News Archive: February 2020

The best competitions for young writers

20th February, 2020

and why you should enter   Polishing a piece of creative writing is the best way to make it shine, and writing competitions give you the chance to do exactly this. So why not enter one? The Young Walter Scott Prize, which is open annually from June through October for writers aged 11 to 19,… Read More »

Congratulations young winners!

17th February, 2020

We’re delighted to announce the winners of our 2019 YWSP competition! Our category winners this year coincidentally both hail from the county of Cheshire.  First prize in the 11-15 years category goes to Ide Crawford (14), from Macclesfield, for her story The Whale’s Way, and in the 16-19 years category the winner is Charlotte Lee (19), from… Read More »