The 2021 competition
![My Twist on a Tale: Our Tomorrow](/content/dam/one-dot-com/one-dot-com/uk/images/subjects/english/PUK-homepage-banner.png)
On International Literacy Day 2021, we launched our My Twist on a Tale writing competition for its third year!
The free competition, which we opened up to 4–19 year olds across the UK, encouraged young people to cast their minds ahead to the future and produce their own reflections on what tomorrow might bring.
The winning stories and poems ranged from earthlings zipping around on hoverboards and cyborg dogs to a space version of Romeo and Juliet and the need for new laws to keep people safe.
We created audio versions of each winning story too. We hope you enjoy listening to them!
Who were the winners in 2021?
Our Key Stage winners
![Image of a cyborg dog](/content/dam/one-dot-com/one-dot-com/uk/images/subjects/english/ks1-sebastian-dechamps.png)
Key Stage 1
Sebastian Dechamps
![Image from the poem of an old man looking out the window, imagining his younger self seeing this future world](/content/dam/one-dot-com/one-dot-com/uk/images/subjects/english/ks2-veer-khanna.png)
Key Stage 2
Veer Khanna
![Image of Romeo in his spaceship](/content/dam/one-dot-com/one-dot-com/uk/images/subjects/english/ks3-nathaniel-reed.png)
Key Stage 3
Nathaniel Reed
![Image of the desolate world](/content/dam/one-dot-com/one-dot-com/uk/images/subjects/english/ks4-emily-spratt.png)
Key Stage 4
Emily Spratt
![Image of a female doctor leaving the shop](/content/dam/one-dot-com/one-dot-com/uk/images/subjects/english/ks5-adrienn-baczur.png)
Key Stage 5
Adrienn Baczur
Our regional winners
![Image of children floating around in a spaceship](/content/dam/one-dot-com/one-dot-com/uk/images/subjects/english/scotland-aidan-1.png)
Scotland
Aidan Harris
![New Atlantis](/content/dam/one-dot-com/one-dot-com/uk/images/subjects/english/ni-emma-louise-white.png)
Northern Ireland
Emma-Louise White
![Girl looking out over the floods holding a fish](/content/dam/one-dot-com/one-dot-com/uk/images/subjects/english/wales-holly-thorpe.png)
Wales
Holly Thorpe
![Two girls sat by a (fake) wooden fence](/content/dam/one-dot-com/one-dot-com/uk/images/subjects/english/jessica-smith.png)
East Anglia
Jessica Smith
![Monsters searching for the man](/content/dam/one-dot-com/one-dot-com/uk/images/subjects/english/ne-erin-cooper.png)
North East
Erin Cooper
![A new pair of legs being delivered!](/content/dam/one-dot-com/one-dot-com/uk/images/subjects/english/larrie-marsh.png)
North West
Larrie Marsh
![A blue flower](/content/dam/one-dot-com/one-dot-com/uk/images/subjects/english/taya-brown.png)
Yorkshire and the Humber
Taya Brown
![Child being digitally uploaded into Ingamed](/content/dam/one-dot-com/one-dot-com/uk/images/subjects/english/leo-templer.png)
London
Leo Templer
![Image of a scary man threatening a girl on her run](/content/dam/one-dot-com/one-dot-com/uk/images/subjects/english/phoebe-harris.png)
South East
Phoebe Harris
![A factory chucking out smoke](/content/dam/one-dot-com/one-dot-com/uk/images/subjects/english/sophia.png)
South West
Sophia Papasouliotis