Previous winners
2026 winners
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 won a gold coin, £25 National Book Tokens, £5,000 worth of Peters equipment and books for her school library, and her story illustrated by Laura K Sayers. To read the winning story, along with the 2nd and 3rd prize winners, and the runners-up and highly commended entries, click the button below.
2025 winners
Congratulations to 8-year-old Myra Saindane from St Aubyn’s School, Essex who won 1st prize for her story ‘Myra’s Green Awakening’. Her story about how a trip to India inspired a sustainability mission captured the imagination of our judge Michaela Strachan. Myra won a set of coins, £5,000 worth of Peters equipment and books for her school library, and her story illustrated by Bronwen James. To read the winning story, along with the 2nd and 3rd prize winners, and the runners-up and highly commended entries, click the button below.
2023-2024 winners
Congratulations to 11-year-old Ione Knight from Rhodes Avenue Primary School, London for her story ‘The Girl with Hair like Fire’. Ione's story about the fate of a young girl and her father, a famous Sea Captain, captured the imagination of our judge Greg Jenner. She has won a set of coins for herself and £5,000 worth of equipment and books for her school library. To read the winning story, as well as those of our runner-up and highly commended entries just click the button below.
2022-2023 winners
We have a winner! Congratulations to 10-year-old Muduo Wang from Cothill House Prep School in Oxfordshire for his story ‘M’. Muduo's story of an old Chinese coin captured the imagination of our judge Onjali Q Rauf. To read the winning story, as well as those of our runner-up and highly commended entries just click the button below.
2021-2022 winners
We have a winner! Congratulations to 10-year-old Joshua Boholst from St Cecilia’s Catholic Primary School in Surrey for his story ‘Spyder’. Many people are afraid of spiders but the main character in Joshua's story captured the imagination of our judges. To read the winning story, as well as those of our runner-up and highly commended entries just click the button below.
2020-2021 winners
We have a winner! Congratulations to 10 year old Rhys Davies from Ysgol y Bannau. Rhys's story of the of a King George V shilling is a delightful walk through the history of a coin in circulation. To read the winning story, as well as those of our runner-up and highly commended entries just click the button below.
