Voices 2025 is the UK’s only creative writing competition specifically for children and young people between the ages of 4 and 25 with care experience. Since its launch in 2016, the competition has received over 1,500 entries continues to grow in reach and impact each year.
Voices has provided hundreds of young writers with a unique chance to shine. The competition has received entries from young people with diverse experiences of care, including foster care, residential care, youth justice settings, kinship care, and adoption. We have also platformed the voices of unaccompanied children and young people seeking asylum in the UK, organising a special category for their entries in 2017.
Voices offers these young people a powerful platform for them to share their stories, express their creativity, and have their voices heard. This year’s theme, “My Voice”, places the voices of children and young people at the heart of Coram Voice’s 50th anniversary celebrations — a powerful reminder of the importance of listening to, and learning from, their lived experiences.