The Young Norfolk Writing Prize – the popular annual competition celebrating creative writing in all its forms – is designed for 10–18-year-olds living or studying in Norfolk.
Led by the National Centre for Writing, the Prize highlights six of the region’s most exciting young voices, rewarding winners with a range of prizes, including vouchers, books, performance opportunities, and structured writing development support for the winners in the upper age limit category.
The winners of the 2026 Prize are:
- Isabelle Harvey, ‘Think Like This’, 10-12 category
- Steele Birkbeck, ‘Damm this hellish world’, 10-12 category
- Tilly Wilson, ‘An Ode to Anxiety’, 13-15 category
- Nishreya Balasubramani, ‘Everything Felt Ordinary’, 13-15 category
- Daisy Smith, ‘Night Storm in Kampala’, 16-18 category
- Millie Follen, ‘He’s not there’, 16-18 category
- Ramsey Ebot, ‘She reads in the Dark’, UNESCO City of Literature: Year of Reading category
- Itohan Victor, ‘The Quiet Power of Words’, UNESCO City of Literature: Year of Reading category
Previous winners
2025 winners
Sammir Amani, Mia Atkinson, Roshan Deb, Etta Ferner, Shreya Ganguly, Molly O’Connell, Akhina Rajesh, Bruna Ramalho
2024 winners
Aradhya Adeesh, Lily Baalham, Jude France-Hunt, Evie Hornsby, Nova Oehlers, Lottie Vinson
2023 winners
Noah Allison, Benedict Braddock, James Goldsmith, Jack Lyon, Nyasha Parr, Lena Pilatowska, Amy Wiggin
2022 winners
Emma Becker, Ella Coulby, Lilly Cousens, Emily Cunnington, Benedict Leeder, Rebecca Mace
2021 winners
Callie Arlow, Florence Bullion, Oliver Campbell, Amy Griffiths, Christabelle Kirkham, Mimi Ronson
2020 winners
Mathilda Armiger, Florence Bullion, Kasey Challenger, Jessica Creedon, Ella Cunningham, Mathilda Peak, Ryan Taaffe-Fowle
2019 winners
Taryn Everdeen, Otis Headon, Will Forder, Colette Maxwell-Preston, Deborah McKeown, Ruben Pope, Mia Sharrock
2018 winners
Sarah Durban, Rosie May, Nicola Mathew, Hannah Richmond, Ciera Drury, Alannah Young
2017 winners
Joe Webb, Amelia Platt, Anoushka Apelian, Barez Suliman, Ellen Flower, Anna Wasse
2016 winners
Ruby Pinner, Dominic Gilmour, Harry Peachment, Hazel Thacker, Nicholas Ford, Liliana Potter
Any questions? Get in touch
If you have any questions about the Young Norfolk Writing Prize, please contact Prize Coordinator Iona Milburn iona@nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk.
Young Norfolk Writing Prize is supported by Arts Council England and Norfolk County Council.
