Young Storyteller of the Year
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Young Storyteller of the Year is an annual storytelling
competition in the UK for young people aged between 15 and 25 which has been running since 2005. There are a range of awards including cash prizes and performance platforms at various storytelling festival
s.
The event raises the profile of young public speakers, providing them with an annual platform and showcase. Most of the active young storytellers in England and Wales have come through Young Storyteller of the Year.
The most recent winners are Polly Tisdall (2011), Samuel Aitken & Jonathan Wingard (2010), Wilf Merttens (2009), Tom Bland (2008) and Rachel Rose Reid (2007), who is a storytelling hit in more than one capital (London Evening Standard)
The event is organised by the Traditional Arts Team and directed by Graham Langley. It has been supported financially by Arts Council England
and Birmingham City Council
.
Storytelling
Storytelling is the conveying of events in words, images and sounds, often by improvisation or embellishment. Stories or narratives have been shared in every culture as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation and in order to instill moral values...
competition in the UK for young people aged between 15 and 25 which has been running since 2005. There are a range of awards including cash prizes and performance platforms at various storytelling festival
Storytelling festival
A storytelling festival is often an annual event that features local, regional and/or nationally known oral storytellers. Each storyteller will have a scheduled amount of time to share a story with an audience...
s.
The event raises the profile of young public speakers, providing them with an annual platform and showcase. Most of the active young storytellers in England and Wales have come through Young Storyteller of the Year.
The most recent winners are Polly Tisdall (2011), Samuel Aitken & Jonathan Wingard (2010), Wilf Merttens (2009), Tom Bland (2008) and Rachel Rose Reid (2007), who is a storytelling hit in more than one capital (London Evening Standard)
The event is organised by the Traditional Arts Team and directed by Graham Langley. It has been supported financially by Arts Council England
Arts Council England
Arts Council England was formed in 1994 when the Arts Council of Great Britain was divided into three separate bodies for England, Scotland and Wales. It is a non-departmental public body of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport...
and Birmingham City Council
Birmingham City Council
The Birmingham City Council is the body responsible for the governance of the City of Birmingham in England, which has been a metropolitan district since 1974. It is the most populated local authority in the United Kingdom with, following a reorganisation of boundaries in June 2004, 120 Birmingham...
.