The Author of Tomorrow award invites young writers across the world to try their hand at a short adventure story. After being selected for the shortlist, the writers work with an editor over the summer to polish their stories ready for publication.
We partner with global literacy charity, Worldreader, to publish these stories in an anthology, and make them available to readers anywhere there is internet. This year’s anthology, featuring the ten stories written by the talented young writers on the 2024 shortlist, is called Earth, Air, Fire & Water, and is now available on Worldreader’s Booksmart app or website.
Read the anthology here.
You can read previous anthologies below.
2023: Aliens, Apocalypse and the Afterlife
2022: Stars, Storms and Sandwiches
2021: Strength, Sacrifice and Sea Monsters