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Thank you to everyone who entered and supported our 2023/4 writing competition on the theme of ‘Being Part of a Group.’ We had an amazing response with so many wonderful poems and stories. We read every entry carefully, and therefore the judging process has been a lengthy one.

Due to many schools now being broken up for the summer holidays we have made the decision to announce the winners in September at the beginning of the new term. Prize winners will be contacted via their schools and then the results will be published on the website.

We thank you for your patience and hope you will be interested in our latest competition on the theme of ‘Surprise, Surprise!’.

Thank you once again for your amazing support.

The Chaucer Heritage Trust

While we are busy choosing our winners for the the “Being Part of a Group” writing competition we wanted to let you know our next competition has now been launched.

The theme of the 2024/25 competition is “Surprise, Surprise!” We can’t wait to read your surprising poems and stories.

You can find full details here.

Entry is now closed for The Canterbury Tales Writing Competition 2023/24: Being Part of a Group.

We’ve had another fantastic response and would like to thank all the students who have submitted entries. We cannot wait to read your poems and stories.

We would also like to thank all the parents, guardians, teachers, teaching assistants, librarians, and schools who have supported the competition. We are really grateful for your support and enthusiasm.

We read every entry carefully, and therefore the judging process is a lengthy one. When we have chosen our winners we will contact them via their schools or, in the event of home schooled students, via their parents or guardians. We will then make an announcement on our website. We hope to be able to do this in the summer term.

Thank you once again, and do monitor our website for announcements concerning our next writing competition.

Happy New Year from everyone at The Chaucer Heritage Trust. Thank you for all your support in 2023, we cannot wait to see what 2024 will bring.

Don’t forget, there is just under two months before our 2023/24 writing competition closes. Please remember to submit your entry by 29 February 2024.

We cannot wait to read your poems and stories.

Thank you to everyone who entered The Canterbury Tales Writing Competition 2022/23: Promises, promises!

We had so many wonderful entries this year and want to say a huge thank you to everyone who entered. We hope that you enjoyed writing your poems and stories as much as we enjoyed reading them.

You can read all the winning entries here.

The Chaucer Heritage Trust has launched a new scheme to promote understanding and appreciation of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer through live performance.

Theatre companies can apply to the Chaucer Heritage Trust for a grant to support a production inspired by the life and works of Geoffrey Chaucer.

You can find out more here.

The Chaucer Heritage is very pleased to launch its seventh annual writing competition for schools inspired by the works of Geoffrey Chaucer! The special theme of the competition this year is ‘Being Part of a Group’.

Please follow this link to learn more about the competition.

Entry is now closed for The Canterbury Tales Writing Competition 2022/23: Promises, promises!

We’ve had an amazing response to our competition and would like to thank all the students who have submitted entries. We cannot wait to read your poems and stories.

We would also like to thank all the guardians, parents, teachers and schools who have supported the competition this year. We are really grateful for your support and enthusiasm.

We read every entry carefully, and therefore the judging process is a lengthy one. When we have calculated our winners we will contact winning writers via their schools or, in the event of home schooled students, via their parents or guardians. We will then make an announcement on our website. We hope to be able to do this in the summer term.

Thank you once again, and do monitor our website for announcements concerning our 2023/24 writing competition.

Thank you to everyone who entered The Canterbury Tales Writing Competition 2021/22: Prejudice and Difference. We were really impressed by the quality of your writing. We hope that you enjoyed writing your poems and stories as much as we enjoyed reading them.

You can read the winners here.

Finally, don’t forget to check out our latest competition.

Judging is underway for The Canterbury Tales Writing Competition 2021/22: Prejudice and Difference! We had an amazing response and we’ve really enjoyed reading all your poems and stories. We hope to be able to announce winners before the end of the summer term.

In the meantime, we are very pleased to launch The Canterbury Tales Writing Competition 2022/23: Promises, promises!

Full details can be found here.

Thank you once again for your participation and support.

The Chaucer Heritage Trust