First Prize
Bitter
Ruby Le Poidevin
St Mary & St Michael
A Writing Competition for Students in the Bailiwick of Guernsey
Organised by the Guernsey Literary Festival
Sponsored by
Read the winning stories
Primary Years 3/4/5/6
Second Prize
A "Brief" Case
Agnes Henderson
Notre Dame School
Third Prize
Hedge Jam
Sophie Harrison
Ladies College, Melrose
Highly Commended
Diamond Discovery
Zara Smart
Hautes Capelles School
The Doggie Detective Agency- The Case of the Missing Jewellery
Lottie Rainbow
St Martin’s School
The Ghost Detectives
Beatrix Buchanan
Notre Dame School
Stolen!
Lottie Holland
St Mary & St Michael
A Sticky Situation
Noah Le Noury
Blanchelande School
Intermediate Years 7/8/9
First Prize
The Prison Between The Worlds
Monty Desforges
St Sampson’s School
Second Prize
Guilty Chocolate
Anton Le Poidevin
Grammar School
Third Prize
Midnight Theft
Chloe Sebire
Elizabeth College
Highly Commended
The Agent
Fred Mc Lellan
Elizabeth College
Screen Time
Thomas Guilbert
Blanchelande School
The Woman in the Red Dress
Polly Nickols
Blanchelande School
Detective Connective and the Mystery of Christmas
Rafe Rang
St Sampson’s School
Midnight Mission
Toby Gregg
Grammar School
Senior Years 10+
First Prize
A Scandal on the A23
Jasmine Morgan
Ladies College, Melrose
Second Prize
The Snack of the Night
Olly Bichard
Elizabeth College
Third Prize
It’s Time
Harry Snell
Elizabeth College
Highly Commended
Wardrobe Malfunction
Reuben Montgomery
Elizabeth College
Don’t Look Back…
Kirstie Gosney
St Sampson’s School
Operation Phoenix Lights
Max Coutanche
Elizabeth College
A Riverside, A Painting
Mani Davis
Elizabeth College
Masked
Evan Stuart
Elizabeth College
Special Educational Needs (SEND)
First Prize
Captain Seagull and the Pufferfish
Toby Lee
Le Rondin School
Highly Commended
Louis The Detective: The Story of the Missing book
Louis Kent
Le Rondin School
Challenge
Write an imaginary 300 word story inspired by Detectives or Spies
We are sending you to lead an investigation or else on a top-secret mission! The choice is yours. Your challenge is to write your own original episode featuring either spies OR detectives in just 300 words.
What crime, mystery, or crisis will be the focus of the story? Where will the story be set and what will happen? Who will be the hero or the evil villain? Who might be the suspects and what clues will be discovered along the way? Or what might be at stake for your spy or spies? Use tension, mystery and suspense to craft your story to a memorable climax.
