A COLLEGE student has become a published author after successfully submitting an entry to a national competition.
When Barton Peveril Sixth Form College student Leah Goddard entered into a Young Writers creative writing competition, she claimed she had "no expectations".
But now, the student has become a published author after her entry was selected for publication out of a pool of over 2,500 entries from across the UK.
The competition, titled Unsolved, asked 11 to 18 year old students to write their own crime and mystery focused mini-saga of no more than 100 words.
Each student was required to follow the conventions of the crime and mystery genre, exploring their own ideas and stories in a creative way.