The Pete Sanders Student Writing Award 2023

The Pete Sanders Student Writing Award 2023

PCCS Books and the Person-Centred Association (tPCA) are proud and delighted to present a new award to support person-centred students in their studies.

As many of you will know, Pete was deeply committed to encouraging trainee counsellors as they progress in their first steps in counselling. He saw every new generation of students as the seedcorn that ensures the person-centred approach continues to grow and develop to meet new and emerging needs and challenges.

With this in mind,  we have created an award in Pete's name, with the aim to recognise and reward creative, critical thinking among students of the person-centred approach.

The award is for a piece of written prose – an essay, article, review or reflective writing – that critiques, interrogates and advances person-centred theory and practice.

There will be 3 awards: 

1st -  £400 plus £100 PCCS book tokens

2nd - £100 plus £50 PCCS book tokens

3rd - £50 plus £50 PCCS book tokens

Entry requirements

• This award is open to all students at level 4 and above, including those who graduated in 2022
• The piece of written prose should be between 2000 and 3000 words in length and not already published. We do not accept poems.
• The deadline for submissions is 30 April 2023.

To submit your entry please email a word document to writingaward@pccs-books.co.uk with your email address and a short biography.

The award winners will be announced on Thursday 22nd June at 12pm - the announcement will feature on the PCCS Books and tPCA websites and social media channels.

We will also email the award winners directly on the morning of the 22nd June.