How To Train Your Dragon author’s story competition won by Cranleigh boy

George Kauders from Cranleigh won a competition to write the next instalment of a story written by How To Train Your Dragon author Cressida Cowell SUS-200415-142014001 | User (UGC)

A budding writer from Cranleigh has won a national competition which invited children to continue a story started by the author of the popular How to Train Your Dragon series.

Nine-year-old George Kauders had his winning story printed in national children’s magazine First News this week after author Cressida Cowell chose it as the next instalment of her tale.

The competition – which is being run by First News – asked young authors to write the next 250 words of the Waterstones Children’s Laureate’s short story about a dragon.

Cranleigh Prep School pupil George was delighted to have been selected as the first winner, and Cressida will now choose the best story to follow on from George’s.

A new winner will be chosen each week until the tale is complete.

To read George’s winning story, click here.

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