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2026 Winners
The Royal Mint Museum hosted a short story competition open to all 7- to 11-year-olds in the United Kingdom based around the topic of 'Gold'. Congratulations to 7-year-old Marlowe Askew-Smith who won first prize for her story ‘The Gold Fox’. To read the winning story, along with the second and third prize winners, and the runners-up and highly commended entries, click the button below.
2025 Winners
Based around the topic of 'Sustainable Futures', the Royal Mint Museum hosted a short story competition open to all age 8 - 11 children in the United Kingdom. Congratulations to 8-year-old Myra Saindane who won with her story ‘Myra’s Green Awakening’. To read the winning story, along with the second and third prize winners, and the runners-up and highly commended entries, click the button below.
2024 Winners
Based around the topic of 'Coins and the Sea', the Royal Mint Museum hosted a short story competition open to primary school pupils in the United Kingdom. Congratulations to 11-year-old Ione Knight for winning with her story ‘The Girl with Hair like Fire’. To read the winning story, as well as those of our runners-up and highly commended entries, just click the button below.
2023 Winners
Inspired by the 75th anniversary of the arrival of Empire Windrush, the Royal Mint Museum hosted a short story competition open to primary school pupils in the United Kingdom. Congratulations to 10-year-old Muduo Wang for winning with his story ‘M’. To read the winning story, as well as those of our runners-up and highly commended entries, just click the button below.
2022 Winners
As part of our celebration of the Platinum Jubilee of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the Royal Mint Museum hosted a short story competition open to primary school pupils in the United Kingdom. Congratulations to 10-year-old Joshua Boholst who won with ‘Spyder’. To read the winning story, as well as those of our runners-up and highly commended entries, just click the button below.
2021 Winners
As part of our celebration of the anniversary of Decimalisation, the Royal Mint Museum hosted a short-story competition open to primary school pupils in Wales. Congratulations to 10-year-old Rhys Davies for winning with this story 'The Life of an Old Shilling'. To read the winning story, as well as those of our runners-up, just click the button below.
