The Catholic Union Charitable Trust is delighted to sponsor the 2025 Catholic Young Writer Award in this Jubilee Year with the theme ‘Jesus Christ, Son of God’.
Joanna Bogle of the Keys, the Catholic Writers Guild of England and Wales says: “Students have been asked to imagine that a friend has said to them that Jesus was a great man, and wonderful moral teacher, but that they did not accept that he was God. They are encouraged to write an essay in response drawing on the Scriptures and showing evidence of having studied the Catechism of the Catholic Church and some Papal teachings”.
The Catholic Young Writer Award was launched by The Keys, the Catholic Writers Guild of England of England and Wales in the 1990s and has been flourishing ever since. It is now sponsored by the Catholic Union Charitable Trust. The winners are invited to the Annual Meeting of the Catholic Union, held each Autumn in London, to receive their prizes from the President, Baroness Hollins.
The Catholic Young Writer Award is open to young Catholics (and pupils at Catholic schools) in England and Wales in secondary years 8-11 inclusive. There is a cash prize of £50.00 for the best essay, plus a number of runner-up book prizes. The deadline for entry is 30 May 2025.
Professor Peter Hindmarsh, Chair of the Catholic Union Charitable Trust says: “I am delighted that the Catholic Union Charitable Trust is supporting this important award for the thirteenth year and very much encourage young Catholics up and down the country to participate”.