24th April, 2024
Read the YWSP winning stories here!
We’re delighted to publish in full the two stories that won the 2023 Young Walter Scott Prize, Portrait of a Great Leader and Juditha Triumphans, with illustrations by talented illustrator Tom Morgan Jones. Both will appear in our published anthology of all fourteen stories, which will be available in June. Anyone wanting a free copy of the anthology please contact us with your postal address and we will send them out when available. You can learn more about all the winners and their stories here.
The winning entry in the younger 11-15 age group, Portrait of a Great Leader, by Iyla Latif, follows an artist working on a painting of Stalin, who then becomes disillusioned with the regime by which he has been commissioned. You can read the full story by clicking on the link below,
Portrait Of A Great Leader by Iyla Latif
Winner in the 16-19 years category is Elise Withey with her story Juditha Triumphans, which is set at the turn of the twentieth century, amid the claustrophobic atmosphere of Edwardian society.
