winners: 2024 kids’ story writing competition

We are delighted to announce the winners of this year’s competition! What an absolute joy it was to celebrate together with guest author, Emily Gale.

Thank you to every single one of you who put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard to create your wonderful stories.  We are always awed by the fantastic breadth of your imaginations.  

Each of our winning entries were standouts in their age groups, but for those of you who haven’t won a prize this year – we thoroughly enjoyed reading your creations too. Keep honing your skills and maybe 2025 – our Story Comp’s 10th birthday! – will be your turn!

We hope you enjoy reading through and looking at the winning entries as much as we have.

Prep to Year 2

WINNER:

• Eadee Butcher for The Great Mummy Mystery

HIGHLY COMMENDED ENTRIES:

• Jack Dillon for Joshua’s Wish
• Bay Sequoia Sienna Jacobson-Gatt for The Fairy Forest

Years 3 & 4

WINNER:

• Paige Danielsen for The Magic Tooth

Years 5 & 6

WINNER:

• Grace Keating for The Hike to Heaven

HIGHLY COMMENDED:

• Isla Williams for Into a Different World

Years 7 to 9

JOINT WINNERS:

• Chloe Jones for Wishing is a Biased System
• Patrick Ryan for Klaus’ War