Competition winners with competition judge Kate Jones (back row left) and author / sponsor Jaqueline Wilson. | ||
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Archive - Henrietta Branford Writing Competition 2009 - 10th anniversary year
The six winners of this year’s Henrietta Branford Writing Competition were announced on the 9th July. Jacqueline Wilson congratulated each of the winners and gave them their prizes at a ceremony held at Walker Books in London.
The six winners are:
- Thea Bradbury, aged 15, Reading, Berkshire
- Tom Hooke , aged 8, Great Glen, Leicester
- Ellie Walling, aged 9, Portchester, Hampshire
- Sol Loreto-Miller, aged 16, Lostwithiel, Cornwall
- Susan Dowell, aged 14, Fareham, Hampshire
- Opeyemi Adeyemo, aged 14, Downham, Kent
Click here to read the winning stories.
The Henrietta Branford Writing Competition is an annual competition for young people which runs in conjunction with the prestigious Branford Boase Award for debut children’s fiction which 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 worked together on a number of books, a partnership they greatly enjoyed. They both died of cancer in 1999. Henrietta Branford felt that a children’s writing competition was an important way to find and encourage the writers of the future. This year there have been hundreds of entries from all over the country, often thanks to the encouragement of teachers and school librarians. Kate Jones of Young Writer magazine judged the stories.
This year there have been over 600 entries from all over the country, often thanks to the encouragement of teachers and school librarians. Kate Jones of Young Writer magazine judged the stories.
The competition asked budding writers to continue a story-opening written by Jenny Downham, who last year was highly commended in the Branford Boase Award with her novel Before I Die.
The competition is open to any young writer under the age of 19. Six winners are invited to the celebration party in London at which the Branford Boase Award is given. There they can meet authors, editors, publishers, agents, and other professionals in this field.
Winners 2009
The Branford Boase Award for authors and their editors
The Henrietta Branford Writing Competition for young writers
