Learnnewsdesk, the Guardian's online news service for schools, has got together with Amnesty International UK to launch a Young Human Rights reporter competition.
Children between 7 and 14 years old are being asked to write 200-250 words on a human rights story. It could be from personal experience (e.g. bullying or what it's like to be a refugee) or their interpretation of a human rights news story.
Primary and secondary/post primary winners will be invited on an expenses paid VIP trip to the Amnesty International UK and Guardian HQs in London (one  child winner and one adult guardian for each category).
Extracts of the winning articles from each age category will be published in the Education supplement of The Guardian newspaper on 1 June 2010, in an article by award-winning journalist Ian Cobain who won the Amnesty International UK newspaper reporter of the year 2009. The full text of the winning articles will be published on the Guardian and learnnewsdesk websites.
Winning articles and the runners up will also be showcased at the prestigious Amnesty International UK main media awards on 1 June 2009.
More prizes!
In addition to their trip, the primary and secondary/post primary winners will also receive an Easi-speak MP3 recorder and microphone, Amnesty and learnnewsdesk goodie bags (including exclusive Amnesty International media awards 2010 T-shirt), a specially made Amnesty International media award 2010 (one for the winner and one for their school in each category) and a subscription to either the learnnewsdesk or the Guardian's newsmaker package.
Two runners up in each category will receive Amnesty and learnnewsdesk goodie bags (including exclusive Amnesty International media awards T-shirt), Amnesty International media awards 2010 certificate and an annual subscription to either the Guardian's newsmaker package or learnnewsdesk.
All entries to the competition must be sent in through the Be a reporter section of learnnewsdesk.
We've arranged a special login for non-subscribers to join in.
Simply go to www.learnnewsdesk.co.uk then use the Login Amnesty and the password Amnesty. Go to the Be a reporter page and follow the competitions link. Anyone who enters the competition must read the terms and conditions which can be accessed on this page.
Then entries can be sent using the 'Be a reporter' section by clicking on 'Send us a report'.
The deadline for entries is 1 April 2010.  
Contact
If you have any questions regarding this competition or require any further information, please email: emily.drabble[at]guardian.co.uk, or telephone: 0203 353 3279.