Six talented young writers are winners of the 2024 Henrietta Branford Writing Competition.
Six talented young writers aged between 12 and 17 are the winners of this year’s Henrietta Branford Writing Competition for Young People. The judges have also chosen two more stories to be awarded Highly Commended.
This year’s competition was inspired by 2023 Branford Boase Award winner Christine Pillainayagam’s book, Ellie Pillai is Brown and this line in particular: ‘I think you have presence, something special about you. Something different’.
Entrants were asked to write a short story, or a poem, or a set of song lyrics about a character who has ‘presence’, and something special and different about them.
Competition judge, Prue Goodwin says, ‘We loved the variety of entries to this year’s competition and felt the standard was very high indeed. Congratulations to our winners and Highly Commended authors, and to everyone who entered. Keep writing!’
