The Catholic Young Writer Award 2016
sponsored by the Catholic Union Charitable Trust
The winner of the 2016 Catholic Young Writer Award is Charlotte Watson of St Gregory’s Catholic High School, Warrington, and the winner of the second prize is Tom Lees of the London Oratory School.
Students at Catholic secondary schools across Britain were invited to write about a saint of the British Isles, and were given a selection from which to choose. Charlotte’s essay on St Thomas More, and Tom’s on St Edward the Confessor were deemed to be of a very high standard. Charlotte wins the coveted Young Writer Shield and a cash prize of £50, and both she and Tom receive a selection of books by Catholic authors.
Students from the following schools won book prizes:
Cardinal Newman School, Luton
St Mary’s Catholic High School, Astley, Manchester
Gumley House Convent School, Isleworth
Blessed William Howard High School, Stafford
St Mary’s School, Ascot
The London Oratory School
St Joseph’s Catholic High School, Horwich, Bolton
Oaklands Catholic School, Waterlooville, Hants
Blachelande College. Guernsey
St Anne’s Catholic High School, Southampton
St Gregory’s High School, Westbrook, Warrington
St Richard’s Catholic College, Southampton
The Award was initiated by The Keys, the Catholic Writers’ Guild of England and Wales, and as it grew larger it was taken on by the Catholic Union Charitable Trust. It now attracts large numbers of entries from Catholic schools across Britain. The winning entries, and a selection of the runners-up will be brought to the Annual Meeting of the Catholic Union in London.