Creative writing winners announced

The winners of the annual Creative Writing Competition have been announced in the anthology published by the English Department this week.

Congratulations to Grace S, Mae L and Sophia S who each take first place for entries in Years 7, 8 and 9, respectively.

Aware of the students’ creative abilities within English lessons and their successes in writing competitions outside of school, the English Department set up this competition in 2018 as a way of recognising the imagination seen in students’ work completed in other subjects.

Every student in Years 7, 8 and 9 was set a writing task in each of four subjects: Classics, Geography, History and Religious Studies. Once the completed tasks were returned by their subject teachers, students selected which of their four they believed to be their best. This work was then submitted to their English teacher, who selected the best entry from each class. Finally, the English Department chose an overall winner for each year group.

The Head of English, Mr Barton, said the entries were a delight to read in the fourth year of the competition: "We continue to be moved, shocked, transported and delighted by the entries we have the pleasure of reading."

The anthology can be read here: https://issuu.com/putneyhighschool/docs/creative_writing_anthology_2022