The programme was being presented from Hay as the culmination of a story-writing competition for children.

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Daniel Stevens and Liam Carter-Hawkins, both aged 17, won an essay-writing competition organised by Manx-based aerospace company, ManSat.

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On one thundery night, the merry group held a horror story writing competition.

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Writing about the competition entries on the Raspberry Pi blog, community manager Liz Upton said PySnap was "well thought out and designed".

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"Improving standards of writing is a top priority for this government and this competition is playing an important role in encouraging writing, " Ms Morris said.

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Both the FT and Chris Redman writing in Fortune raise questions about what the overall value of big exchange mergers will be worth given the competition from electronic venues such as BATS, Direct Edge and Chi-X.

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With such writing on the blackboard, the teachers' unions have reached deep into their pockets to fight the spectre of competition.

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Programmes can do a passable job writing up baseball games, and may soon fill parts of newspaper sections (those not sunk by free online competition).

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Tim makes his living writing books, but he tells people how to promote their books books that could be in direct competition with his and threaten his position on bestseller lists.

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