2026 Young Writers’ Competition

The competition will launch on Wednesday 1 April 2026 with the theme word announced the same day. 

About the Young Writers' Competition

2026 marks the seventeenth year of the Young Writers' Competition.

Open to students from Kindergarten to Year 12 who live or go to school on the Northern Beaches, the competition invites students to write an original work of creative writing using a special hero word. 

Entries are judged according to characterisation, plot, originality, and use of language and arranged into six different age group categories with four finalists in each category.

For further enquiries about the Young Writers' Competition, please contact writers.comp@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au