Nesta launches £15,000 prize for innovative new forms of storytelling

Innovation charity Nesta has launched Alternarratives, an open prize for writers and creatives to explore new ways of using short-form narrative to engage young people (aged 11-16/KS3 and 4)with reading and storytelling. With rates of reading for young people at record lows and games having overtaken books and music combined in the creative economy, Nesta is making the £15,000 prize available to the best example of innovative accessible short-form storytelling for young people. This is an open call for bold written narrative ideas that push the boundaries of storytelling. Entries…

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