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Past Competitions
Design a Bookmark Competition!
It’s the end of our centenary year and to take us into the next 100 years we would like a bookmark to use in all our libraries.
Could yours be the winning design?

100 Years Writing Competition
To celebrate our 100-year anniversary, we are launching the Centenary Writing Competition. The competition theme is ‘One Hundred Years.’ Entrants are invited to write a short story, poem or non-fiction piece themed on ’One Hundred Years.’
You can now read the winning entries!

Adult Reading Challenge
This summer, we’re challenging adults to get reading!
Be in with a chance of winning a £50 book voucher for Mr B’s Emporium Bookshop in Bath!

Design a Future Library Competition!
This year B&NES is celebrating one hundred years of public libraries in Bath, but what will libraries of the future look like? In the next one hundred years how will libraries change and develop?

2020: Lockdown Writing Competitions
Working in partnership with Bath Spa University and Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights, we asked adult members of LibrariesWest to submit poems or short stories based on the theme of ‘Lockdown’.
You can now read the winning entries!
