of assembly. oh, the shame!
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 4 May 2011, 17:40, 5 replies)

I don't mean to piss on your trifle.
But if age was mentioned on both entries and in the paper -- might that not meant they made allowances for your tender age? If you won and they only found out you were only 7 years old later on then that would be pretty cool.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Wed 4 May 2011, 17:55, closed)

i know my age probably helped
but fuck it, i got the cash :D
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 4 May 2011, 17:57, closed)

Don't tell me
you had to grow up in that crap hole southport as well? :P
(bottle_cap, Wed 4 May 2011, 18:27, closed)

nope
waterloo :(
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 4 May 2011, 18:43, closed)

Christ
I was the Southport Visiter Junior Reporter of the Year.

That's not a win, in anyone's book...
(Rakky (forgot her password) The muffin maverick, Thu 5 May 2011, 9:17, closed)