Property Round Up By Helen Fisher

Homes to Host an Easter Egg By Helen Fisher

WHITCHURCH CANONICORUM £800,000 UPLODERS £375,000

Built in the late 1990’s in the grounds of a former rectory. Beautifully proportioned ground floor living spaces arranged around a galleried hallway with 4 bedrooms above. Sitting room with wood-burning stove plus family kitchen leading to a conservatory. Mature, south-west facing gardens with veg bed and shed. Double garage and parking.

Symonds & Sampson Tel: 01308 422092

A well-presented 3 bedroom family home, tucked away in a quiet cul de sac. Sitting room with open fireplace and double doors onto the garden. Duel aspect dining room and large kitchen. Rear landscaped garden with decking area and countryside views beyond. Parking space to the front plus single garage in a block. No onward chain.

Goadsby Tel: 01308 420000

COLYTON £325,000

A beautifully situated end-of-terrace 2 bedroom cottage with generous gardens and lovely countryside views. A well-loved family home now requiring modernisation. Useful attic room with window - currently used as a workshop. Front and back gardens featuring a produce garden, small pond, greenhouse, log store and stone built shed.

Gordon & Rumsby Tel: 01297 553768

COLYTON £500,000

A Victorian family home arranged over 4 floors with 5/6 bedrooms. Generous rooms throughout plus benefiting from a basement workshop with power and light and door leading to a walled rear garden. Featuring veg patches, fruit trees and cages and mature shrubs. Timber summerhouse, outside store and WC.

Martin Diplock Tel: 01297 445500 BRADPOLE £495,000

A detached 2 bedroom village bungalow with plenty of natural light and double-glazed windows and doors. Sitting room with open fireplace and patio doors to a conservatory. Large private, well-stocked rear garden with apple, pear and plum trees. Plus gate to a small stream boundary. Numerous outbuildings, garage and ample parking.

Kennedys Tel: 01308 427329

WEST BAY £595,000

A detached spacious house with 3/4 bedrooms enjoying a large west facing rear garden with lovely views over the Brit Valley. Built in the 1930s and enlarged and improved over the years. The garden features a raised circular pond, sheds and summerhouse. Ample parking and single garage. No onward chain.

Stags Tel: 01308 428000

New youth category for international literary prize

A CATEGORY for a Children’s and Young Adult Novel is included for the first time in a local 2022 international literary competition.

Now in its 19th year, the Yeovil Literary Prize continues to attract more entries each year from accomplished and aspiring writers around the world.

It was started in 2002 and has gained recognition as an established fixture in the international literary calendar. Organisers say the response is magnificent, with quality writing being submitted from all corners of the globe.

Many talented writers thrive on the opportunity to develop their craft through competition with other writers and the Yeovil Literary Prize offers an award to novelists, as well as for writers of work that does not fit the usual writing categories with their ‘Writing Without Restriction’. They also welcome short stories of every genre as well as poetry.

The new Children’s and Young Adult Novel category joins the existing categories as well as a general class called ‘Writing without Restriction’. To enter the new Children’s and Young Adult Novel category, writers must provide a 500-word synopsis and the first 3000 words of their book. They also have the option to include an illustration with their entry.

All profits from this competition are used within the community to sponsor local young people who are studying the arts, to support various art projects, and to host cultural events. The organisation reaches out to all the arts and also hosts an annual YCAA Booker Debate in partnership with the Yeovil Waterstones store.

Locally, they sponsor children’s writing workshops and short story competitions and are a partner in the annual Yeovil Literary Festival.

The tenth Yeovil Literary Festival will commence on 20th October and run until 24th October 2022.

The Yeovil Literary Prize is managed by a dedicated team of volunteers and all details of how to enter can be found on www.yeovilprize.co.uk

Winners will receive cash prizes and be invited to present their work at a special showcase event as part of the Yeovil Literary Festival.

Although the 2022 panel has yet to be announced, previous judges have included literary agents and publishers, as well as accomplished authors and poets.

The competition is open for entries and runs until 31st May 2022. For details of entry requirements, past winners, and rules, see www.yeovilprize.co.uk. Winners are announced in the autumn.