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.
