Announcing the winners of the My Twist on a Tale competition

March 5, 2020 by

1,200 students from over 50 countries worldwide put their own modern twist on a classic tale in our international writing competition. We鈥檙e delighted to announce the wining entries!

Our Twist on a Tale competition

Launched on International Literacy Day (Sunday 8 September 2019), the 蜜桃app My Twist on a Tale writing competition encouraged four to 16-year-olds to tear up the rule book and give their own 21st Century take on classic tales and regional folk stories, reflecting the diverse and modern-day world within which they live.

Over 1200 students from 50 countries around the world entered the competition. We were overwhelmed and astounded by the level of creativity and imagination that was put into each and every story.听

Eight fantastic winning stories were selected by our judges for their exceptional writing, creativity and for their representation of a modern day, diverse world reflecting the writer鈥檚 own personality, location, heritage, interests or experiences.听

Our judges 鈥� Ross Young and Phil Ferguson, series creators of our听Power English: Writing听and writing representatives for United Kingdom Literacy Association 鈥� had this to say:

鈥業t鈥檚 our hope that as young writers you had a good time crafting these wonderful stories. We certainly loved reading them. Thank you! You can now enjoy the satisfaction that comes from being published authors and seeing the result of that hard work! This is what writing for pleasure is all about鈥�.听

The winning stories

听Key Stage Category听	听Student Name	听School	听Story听
听Key Stage听1	听Maryam Saquib Imam听	听Jawahir Al Riyadh International School Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	听The King
听Key Stage 2	听Hayley Williams	听International School of the Turks and Caicos Islands Turks & Caicos Islands	听Three Little Conchs
听Key Stage 2	听Husnur Hajigizi	听British School of Baku, Azerbaijan	听The Parachute Kingdom听
听Key Stage 3	听Abigail Tutuko	听Pearling Season International School, Qatar	听DJrella
听Key Stage 3	听Jacob Lydon	听Casablanca American School Morocco, Morocco	听Little Miss Mu-F锚t
听Key Stage 3	听Ana Luiza Pinheiro	听International School Zurich North, Switzerland	听The Reader Ogre
听Key Stage 4	听George Nnona	听Corona Secondary School, Nigeria	听The Short Princess
听Key Stage 4	听Oluwalaonoayo Ashiru听	听Corona Secondary School, Nigeria	听Becoming Imara

Each of the winners鈥� stories听have been collated into a collection of short stories for all to read.听Find out more about 蜜桃app鈥檚 My Twist on a Tale and download a copy of the book now.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the Twist on a Tale competition and keep up the good writing work!

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