bad writing winners 2026

Year 7 and 8 category

The Bad Writing competition is now in it's second year, and once again, I have to say the entries for this were fantastic, they were so clever, making it incredibly hard to narrow the list to the top three. I would even go as far as saying that they were all winners!

Below are the winner's and runners-up in both age categories.

Annabel, Year 8

Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School

“My skin crawled, as though there was a spider on it, but there was a spider on it, and then, I screamed."

Sanvi, Year 7

Beaconsfield High School

“In the dark stood a girl who was so bored she had eaten half her finger in the last hour."

Da'ud, Year 7

Aylesbury Grammar School

“The moon licked the taste out of the sky, if the sky had a taste and the moon a tongue."

Siri, Year 8

Beaconsfield High School

“As she collapsed beneath the weight of her own sorrow, the chandelier trembled, unsure whether it should fall dramatically or simply judge her in silence."

Casper, Year 8

Aylesbury Grammar School

“There is a saying I find comforting, "Life is a dish best served with a dollop of chutney and a pile of aubergines."

Year 9+ category

Henry, Year 9

Aylesbury Grammar School

“I was cooked, as people say now, however, I didn't seem to be in an oven, and wasn't even warm come to think of it."

Elika, Year 11

Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School

“The light flickered mysteriously, even though I knew it was faulty and probably crying itself to sleep."

Rishik, Year 9

Aylesbury Grammar School

“It was morning or night, and I kinda existed while my bed was maybe here or there, and I thought vaguely about toasters and platypuses."

Eloise, Year 11

Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School

“I held a rose to my nose; appearing the colour of veins painted 'clotted crimson', it smelled of rotting remains."

Kirsten, Year 9

Amersham School

“It was dark, kinda like Britain, in truth it was not that dark, it was actually quite sunny, wait i messed up let me reset."

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