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Writer in Residence Camilla Reid announces her competition for early years settings

27 June 2025 

Send in photos of your book displays to enter her competition.

CALLING ALL EARLY YEARS SETTINGS!

Hi, I’m Camilla Reid, Writer in Residence at BookTrust, where we know that reading and sharing stories brings profound and wide-ranging benefits that can have a lifelong positive impact on the lives of children of all ages and backgrounds. 

We also know that Early Years settings of all kinds can play an important role in empowering families to start the habit of regular reading at home – so, I’m delighted to launch an exciting new competition for EY settings… with a fabulous prize! 

How to enter:

It’s easy! All you have to do is to create an eye-catching initiative in your EY setting which communicates the power of early years shared reading at home and encourages your preschool families to start reading books together more. It could be: 

  • A cute board-book mini lending library/​shelf
  • A beautiful noticeboard display
  • A cosy family shared-reading area
  • An innovative hand-out
  • A digital post or newsletter 

…it’s up to you – you know your families best and what will grab their attention! Send a photo of your creations to [email protected] 

Entries must be submitted by 11pm on Friday, 15 August 2025.

The prize

The EY setting that comes up with the most inspiring entry will win a bumper collection of 20 board books for their setting – Camilla Reid’s Top Ten Brilliant Books for Babies PLUS 10 signed copies of Camilla Reid’s most recent books. 

All the best entries – and the winning entry, of course – will be featured on BookTrust’s website and social media so you can all inspire other early years settings to follow your lead! 

Terms and conditions

  1. Participants must be at least 18 years old to enter.
  2. To enter the competition, you must be a resident of England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
  3. The competition is not open to employees (or members of their immediate families) of BookTrust.
  4. Only one entry per person.
  5. Entries must be submitted by 11pm on Friday, 15 August 2025.
  6. There will be one winner (from all eligible entries).
  7. If a chosen winner does not respond to correspondence within one week, a new winner will be selected.
  8. Our decision will be final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
  9. The prize will not be transferable to another person.
  10. No part of the prize is exchangeable for cash or any other prize.
  11. The prize is run by BookTrust of No. 1 Aire Street, Leeds, LS1 4PR. However, the prize will be sent out by a third party and by entering you acknowledge that your details will be passed on to them, solely for the purposes of administering this competition.
  12. Prizes will be sent out to winners by post. However, BookTrust cannot be held responsible for any prizes lost, damaged or stolen after they have been sent.
  13. Where a third party is supplying a prize, BookTrust accepts no responsibility for inaccuracy of any prize description, and the third party is responsible for prize fulfilment.
  14. By entering you are agreeing to the terms and conditions in our privacy statement.
  15. BookTrust reserves the right to amend the competition end date at any time.