Martha Mills young writers’ prize open for entries

Philip Pullman will help choose this year's winners of award set up in memory of the keen young writer who died aged 13 in 2021

The Martha Mills young writers' prize has opened for entries on the theme of A Secret".

The competition, run by the London Review Bookshop, invites 11- to 14-year-olds living in the UK to submit up to 500 words of any type of prose - such as a fictional story, a piece of schoolwork, or a diary entry - based on this year's theme.