Henrietta Branford Writing Competition

From Branford Boase Award

Resource type: Competition

Price band: Free

Key stage: KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5

Region(s): All of UK

The Henrietta Branford Writing Competition is a writing competition for young people aged 8-18 that runs alongside the Branford Boase Award.

Young writers are invited to submit entries that are inspired by a theme or an opening paragraph set by the winner of the Branford Boase Award for the previous year.

This year’s competition is looking for a short story, a poem, or a set of song lyrics written about a character who has ‘presence’. It is inspired by a line from 2023 Branford Boase Award winner Christine Pillainayagam’s book, Ellie Pillai is Brown:

‘I think you have presence, something special about you. Something different.’

Full entry details for the 2024 competition can be found here.

Timetable:

  • The competition opens on February 12th.
  • Entries must be submitted by Friday 31st May.
  • The winners will be announced in July.

Read the six winning entries for the Henrietta Writing Competition 2023 here.

Cost: Free.

About the Branford Boase Award: The Branford Boase Award was set up in 1999 in memory of award-winning author Henrietta Branford and her editor Wendy Boase.

Further resources:

  • Find out more about the Branford Boase Award.
  • Find more poetry and creative writing competitions for young people here.

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branfordboaseaward.org.uk

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02380 600439

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