The Historical Association runs a number of competitions for Key Stage 1 and 2 students. This section gives provides details of current competitions and past winners. If your school or students would like to take part in any of our competitions please contact melanie.jones@history.org.uk

The Young Quills Award for Historical Fiction is an annual competition and is the only book award as far as we know where children help produce the shortlist.

The Young Historian Project seeks to encourage young people to be active historians and to encourage their teachers in this great endeavour. This competition has categories for Key Stage 1 and 2.

Write Your Own Historical Fiction Competition This annual story writing competition is for students from Years 5-9.