All-female shortlist for writers’ award

An all-female shortlist has been announced for this year’s BBC Young Writers’ Award.

Five teenagers have produced a short story under 1,000 words and stand a chance of winning the annual award.

Now in its fourth year, the competition is open to 14 to 18-year-olds and the work of five young women has been selected from 962 entries.

The winner of the award, with First Story and Cambridge University, will have their story available on the Radio 1 website.