We are excited to announce the return of RDA Creative Writing competition 2025 kindly sponsored by Browns Advisory Homepage | Brown Advisory. The Creative writing competition has been running since 2016, and offers three classes: a poem, a letter or a short story.
For more information and how to enter:
2025 Creative Writing Competition Entry Form 2025
Be quick entries close March 3rd 2025.
2025 Creative Writing Competition Results.
We are pleased to announce the Creative Writing Results for 2025.
Thankyou to Erin Orford: International Para Dressage Rider for Team GBR, and Louisa Cottrell from Brown Advisory for judging the entries this year.
Congratulations to all the participants, the competition this year was of an exceptional standard – well done.
| Class | Place | Participant | Group | Title |
| Poem | 1st | A Participant | Park Lane | I ride with confidence |
| Poem | 2nd | Belinda Kemp | Erme Valley | Safe Place |
| Poem | 3rd | Thomas Mawer | Park Lane Stables | Dougie |
| Poem | 4th | Dayzie Simpson | Aim RDA Lambourne | Miss |
| Poem | 5th | Virginia Clark | Park Lane Stables | Superstars and Ride |
| Poem | 6th | Mercy Olaposi | Cobbs Meadow | Majestic companions |
| Poem | 7th | Noah Mackay | Berwickshire | Theres no place I would rather be |
| Poem | 8th | Amelia Revers | Warminster | Why I Love Horse Riding |
| Poem | 9th | Sophie Keysell | Berwickshire | (no title) |
| Poem | 10th | Max Humphreys | South Bucks | Riding |
| Class | Place | Participant | Group | Title |
| Letter | 1st | Charley Russell | Cobbes Meadow | RDA Cobbes Meadow |
| Letter | 2nd | A Participant | Otley and Dales group | (no title) |
| Letter | 3rd | Sophia Davis | Wilton | A Letter About RDA/Tia |
| Letter | 4th | A Participant | The Diamond Centre | Letter Jack |
| Letter | 5th | Philippa George | Park Lane Stables | Why I Love Going to Park Lane Stables |
| Letter | 6th | Fergie O’Loughlin | South Bucks | Letter to pip |
| Letter | 7th | Elliott Stone | South Bucks | Me and Pip |
| Letter | 8th | A Participant | The Brae | Letter to Gismo |
| Letter | 9th | A Participant | Cavalier Centre | Letter to Stubbs |
| Letter | 10th | Grahame Tindale | Dial Wood Carriage Driving | Letter to my RDA Coach |
| Class | Place | Participant | Group | Title |
| Story | 1st | Clara Franke | Newbury | Ted |
| Story | 2nd | Fiona Stevenson | Cavalier Centre | Turning Things Around |
| Story | 3rd | Dayzie Simpson | Aim RDA | MISS |
| Story | 4th | Natalie Middlecote | The Royal Forest of Dean Carriage Driving Group | Lola and Lily go to Badminton |
| Story | 5th | Olivia Tinsley | Crosby | My Special RDA Story |
| Story | 6th | Jamie Careford | St Ives (Bingley | Happiness from Puzzle |
| Story | 7th | A Participant | The Diamond Centre | Fudges Story |
| Story | 8th | A Participant | The Diamond Centre | The Great Horse Escape |
| Story | 9th | Dan Wren | Park Lane Stables | I Love the RDA |
| Story | 10th | Nathan Jones | Park Lane Stables | What makes me happy |
The Creative Writing Competition 2025 is kindly supported by Brown Advisory.
