The 2026 Young Writer competition this year proved particularly demanding for the judges, given the exceptionally high standards. As a result, choosing the winner was no easy task. Nonetheless, the judges ultimately reached consensus on both the first and second place recipients, whose names are listed below.
Junior Section: Winner Ethan Morgan Tilbury Pioneer Academy
2nd place Jessica Stefan Lansdowne Primary Academy
Intermediate Section Winner Lucy McCaul Mossbourne Portside Academy
2nd Place Lucas Bilby Hathaway Academy
We are pleased to say that Lucy McCaul later went on to win the District Round
