Junior Writers Awards


The Junior Writer Awards is educational charitable community outreach initiative and an English literacy writing competition for secondary school students based in Hong Kong and Macau. It was founded in 2014 by Norton House Education, and organised jointly with Upper House Academy in Macau, Education Bureau of Hong Kong, British Council, University of Hong Kong, Cambridge University, Oxford University Press, Eslite Bookstore and South China Morning Post, as a philanthropic educational initiative to raise English literacy levels, thinking skills and social awareness of secondary students in Hong Kong and Macau.

Winners

Past winners include:

Junior Group

Age Group: 11–13 years
YearEssay Topic
2014What is my role in society?

Intermediate Group

Age Group: 14–16 years
YearEssay Topic
2014What does Rule of Law have to do with me?

Advanced Group

Age Group: 16+ years
YearEssay Topic
2014If I could go back in time to any period of history, when would it be and why?

Greatest Pen Winner

YearName of ContestantRepresenting School
2014Lok Chi YeungInternational Christian School (Hong Kong)

Greatest Potential

YearName of ContestantRepresenting School
2014Fong Man Hong MaxwellPui Ching Middle School (Macau)

Most Inspirational

YearName of ContestantRepresenting School
2014Yeung Chak SzeWong Kam Fai Secondary & Primary School

Most Innovative

YearName of ContestantRepresenting School
2014Ronaq MathurIsland School

Scholastic Writer

YearName of ContestantRepresenting School
2014Adrian AuDiocesan Boys' School

Most Promising Young Writer

YearName of ContestantRepresenting School
2014Lui Hei Ching TiffanyDiocesan Girls' School