Budding writers can help celebrate literary character Adrian Mole's 50th birthday.
The University of Leicester Centre for New Writing is commissioning three five-minute radio plays or monologues to perform at Adrian Mole's birthday party on 2 April.
Two commissions are open to all writers and the third is aimed at young writers aged between 16 and 25. The works can take inspiration from any aspect of Mole's diaries or any other theme from the writing of Leicester author Sue Townsend.
The commissions will be judged by a panel who will look for originality and work that maintains a sense of the regional character within Adrian Mole.
Dr Corinne Fowler, director of the Centre for New Writing, said, “the party and commissioned work seem like the perfect way to celebrate Adrian Mole as a central cultural phenomenon.
“He’s very much a Leicester figure and we want to remind everyone that Sue Townsend was a Leicester writer through and through. The birthday party will have the same spirit of playfulness that the novels had.”
In 2008, Sue Townsend became a Distinguished Honorary Fellow, the highest honour that the University of Leicester can bestow. She died at her home in Leicester on 10 April 2014.
To enter, write a cover letter of no more than 400 words and submit a creative writing sample to Corinne Fowler at [email protected] by 12PM on Monday 16 January.
Further details are available at the University of Leicester Centre for New Writing web site.