12-02-2025
Pokeman fan wins library illustration competition two years in a row
A pupil has used her love of Pokemon to help her win a library illustration competition a second year running.
Katy, a Year 7 pupil at Lawn Manor Academy, has won Swindon Libraries' illustration competition for Beechcroft Library for the second consecutive year.
The competition, which ran across all of Swindon's libraries, challenged youngsters to 'Make a Marvellous Monster.'
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Katy used her love of dragons and Pokémon to inspire her monster and joined 13 other youngsters from across Swindon to win the prize for their local library.
She explained: "We were given a circle as a starting point for our monsters and I decided to use that as my dragon's belly.
"I was inspired by the Pokémon character Charizard as I really like drawing dragons."
Katy was presented with her prize, along with the other winners, by local children's author and illustrator Steve Antony.
The competition gained more than 500 entries across the town.
Katy continued: "I won the competition last year as well when I was at primary school, I really like entering it and the quiz was lots of fun."
Ellen Logan, English teacher at Lawn Manor Academy, said: "Katy is definitely one to beat in the annual library competition and we're very proud that she has now won the Beechcroft library competition two years running."
