Girl’s creative talent wins her top prize (From South Wales Guardian)

Girl’s creative talent wins her top prize

12:10pm Saturday 6th February 2010

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A LLANDOVERY schoolgirl has scooped a prize of £50 in the first-ever national libraries competition.

Caitlin Morgan of Ysgol Pantycelyn won the secondary school section of the Express Yourself competition which encouraged everyone of all ages to show off their creative talents with a generic theme of ‘libraries’.

Entrants could choose from a variety of arts including creative writing, dancing, drama, music, animation, painting, photography, drawing or sculpture.

The Ammanford branch of the Wales Embroidery Society were successful in the section for voluntary or community organisations.

Carmarthenshire’s libraries and heritage manager Dewi Thomas said: “We were delighted with the response and had a great time judging the entries. Many made us laugh, some made us sad and some were just bizarre!

“We were very impressed with the overall quality of entries and I’m sure we will be using many in future campaigns.”

Library services throughout Wales participated in the competition and over 1,500 entries were received.

Caitlin will now be entered into the national stages where 18 finalists will be chosen and invited to a special awards ceremony on February 25 where they will have the chance to win £500.

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