THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED FOR ENTRIES.
WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON.
Books are a great source of inspiration for song lyrics.
The Arctic Monkeys have done it, so have Radiohead and Nirvana. They've all written song lyrics inspired by a book - and now you can have a go.
Write some song lyrics inspired by one of the ten following books and you could see your winning words performed live by electro poet outfit Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip!
Follow these three easy steps to enter:
Step one: Take a look and choose a book
Step two: Feel the rhythm and get the rhyme
Step three: Submit your lyrics
Step One: Take a look and choose a book
You’ve got a choice of 10 books to use as inspiration for your lyrics, from the gang wars in Romeo and Juliet to the ultimate love story in Pride and Prejudice.
Take a look and choose from the selection below:
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Through the foggy streets of Victorian London to the deepest countryside, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson embark on thrilling criminal investigations.
Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank follows a young Jewish girl’s experience of being in hiding during World War Two in the form of her diary.
Artemis Fowl
by Eoin Colfer
Fowl by name, Fowl by nature. Twelve-year-old villain, Artemis Fowl, is the most ingenious criminal mastermind in history.
Casino Royale
by Ian Fleming
Introducing James Bond: charming, sophisticated, handsome; chillingly ruthless and very deadly. Casino Royale the first of Fleming's tales of agent 007.
The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger
Catcher in the Rye is written through the eyes of Holden Caulfield, a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school.
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
The story of the Bennet family and of Mrs Bennet's efforts to marry off her five daughters.
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Set in a city torn apart by feuds and gang warfare, Romeo and Juliet is a dazzling combination of passion and hatred, bawdy comedy and high tragedy.
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4
by Sue Townsend
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 is an unabashed, pimples-and-all glimpse into the troubled life of an adolescent.
Slam
by Nick Hornby
Slam is all at once funny, serious, thought-provoking and perfectly-pitched – a brilliant book for and about teenagers.
White Teeth
by Zadie Smith
White Teeth is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, dealing - among many other things - with friendship, love, war, three cultures and three families over three generations.
Step Two: Feel the rhythm and get the rhyme
Which book made you laugh?
Which book made you cry?
Which book would make a great song?
Once you have picked a book, start writing those lyrics.
The best lyrics will be the ones that pick up on the themes or emotions of the story such as the love Juliet felt for Romeo or the daring of Artemis Fowl.
Step Three: Submit your lyrics
Your competition entry must be uploaded below in a .doc format.
Type your song lyrics in a WORD document and simply upload them to the box below.
You will receive an email and a success message at the bottom of this webpage once your upload has been successful.
The winner will be announced following the closing date on 3rd October 2008.
You must be aged 13-18 to enter.