Year 7 Lawn Manor Academy pupil Katy has her eyes set on a career as a writer and illustrator after winning the Swindon Libraries’ illustration competition for Beechcroft Library for two years running.
The competition, which ran across all of Swindon’s libraries, challenged youngsters to ‘Make a Marvellous Monster.’ Katy used her combined love of dragons and Pokémon to inspire her monster and joined 13 other youngsters from across Swindon to win the prize for their local library.
She said: “We were given a circle as a starting point for our monsters and I decided to use that as my dragon’s belly.
"I was inspired by the Pokémon character Charizard as I really like drawing dragons.”
Katy was presented with her prize, along with the other winners, by local children’s author and illustrator Steve Antony who also held a fun quiz for everyone.
The competition gained over 500 entries across the town and so winning for Beechcroft was a great achievement.
Katy said: “I won the competition last year as well when I was at primary school, I really like entering it and the quiz was lots of fun.
"One day I would like to be an author and illustrator and so it was interesting to meet Steve Antony again. I write a lot of stories at home – I have lots of ideas but not enough time!”
Ellen Logan, English Teacher at Lawn Manor Academy, said: “Katy is definitely one to beat in the annual library competition and we’re very proud that she has now won the Beechcroft library competition two years running.
"At Lawn Manor Academy we love to hear about and support our pupils’ achievements outside the classroom and help nurture their talent and passions.”
Lawn Manor Academy is part of the Ascend Learning Trust. For more information, people can visit www.lawnmanor.org
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