Mara Wilson Joins Roald Dahl's Imaginormous Challenge Writing Contest as Member of Judging Panel

Writer and actor Mara Wilson, known to many for playing Matilda Wormwood in the beloved film Matilda, will be helping Willy Wonka with his search as one of the judges in thisyear's Roald Dahl's Imaginormous Challenge and will be helping to read the entries and pick the winners. Mara announced her involvement on Twitter earlier this week, noting that she is "thrilled to be helping to pick a winner!"

This year, the Roald Dahl Story Company, Penguin Young Readers, and Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, in conjunction with Langley Park Productions and Neal Street Productions, kicked off Roald Dahl's Imaginormous Challenge starring Willy Wonka himself. This imagination CONTEST asks kids and their TEACHERS not to imagine small, but to imaginormous as Willy Wonka embarks on a new hunt for inventive story ideas from smart, imaginative and creative children from across the United States. Five new Golden Ticket Winners must be found and will be rewarded
beyond their wildest imaginations.

Roald Dahl's Imaginormous Challenge is all about inspiring imaginative story ideas in children 5 to 12 years of age and marks a major investment from the Roald Dahl Story Company in the future of children's imaginations here in the U.S. Recurring annually, the challenge aims tocapture a million story ideas from children across America by 2020. The challenge is sponsoredby Penguin Young Readers. There are also special Wonka-approved teaching resources aligned with the U.S. curriculum that will help spark ideas in class which can be downloaded atwww.imaginormouschallenge.com/teachers. TEACHERS will also have the chance to win a Roald Dahl library for their schools!

For more information about the contest, please visit:

www.imaginormouschallenge.com
www.roalddahl.com

Mara Wilson is best known for her childhood roles in Mrs. Doubtfire and Matilda. Recently, she has played The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home on Welcome to Night Vale, and has appeared on BROAD CITY and Bojack Horseman. Her writing has appeared on Elle.com, McSweeney's, Reductress, Cracked, and her first book, Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame is now available from Penguin Random House.
@MaraWilson on Twitter

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