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Alex Rider Backpack and Tshirt

This week Walker Books have got one really cool prize to give away, an Alex Rider backpack filled with a Scorpia Rising t-shirt, plus 10 temporary tattoos and 10 Scorpia Rising postcards for you and your mates. For your chance to win this, all you have to do is email alexriderinsider@gmail.com and tell us what you would do with your extra tattoos and postcards and why…

Closing date is Friday 30th March (Terms and Conditions of entry)

The end starts here…
http://amzn.to/scorpia

Anthony shares some short-story writing tips to promote the BBC 500 Words writing competition.

More information here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/chris-evans/500-words/

Gadget Academy Competition

To celebrate 10 years of Alex Rider we’ve teamed up with the Young Times to set you a very special challenge.

Your help is needed to create a new gadget for Alex Rider’s 9th and last mission, Scorpia Rising. Alex Rider’s gadgets, supplied by MI6 operative Smithers, are one of the best-loved elements of Anthony Horowitz’s books and have helped him out of all sorts of scrapes. Now Walker Books and Young Times are offering readers the once-in-a-lifetime chance to design a gadget for Alex!

The winning gadget will feature in Anthony Horowitz’s 9th Alex Rider novel, out Spring 2011, and will be made into an illustration and featured in the Young Times. The winner will also receive a copy of the book and a print of their gadget design. There will be runners up prizes too of an e-reader loaded with the first three Alex Rider books and free Stormbreaker ebooks.

To find out more about the competition visit The Times website or go straight to the Alex Rider Gadget Academy www.gadgetacademy.co.uk to submit your entry. Grab your copy of The Times today and you can also read an exclusive interview with Anthony Horowitz.

Good luck with your mission.