Atom Learning Young Author Award 2025
Atom Learning
Young Author Award 2025
UK creative writing competition for ages 7–11
The Atom Learning Young Author Award will open in May 2025.
What is the Atom Learning Young Author Award?
The Young Author Award is Atom Learning’s annual summer creative writing competition — a celebration of imagination, originality, and the voices of tomorrow. Budding young writers can showcase their storytelling skills and be in with a chance to win amazing prizes.
Each year, entrants can submit a creative response to a theme in no more than 500 words.
All entrants must be aged between 7–11 on the day the competition closes. Submissions must be written by the child and must not be supported by an adult. We’re looking for aspiring writers, not perfect wordsmiths!
The theme and timeline for the 2025 award will be announced in May 2025.
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Winner of the 2024 Young Author Award
Watch the moment Jodie – Winner of the Atom Learning Young Author Award 2024 – found out she'd won the first place prize.
Click the link below to read the top three entries from last year's award.
Winner of the 2023 Young Author Award
Catch the moment Victoria – winner of the 2023 Atom Learning Young Author Award – discovered she’d taken first place!
Want to be inspired? Click below to read the top three winning stories from last year’s competition.