The Golden Pen

Metamorphosis: Stories of Change

The Golden Pen Storytelling Competition is closed for another year.

Thank you to all of the young storytellers who entered and embraced transformation with this year's theme: Metamorphosis.

We're currently going through the huge piles of entries and will be notifying finalists very soon!

Check Out Last Year's Winners

Check out the amazing works from our 2024 finalists in last year's Anthology!

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