500 WORDS 2012 - Top Stories

Chris Evans and the Breakfast Show team are proud to reveal this year's winning stories, along with the other tantalising tales which made it onto our shortlist. We received over 74,000 entries from children all over the UK, so these talented young writers should be extremely proud of themselves.

Winners: 9 Years Old and Under

Winners: 10-13 Years Old

  • Defining Moments

    By Isobel Harwood - aged 12
    Read by Will Young

  • SPLASH!

    By Millie Haldane - aged 10
    Read by Catherine Tate

  • Me and You

    By Poppy Holloway - aged 11
    Read by Helen Skelton

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