The 2020 competition

On International Literacy Day 2020, we launched our My Twist on a Tale writing competition for its second year!
The free competition, which we opened up to 4–19 year olds across the UK, encouraged young people to let their imagination run wild as they wrote a story based on the new theme for 2020, Everyday Heroes.
2020 was an extraordinary year of disruption, and so we decided to update our competition theme to provide children with a positive outlet to highlight the incredible stories that emerged throughout the year. We wanted children to have the opportunity to write their own tales of people who had made a difference to them. And there was nothing to say the hero needed to be a human!
In 2020, for the first time, we created audio versions of each winning story too. We hope you enjoy listening to them!
Who were the winners in 2020?
Our Key Stage winners

Key Stage 1
Vedantika Chakraborty

Key Stage 2
Stamford Bottomley

Key Stage 3 and North West
Ethan Scot

Key Stage 4
Artur Maszczyk
Key Stage 5 and West Midlands
Jessica Bryn

Scotland
Lilli McCullagh

Northern Ireland
Aidan Sands

Wales
Lois Bradburn

East Anglia
Logan Lee

North East
Payton Twentyman

Yorkshire and the Humber
Hollie Birch

London
Isabella Mahdavi

South East
Lucy Jefford

South West
Isabelle Portch