A 12-year-old Wyedean School pupil has been awarded a silver medal in a BBC Radio 2 writing competition. Nicholas Lockhart submitted the story: 'Diary of a Minotaur' to DJ Chris Evans's 500 Words competition and was chosen for the second place prize in the 10-13 years category. His story was recorded by children's' TV presenters Dick and Dom and is available to hear online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01ybcx8">www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01ybcx8 The winners were announced on Friday (30th May) at a special broadcast of the Chris Evans Breakfast Show live from the Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts. Returning to BBC Radio 2 for its fourth year, the competition received a staggering 118,632 entries from children aged 13 and under from around the UK who put pen to paper to compose an original work of fiction using no more than 500 words. Chris Evans said: "What a year for 500 Words! The competition blew my mind away! I want to say a huge thanks to the amazing children who got involved by putting pen to paper. Seeing the faces of our finalists, and the reaction of this year's winners, was an absolute joy. Let's do it all again next year!" This year, 17 boys and 33 girls make up the Top 50 finalists. They range in age from seven years old, all the way up to 13. And there are representatives from all four UK nations. The furthest flung finalist drove, with her family, all the way from Moray, in Scotland, on a round trip of over 1,000 miles. Two storywriters crossed the Irish Sea, and one of the finalists flew all the way from Canada to be part of the Final. The creative cast of characters in this year's competition included ghosts, dragons, an evil wizard, a Russian spy, a Minotaur, Bigfoot, a secret agent chicken, a superhero squirrel, a criminal banana, and much, much more. The winning stories were brought to life on the show by an amazing cast of special celebrity guests – including Lord of Downton, Hugh Bonneville; chart-topper Paloma Faith; Harry Potter's Neville Longbottom (aka Matthew Lewis); Blue Peter's Barney Harwood; Sherlock himself, Benedict Cumberbatch and comedy double act Dick and Dom. Wyedean School announced the news on their website: "A medal was presented to Nick in recognition of his incredible achievement and he also wins the equivalent of Alex Jones's (The One Show presenter) height in books. That should keep Nick occupied for the rest of the year! 'We all agree that it was an incredible achievement and congratulate Nick. What an inspiration!"