The GDST Creative Writing Prize is an eagerly anticipated annual competition drawing in students of all ages from across our family of schools, united through a passion for writing. 

This year, Blackheath High Year 12 student Renee won the highly competitive Year 12 & 13 category with her story ‘Deer in the Headlights’, a dark, minimalist tale written in the form of correspondence and set in a mysterious future. Renee was congratulated on her highly impressive writing, with its unique premise and the voices of the different characters being “all so distinctive”. 

This year, the theme for the GDST Creative Writing Prize was ‘Kindness’. Entries were judged by Ewa Jozefkowicz, children’s author and alumna of Notting and Ealing High School, whose debut novel, ‘The Mystery of the Colour Thief’ was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. Her new series for early readers, ‘The Woodland Explorers Club’, is released in May 2024. 

Read Renee’s winning piece and explore the full GDST Creative Writing Results 2024.