Prizes were awarded on 8 September by author, screenwriter and poetry anthologist Daisy Goodwin (l) and Chiswick Book Festival Director Torin Douglas (r) who are pictured below with each of the winning year groups.
Year 3
First Prize
Alan Currimjee – Sibling Escape
Second Prize
Laurie Johnson – Hamster Wheel
Third Prize
Blue Roberts – I Can Rhyme
Commendation
Romy Scott – The Store Full of Magical Things
Year 4
First Prize
Layla Badat – My First Ever Residential
Second Prize
Sylvie Leyburn – Down at the Quay
Third Prize
Atlas Devrimoz – When I Grow Up
Commendations
Layla Badat -Sandy Beaches
Ryan Mahhamed – Escape War
Year 5
First Prize
Xander Ong – Migration
Second Prize
Albie Frayling – Lest We Forget
Third Prize
Lara Wilson – The Dog with the Martian Roar
Commendations
Alexandra Stofanova Doneva – Sandals
Lora Nedyalkova – Down Went The Bird
Madeleine Crane – Ice
Year 6
First Prize
Martha Garistina – The Queen of the Night
Rehaan Sankat – It’s Catching
Second Prize
Molly Young – Once Upon a Time
Third Prize
Hailey Kan – The Escape
Commendations
Hargun Brar – Football/3
Hunarpreet Brab – The Invisible Family
Sophie de Vise-Craig – Me, Myself and I
Year 7
First Prize
Lila Price – The Unseen
Pixie Pakenham – 2050
Second Prize
Sophia Banl – Flatlining
Third Prize
Mayla Carbonell McBain – Escape, Wonder and Live
Commendations
Chloe Hunt – Freedom
Subhan Tanoli – Escape /6
Vika Sycheva – Set Me Free
All the 2023 Winners and Judges
