Martinborough Library (on behalf of the Wairarapa Library Service) congratulates 12-year old Polly Potts on winning third place in her age category in this year’s Upper Hutt Libraries short story writing competition.
A self-confessed bookworm who considers the library her home away from home, Polly was encouraged to enter this particular competition by Assistant Librarian Sylvia Arnold.
Polly’s A Christmas story was inspired by an advent calendar her mum had made featuring tiny characters including a hedgehog and a fawn. These are brought charmingly to life in Polly’s story alongside a cast of woodland friends. You can read her story online by going to https://www.upperhuttlibrary.co.nz/files/sharedassets/libraries/annual-events/short-story-competition/2023-short-story-competition-entries/copy-of-christmas-story-for-competition.pdf
A keen reader for as long as she can remember, it seemed only natural and inevitable for Polly to start writing her own stories. Storytellers appreciate the power and beauty of words; Polly is no exception. She has what she calls her “superpower, where random words would pop into my head.” She once surprised her teacher by using the word reverberate in her writing class!
Polly’s keen to enter more writing competitions and hopes to have some of her work published in the near future.
In the meantime, she’s happy to divide her spare time between her two passions: reading and animals. Polly is devoted to Winston, her pug, and an extended family including 11 chickens, five alpacas, three sheep, three peacocks, and a “beautiful, sassy cow called Rosa.”
