Award-winning and commended work from the Leeds Young Writers competition, supported by Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society.
We were delighted to welcome pupils, families, staff, judges and guests on the 4th June 2026 to ‘The Cryer’ auditorium, our state-of-the-art performing arts centre named in honour of the late Barry Cryer, renowned comedian, writer and Leeds Grammar School past pupil. This was the fitting space to celebrate the inaugural Leeds Children’s Creative Writing Awards.
I was delighted to be invited to present the inaugural Leeds Children’s Creative Writing Awards, a wonderful opportunity to recognise all the talent here in our very creative city. As this is the first year, I awarded the Lord Mayor’s Golden Owl Award to Beeston Hill St Luke’s CoE Primary School for their outstanding contribution to creative writing in Leeds. The Golden Owl awards are given in recognition of individuals, local charities, organisations and community groups who have made exceptional contributions to the city.
I told the children at the awards ceremony, that an idea can hold you captive. Or it can set you free, once you share it with just one other person...
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