The Henrietta Branford Writing Competition is an annual competition for young people which runs in conjunction with the Branford Boase Award.

One of the most prestigious of UK children’s book prizes, the Branford Boase Award recognises a debut children’s author and their editor and was set up in memory of the outstanding children’s writer Henrietta Branford and the gifted editor, Wendy Boase, Editorial Director of Walker Books. They both died of cancer in 1999.

The Henrietta Branford Writing Competition aims to find and encourage writers of the future, something Henrietta was always keen to do.

Anyone under the age of 19 can enter.

Watch out for details of the 2027 competition in February next year.