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!

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ENTRIES OPEN from 16 September 2025 - 3 March 2026

Check Out Last Year's Winners

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

To the publication

Thank You

Supporting Partner

Prizes with thanks to Boffins Books.

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