Welcome to the Royal Mint Museum’s Short Story Competition pages.
For the sixth year running, we will be holding our popular annual Short Story Competition, open to children aged 7 to 11. Students will be invited to submit a story of no more than 500 words based around a chosen topic.
The next competition will be open for entries in the spring term.
The upcoming theme will be Gold: from buried treasure to secret vaults filled with gold bars and coin hoards, we will be asking students to engage their imagination and write about glistening gold.
What can you win?
First prize is a Royal Mint gold coin for the entrant and a £5,000 voucher for the entrant’s school or local library to spend with Peters book supplier. In addition, the winning story will be illustrated by a professional artist.
There are another 17 prizes up for grabs for runners up and highly commended stories.
More information will be posted on this page soon.
To register your interest, complete the below google form to receive updates, or get in touch with the Royal Mint Museum team at the email address below:
Register your interest here: https://forms.gle/FuxmHm15V1Abwfps5
Contact us for more information: storycompetition@royalmintmuseum.org.uk
