BBC 500 Words Competition 2023: Writing Tips with Countdown's Susie | Newsround

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Do you enjoy writing short stories? Well, get your pens at the ready as 500 Words is back for another year.
The competition was first launched all the way back in 2011 and since then there have been more than one million entries.
This year entries will be split into two age categories - 5-7 year olds and 8-11 year olds and you can send in your stories for the competition from today until 10 November.
And, we speak to Lexicographer Susie Dent about her favourite words.

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