Competition · Online · United Kingdom
Oxplore Black History Month Essay Competition 2026
Oxplore, University of Oxford
- Grades not published
- No fee
Deadline: Oct 31, 20269 days leftView details
Competition · Online
Young Walter Scott Prize 2026
No foreign travel required
Write 800–2,000 words of historical fiction set before you were born for the UK's only youth prize for historical fiction.
- Grade
- Not published
- Age
- 11–19
- Residence
- Not published
- Entry
- Open application
Run alongside the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction, the youth prize encourages young writers to bring the past to life. Winners can receive a £500 travel grant, tickets to a major UK book festival and publication in an anthology.
Topics
HumanitiesArtsHistorical fictionCreative writingCloses soon