Win 1 of 3 signed copies of LION  Writing Competition

The feature film LION is the inspirational true story of Saroo Brierley.

(Read our review!)

To celebrate its release, we're giving away three signed copies of his autobiography, originally published as A Long Way Home.

To go in the running to win, we want you to write a letter to one of its subjects. That could be Saroo himself, or his adoptive Australian mother Sue, or even perhaps his birth mother in India. We want to know what you would say to them about their incredible tale. The winning entries could be published on Student Edge!

Here's a tip: One line answers don't tend to make for an entertaining article (this isn't one of those 25 words or less competitions), so put your thinking caps on and write something you think others will find interesting.

Check out our guide to winning the Writing Challenge for some dos and don'ts.

Synopsis: "When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost home town half a world away, he made global headlines. Saroo had become lost on a train in India at the age of five. Not knowing the name of his family or where he was from, he survived for weeks on the streets of Kolkata, before being taken into an orphanage and adopted by a couple in Australia. Despite being happy in his new family, Saroo always wondered about his origins. He spent hours staring at the map of India on his bedroom wall. When he was a young man the advent of Google Earth led him to pore over satellite images of the country for landmarks he recognised. And one day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for. Then he set off on a journey to find his mother."

Deadline: 12/02/2017 11:59:00 PM EST