20th February, 2024

The YWSP Shortlist has been announced!

We’re delighted to announce the stories shortlisted for this year’s YWSP.  Keep an eye on our social media channels using #WalterScottPrize, for news of the category winners.

Congratulations to this year’s shortlisted young writers!

Shortlisted entries in the 16 to 19 age category

THE NEWSPAPERS TOLD OF HIS DEATH by Alexa Baumann, Southampton

FAMILY PORTRAIT by Matilda Brown, London

REMEMBER ME by Ide Crawford, Edinburgh

CORONATION DAY by Alexander Drysdale, London

MORA by Atlas Weyland Eden, Devon

1973 by Alejandro Enriquez, London

EMBODYING OPHELIA by Lulu Frisson, Birmingham

TO DIE BY GUNSHOT by Sarah McGuire, Newry, Northern Ireland

THE BELOVED by Georgina Parbrook, Edinburgh

FIGHTING GIRLFRIEND by Hersh Singh, Hornchurch, Essex

I AM UGANDA by Aaran Thakore, Middlesex

THE REGENT by Rudy Walker, Edinburgh

JUDITHA TRIUMPHANS by Elise Withey, Bathford, Somerset

Shortlisted entries in the 11 to 15 age category

THE NAKBAH by Uthman Ahmed, Birmingham

THE FIREFIGHTER by Freya Bogle, Edinburgh

GOD IS OVER ALL by Sylvia Davidson, Cranbrook, Kent

THE GIRL WITH HOPE by Elin Day-Thompson , Malvern, Worcestershire

L’OMICIDIO by Milo Dellal, London

THIS IS IT, THEN by Isabelle Edwards, Sheffield

FLORENTINE SKIES by Sam Field, Hampton, Middlesex

ISLAND OF STRENGTH: THE ATTACK OF PEARL HARBOUR by Japmeh Kaur Gujral, Birmingham

RUBIES by Maymady Kyaw, Didcot, Oxfordshire

PORTRAIT OF A GREAT LEADER by Iyla Latif, London

HOME by Anais Mathew, Cardiff, Wales

THE CANARY GIRLS by Sara Musabbir, Leeds

THE STEP STARTS HERE by Grace Poole, Cambridge

ETERNAL BOND by William Walker, Cambridge