FFHS-NEWS FFHS News: BBC MY STORY

[News from the Federation of Family History Societies]

You may be interested in the note below about a BBC campaign  called My 
Story, which aims to find remarkable true stories from ordinary  members of the 
public.
Regards
David Smetham
Communications Officer FFHS
 
 
 
 

 
BBC MY STORY 
They say everyone has a book inside them. This autumn the BBC is on  the 
hunt for real life stories that could become best selling  books… 
Following  on from the success of the recent poetry  season, the BBC is 
launching a major new campaign  designed to encourage the nation to discover 
the joy of books. 
As part of  the campaign five people will win a major book deal with one of 
the country’s  leading publishers plus a cash advance of £20,000. 
The campaign is called MY STORY and  it’s open to anyone…  
Basically  we’re looking to find true stories about ordinary people’s real 
lives. It  doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from, all that 
matters is that the  story is true and based on your life or your family’s life. 
It can’t be fiction  or fictionalised. It must be based on true events that 
have happened to  you.  
15 stories  will feature in a major new five part TV series called MY  ST
ORY that will go out on primetime BBC One next year. And five of the  stories 
from the series will be published as books.  
A small  literary panel will select the winning stories and the books will 
all be  published by Harper Collins and will all be available to  buy in 
bookshops across the country immediately after each of the five TV  programmes 
has been broadcast.  
All you have to do to take part is to go to the MY STORY website 
BBC.CO.UK/MYSTORY and  put in a summary of your story in no more than 1500 words. 
That's  it. So if you've had a remarkable life or something extraordinary has  
happened to you or your family then get writing and you could win a 
publishing  deal with a cash advance of £20,000.
 




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