Competition · Online · United Kingdom
Young Walter Scott Prize 2026
The Abbotsford Trust (Walter Scott Prize)
- Grades not published
- No fee
Deadline: Oct 31, 20269 days leftView details
Competition · Online
Orwell Youth Prize 2027
No foreign travel required
Write a story, poem, essay, script or other piece on the theme 'Acts of Courage' for the UK's leading political-writing prize for young people.
- Grade
- Year 10–13 / S3–S6
- Same as Grades 9–12 in the US
- Age
- 11–19
- Age on Apr 28, 2027
- Residence
- Not published
- Entry
- Open application
Inspired by George Orwell, the prize invites young people to write about the world around them. Entries can be in any form, written in English. The word limit is 1,000 words for Years 7–11 and 1,500 words for Years 12–13 (and equivalents). Winners are published and invited to events.
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