Competitions, Prizes & Offers - The Winners
1. The Storyteller Raffle
You could win an elegant Storyteller Armchair, like the one in the Marquee, worth £1,229.00 from Sofa Workshop in Chiswick High Road. Simply pick up a postcard, write your contact details on it, post it in the box and you 
could win the chair. The winner will be
announced on October 18th 2010.
2. The Big Festival Quiz
Father Kevin Morris, vicar of St Michael's, made the draw from the winning entries (right).
First prize - A Villandry Kitchen Hamper - has gone to Margaret Hodgson of W4.
Second prize - A Cath Kidston book bag and Book Club books - went to Joanna Kennedy of W12
Third prize - An Oliver Bonas cake stand and vouchers for cakes from Maison Blanc, Carluccios and Patisserie Valerie - has gone to
Brian Smith of W4.
Villandry is also offering 10% off meals for people who’ve bought
tickets for the Festival; and a complimentary bottle of wine for anyone who attends the Crime Fiction Tea.
3. The Silent Comedy Auction
The Tabard Theatre, which hosted two Festival events on Saturday afternoon, offered two tickets to Russell Howard (right) at the end of the Festival, in a silent auction. They were bought by Mark Byford.
4. 
Young Writers' Competition 2010 -
What I Read This Summer
The Chiswick Book Festival joined with ChiswickW4.com to run a Young Writers' Competition. Called 'What I Read This Summer', the competition invited anyone under 18 to write a sparkling review of a contemporary (21st Century) book.
The winners were:
Under-12 category: Rachel Jones, aged 10, of Strand on the Green Junior School, W4, for her review of The Lost Island of Tamarind by Nadia Aguiar.
Over-12 category: Lily Dove, aged 12, of St James Senior Girls' School, W14, who reviewed Boom by Mark Haddon.
You can read both their entries here on ChiswickW4.com.
Rachel and Lily each win £20 book cards from Waterstone's, Chiswick High Road.
The judges were the author and lecturer in creative writing, Celia Brayfield, and Emma Brophy, editor of ChiswickW4.com. Celia Brayfield commented:
"The writers' enjoyment of the books shines through in these reviews, which are well structured and professionally presented. What's most impressive about these winning entries, however, is the sophistication which the writers have expressed in engaging with the authors' writing and evaluating it critically. They've both gone beyond their first responses to the books and really thought about the authors' choices. Congratulations to the winners - and also to their teachers!"
5. The Book Festival Treasure Hunt in Turnham Green Terrace
The winners were Lara Orlandi, aged 4, and Luca Orlandi, aged 2. They each win books kindly donated by Trotters in Turnham Green Terrace.
6. The English Heritage/Chiswick House & Gardens Trust Writing Competition
English Heritage and Chiswick House & Gardens Trust were looking for talented writers to create a short sketch based on a historical view of Chiswick gardens. From the scene of grand balls to a place of healing as a Victorian mental asylum, Chiswick House in west London has had a long and varied history.
Ten signs have been installed in the recently-restored gardens, each showing a historical view of Chiswick. Empty golden picture frames above each sign capture how the same view looks today. These images were to provide the inspiration for the sketches: perhaps they could reveal what secret the two Victorian ladies are sharing in one picture or maybe explain what has caused a group of rabbits to dance in another….
The sketch had to be designed to be listened to – like a radio play – and could take any form – e.g. song, poem, play, reminiscence – but should be no longer than 3 minutes in length when read aloud. The winning pieces will be recorded, alongside commissioned works from established playwrights, as part of a planned new audio guide to Chiswick House and Gardens. The guide will be launched for visitors in spring 2011.
Congratulations to the five winners, who were announced at the Festival, as follows:-
Under 15s
- Florence Read, 15. Florence’s entry ‘It’s Not Bill’ is an inner monologue describing the thoughts of William Kent, who helped Lord Burlington design the gardens at Chiswick, as he watched rabbits dance in the moonlight.
Under 18s
- Lily Hewitt, 17. Lily’s thoughtful piece 'Long Necked Visitors' is told from the perspective of a giraffe, which had been a major attraction at one of the 6th duke of Devonshire’s grand parties held in the gardens of Chiswick.
Chiswick Residents
- Nigel Macarthur. Chiswick resident Nigel’s humorous poem 'A Sporting Tradition', about clandestine activity, was inspired by a photograph of a cricket match between Turnham Green and Middlesex CC played in the summer of 1948 at Chiswick.
Adult
- Jo Thomas. 'A Place of Healing' was inspired by an image of two Victorian ladies walking in the gardens at the time Chiswick House was a mental asylum. Jo’s entry imagines their conversation and thoughts about women’s suffrage.
- Katherine Kavanagh. Katherine’s dramatic and highly original piece entitled 'Critics' Circle' as inspired by the orangery in the gardens.
Prizes: As well as being recorded, each winning entry was performed at the Festival by members of the InterAct, which offers a reading service for stroke patients. Winners also received an English Heritage membership and a hamper.
Our thanks to the Judges: actor John Rowe (The Archers, Lagaan, Doctors); director Vicky Ireland, whose credits include bringing Jacqueline Wilson’s books to the stage; Michelle Penn of Antenna Audio, specialists in creating audio guides; and Jenny Cousins of English Heritage.