Welcome to the Royal Mint Museum’s Short Story Competition pages.
Based around the topic of 'Gold', the Royal Mint Museum hosted a short story competition open to all 7- to 11-year-olds in the United Kingdom.
Congratulations to 7-year-old Marlowe Askew-Smith who won first prize for her story ‘The Gold Fox’.
Her delightful story is about a girl who makes a gold fox that comes to life and attracts the attention of a lonely king. It charmed our judge Dan Thomas, King’s Assay Master, who said “I would read this to my own children. It’s an incredibly uplifting story that shows gold is precious to us all for many reasons other than its value.”
Marlowe has won a gold coin for herself, £25 National Book Tokens, £5,000 worth of Peters equipment and books for her school library, and her story will be illustrated by Laura K Sayers.
