Earlier today, Matthew Lewis was at the Hay Festival to participate in Chris Evans’ “500 WORDS” awards ceremony as one of the “superstar” readers.  He and the other participants read winning children’s stories live on the Chris Evans’ Radio 2 Breakfast Show. A little background on the competition:

500 WORDS is the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show’s short story writing competition for children aged 13 and under. Launched by Chris Evans back in 2011, the competition attracted 118,632 entries in its fourth year and picked up the Silver Award in the Best Competition Category at the 2014 Radio Academy Awards.

Earlier this year, children were invited to compose an original work of fiction, using no more than 500 words. The entries were marked by 3,500 volunteer teachers and librarians, from around the UK, before the Scottish Book Trust drew up a shortlist of 50 stories.

Matt read the the Silver-winning 9 and Under story, ‘No Ideas George’ by Robert Jordan. You can listen below and view some photos of Matthew over at our partner site, Matthew-Lewis.com.