Schools Competition
The 2025 Writing Competition will be revealed here in time for the January term.
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Check out who the winners of our nature-themed school and home-ed creative writing competition from 2024 below.
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A huge thank you to Matt Jerrems from Dorset Goes WILD and Jane Skellett and the Hengistbury Head Writer's Group for judging.
Prizes
Thank you to the following local companies who have kindly donated prizes for the winners of our creative writing competition for children in Dorset schools and home-educated.
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Overall winners will receive a prize from the below attractions.
All runners-up will receive a nature-inspired book.
All winners, runner-ups and highly commended will receive a special Writing Festival Certificate!
Overall Winners' Prizes
Winners
Jasper - Lilliput School
Florence - Yarrells School
Rose - Home-educated
Aisha - Stourfield School
Amelia - Yarrells School
Conor - Allenbourn School
Lima - Home-educated
Runners-up
Luiza - Pokesdown School
Thea - Merley School
Annie - St Michael's Middle School
Rithavenba - St Michael's CE School
Esme - Greenford School
Tamsin - All Saints School
James - St Michael's Middle School
Isla - St Michaels' Middle School
Highly Commended
Amelia - Kings Park Academy
Freya - Sandford St Martins
Felix - Home-educated
Francesca - TBC
Elizabeth - Stourfield School
Oscar - St Michael's Middle School
Everleigh-Rose - Stourfield School
Lily - Pokesdown School
Louis - Kings Park Academy
Our Children's Writing Competition
We've teamed up with Dorset Goes WILD and Hengistbury Head Writers' Group for a nature-themed writing competition to inspire your pupils and children to get writing.
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We've created resources for educators to use, plus we have awesome prizes to give away to the winners, including tickets to the Bournemouth Oceanarium, Marwell Zoo and Abbotsbury Swannery, plus a copy of The Complete Brambly Hedge!
