I’m a big fan of teenage narrators – I like what you can do in terms of exploring the large, adult ideas that most of us start to think about ...
I’ve got details in the sense that I can kind of see the novels in my head, but I don’t really write outlines down — I’m not very good at ...
Just as we are heartened that someone “past their prime” can still start doing great work, so we are understandably impressed when young people—kids, even—show themselves to be early achievers. ...
As my final year as an undergraduate at university comes to a close, I’ve begun to think over my time here and what I’ve managed to accomplish over the past ...
This competition has now closed and we are no longer accepting entries. Best of luck to all those who entered. The shortlist has been announced and we will announce ...
On a balmy London evening, young writers joined IGGY and Litro at an awards ceremony at the 3i offices to announce and celebrate this year’s winner for the annual International Short Story Award ...
This is a shortlisted story for the 2011 Litro & IGGY International Short Story Award for Young Writers.
ROBERT
I wait in the queue. With functional formica tables and a blue acrylic carpet dark enough ...
This is a shortlisted story for the 2011 Litro & IGGY International Short Story Award for Young Writers.
The car was on the edge of the city when her waters broke, dusk was imminent.
“We need ...
This is a shortlisted story for the 2011 Litro & IGGY International Short Story Award for Young Writers.
Mia’s arms are long and white, and her nails are trimmed short and round at the tips ...
This is a shortlisted story for the 2011 Litro & IGGY International Short Story Award for Young Writers.
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There walked the priest: through the stone archway of a watchtower in Roquebrune-sur-Argens, underneath the blood-red cliffs scorched by ...
This is a shortlisted story for the 2011 Litro & IGGY International Short Story Award for Young Writers.
‘Come on, then. Let’s get you out of this chair, poppet.’
‘It was the zeppelin,’ I tell you. ...
This is a shortlisted story for the 2011 Litro & IGGY International Short Story Award for Young Writers.
The first time the phone rang in the office I ignored it. The second ...
We were quite excited to see the Guardian give the Litro & IGGY International Short Story Award for Young Writers a shout-out in their Children’s Books section:
It’s ...
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The 2010 Winner
Hopefully, some of you got to see an extract of 12-year-old Callum Cleary’s award-winning story, “Points of View: Wolf Pack Hunting”, at Angel tube station (see a frontal ...
Callum Cleary is the winner of the 2010 Litro & IGGY International Short Story Award for Young Writers.
First account: Alpha wolf
It had been 2 snows since I, Greyclaw, took over the pack, and ...
This competition has now closed and we are no longer accepting entries. Best of luck to all those who entered. We will announce the winner in September.
Words Take You ...
