For the last nine years, the editors of Lacuna have invited young people, aged 14 to 18, to tell their own stories about human rights and social justice.
The Writing Wrongs Schools Programme, run from the Centre for Human Rights in Practice, is a free outreach course, offering a series of workshops led by professional writers and journalists supporting young people in high schools to write about human rights issues that matter to them.
Winners in the past have tactfully examined experiences such as immigration, forced marriages, and human trafficking.
In this new creative non-fiction story about identity and inclusion, our latest winner, 16-year-old Cocoa-Bee Gliwa, wrote about reviving an LGBTQ+ inclusion group at school.
Below you can find Cocoa-Bee’s piece along with stories from our previous winners and runners-up.
For further details about the Writing Wrongs widening participation programme, or to register your interest, contact writingwrongs.law@warwick.ac.uk
