Collins Big Cat Writing Competition 2023
Congratulations to all our winners!
This year's theme was 'Celebrating Science!'
We had hundreds of responses from young writers all over the world, and all of them were incredibly thoughtful, inventive and fun; our authors had the best time judging such high calibre pieces of writing. We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who got involved and to keep an eye out for more information on next year's writing competition!
Read all the regional winners here
Take a look at the Overall Winner's stories!
Age 5-7: Anwita J, 'The Useless Granddaughter'
From Ambassador School, Dubai, Anwita's story carefully combines the narrative of a scientific experiment with one of self-belief and resilience.
Read hereAge 8-11: Elzahraa BH, 'The Science of Honey and Bees'
Join Elzahraa, from Borneo International School, Malaysia, on an exploration of the amazing capabilities of bees!
Read hereAnwita's story, read by Lisa Rajan
Lisa Rajan (author of the Tara and Dani Binns series) reads the Overall Winner for the 5-7 age category for the Collins Big Cat Writing Competition 2023: The Useless Granddaughter by Anwita J from Ambassador School, Dubai.
Watch nowElzahraa's story, read by Mio Debnam
Collins Big Cat author Mio Debnam reads the Overall Winner for the 8-11 age category for the Collins Big Cat Writing Competition 2023: The Science of Bees and Honey by Elzahraa BH, from Borneo International Shool, Malaysia.
Watch now