WELLINGTON Prep School pupil Elliot Owen has won first prize in the Ted Hughes Young Poets Award.
The Year 2 pupil wrote the poem ‘My Animal A-Z’ and submitted it to the competition set up in memory of the late poet laureate.
The contest was judged by acclaimed poet Katrina Naomi and Elliot is the first prize winner in the six to ten-years-old category.
As well as the prestigious award, he also won £100.
Eliot will read out his winning entry at a prizewinning event at the Ted Hughes Festival in October in his birthplace of Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire.
Prep school headmaster Adam Gibson said: “We are so proud of Elliot’s achievement.
“To win first prize against such a huge number of submissions is a tremendous accolade.
“Our Year 5 pupils are currently studying the works of Ted Hughes, so it is especially pertinent for us at present.”
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