Well done Jayce!

Jayce J (Year 2) attended The Benjamin Zephaniah Future Writers Competition Ceremony at Birmingham City University. 

The competition was held as a celebration of the life and rhymes of BCU Honorary Doctorate Benjamin Zephaniah.  Born and raised in Handsworth, Birmingham, Zephaniah became a national treasure through his writing and extraordinary poetry, later becoming an actor, a musician and a professor of poetry and creative writing. His love of animals, nature, and his strong beliefs in human rights, made him popular with many. 

Benjamin drew on his lived experiences of dyslexia, incarceration, racism and his Jamaican heritage, and he aimed to make his work accessible for all. His writing shaped generations of both adults and children, and he left a remarkable legacy in the city he was born in and the nation he called home.

More than 2,500 applications were submitted for the competition and Jayce was awarded a certificate of achievement for being amongst the top 10 candidates shortlisted - what a fantastic achievement!

Congratulations Jayce!