Daniel Radcliffe has launched an initiative today to find the UK and Ireland’s scariest story.  Beginning this Halloween, 31 October, budding writers will be able to submit their own original short story to The Woman in Black YouTube Channel with the winning entry recorded by Dan and included on  The Woman in Black DVD. The winner will also win a trip to London to attend the Premiere of The Woman in Black in early 2012.

The competition will run exclusively on YouTube.   Entrants have to upload short videos of themselves reading their original ghost story through the film’s official YouTube page – www.youtube.com/thewomaninblackmovie.  The competition closes on the 20^th of December 2011, whereupon ten finalists will be chosen and voted for by the public.  The winner will be announced on the 6^th of January 2012. A full set of terms and conditions are available on the YouTube channel.

The full press release may be read here.

Daniel also recited an excerpt from The Woman in Black novel which you can see below: