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300 Words 2025: The Winner and Finalists

300 Words 2025: The Winner and Finalists

Age Category: 7 - 9

Winner: Whale

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By Isacc Lammie

Midnight Disaster

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By Flora Graham

The Wood Cutters

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By Lola Lily Bell

Music of the Water

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By Zoe Siobhan Brown

Age Category: 10 - 12

Winner: The Scots of Skye

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By Johnathan Nixon

The Song of the Seas

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By Ellie Hall

The Battle of Flodden Field

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By Annie Maclay

The Glencoe Massacre

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By Hannah Graham

The Battle of Bannockburn

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By Iona Norrie

Excuses

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By Natalia Janecka

Age Category: 13 - 15

Winner: Mary, Queen of Scots

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By Kourtni Reid

The Witch Hunt

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By Hector Jackson

In the Waiting Room

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By Maddison Brown

Operation Neptune

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By Matilda Little

The Pyre

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By Rose Baker

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