Imagining whether Her Majesty the Queen sends text messages to her friends won one young writer the top prize in a competition presented by Jacqueline Wilson.
Leeya Odedra, 10, from West Wimbledon Primary School, was crowned the overall winner of the junior Young Writers' Competition at Wimbledon BookFest on Tuesday.
Judges including author Lindsey Barraclough, Children's Literature MA student David Steedman and Wimbledon Guardian chief reporter Becky Middleton, struggled to whittle down the hundreds of entrants earlier this year.
Left to right: David Steedman, Jacqueline Wilson, Leeya Odedra, Becky Middleton and Lindsey Barraclough.
There were eleven winners in the junior category, announced on Tuesday, October 7.
The entries were published in a compilation and the youngsters got a copy each, plus a goody bag.
Prizes were handed out by award-winning children's author Jacqueline Wilson, who is about to publish her 100th book - Opal Plumstead.
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