Young Writers

Young Writers We aim to promote poetry and creative writing in children aged 5-18 by offering free resources to teachers, parents and writers.

Our competitions give young writers the opportunity to develop their skills and see their work in a published book! At Young Writers UK we've been working with schools, parents and young writers across the world since 1991. Our aim is to promote poetry and creative writing within children from ages 5-18 years. We offer free resources for writers, parents, and teachers including writing tips, newsl

etters, lesson plans and activities to inspire children to develop their creative writing abilities and fall in love with English. Our competitions are for children of all ages, they're free to enter, and give young writers the opportunity to see their work in a published book! https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/

Some of our awards:

The Best Of The Solutions Awards 2020
Survival Sagas: Mission Series – Innovation (finalist)

The Solutions Awards 2019
Survival Sagas: Mission Series – Innovation (winner by public vote)

Education Resources Awards 2018
Stranger Sagas - Free Resources (finalist)

Education Resources Awards 2017
Once Upon A Dream - Free Resources (finalist)

It's day 20 of our Christmas advent and today we have a round of Christmas Only Connect for you! Let us know in the comm...
20/12/2024

It's day 20 of our Christmas advent and today we have a round of Christmas Only Connect for you! Let us know in the comments what connects this list of famous Christmas songs together!

If you've got scans or typed versions of your students' entries, then you can upload them here: www.youngwriters.co.uk/c...
19/12/2024

If you've got scans or typed versions of your students' entries, then you can upload them here: www.youngwriters.co.uk/competitions/enter or use any of these file sharing sites (please make sure all entries are named and you include your school name)

19/12/2024

It's day 19 of our Christmas advent! Sandy the Snowman needs your help finding his nose! Pause the video at the correct time to help Sandy get his nose back ☃️ Screenshot your attempt and send them to us in the comments!

Entries DO NOT need to be on the entry forms - Word docs, A4 paper, scanned in from workbooks... all are acceptable!
19/12/2024

Entries DO NOT need to be on the entry forms - Word docs, A4 paper, scanned in from workbooks... all are acceptable!

Get your entries in! Posting is still fine - anything that arrives after the deadline will still be accepted, we won't l...
18/12/2024

Get your entries in! Posting is still fine - anything that arrives after the deadline will still be accepted, we won't let the Christmas post get in the way of confidence boosting creativity!

Wow! Check out this lovely blog post from Swanmore College, the 1st place school winner of our Through Their Eyes compet...
18/12/2024

Wow! Check out this lovely blog post from Swanmore College, the 1st place school winner of our Through Their Eyes competition!

We’re incredibly proud to announce that Swanmore College has placed 1st in the Through Their Eyes poetry competition, competing against over 7,000 poems submitted by students from 400 schools across the country!

It's day 18 of our Christmas advent! We would LOVE to know your favourite Christmas film, let us know in the comments by...
18/12/2024

It's day 18 of our Christmas advent! We would LOVE to know your favourite Christmas film, let us know in the comments by using a GIF taken from the film!

If all those giveaways last week got you in the mood, then check out our writing competitions where there are even more ...
17/12/2024

If all those giveaways last week got you in the mood, then check out our writing competitions where there are even more amazing prizes to be won!

www.youngwriters.co.uk/competitions

It's day 17 of our Christmas advent & today we want to spread some festive joy! Share in the comments the funniest item ...
17/12/2024

It's day 17 of our Christmas advent & today we want to spread some festive joy! Share in the comments the funniest item on your child's list to Santa! 🎅🤣

It's day 15 of our Christmas advent & today we would love to share three of our favourite festive recommended reads!
15/12/2024

It's day 15 of our Christmas advent & today we would love to share three of our favourite festive recommended reads!

It's day 14 of our Christmas advent! Can you guess the very well loved Christmas film from this set of emojis? Let us kn...
14/12/2024

It's day 14 of our Christmas advent! Can you guess the very well loved Christmas film from this set of emojis? Let us know your guesses in the comments! 🎄

It's day 13 of our Christmas advent! Here are a list of different Christmas traditions that are popular in other countri...
13/12/2024

It's day 13 of our Christmas advent! Here are a list of different Christmas traditions that are popular in other countries. I personally wouldn't mind a KFC dinner on Christmas day! 🎅

It's Friday 13th, but it's not unlucky for someone as we have one final bonus giveaway!The Complete Writer's Toolkit is ...
13/12/2024

It's Friday 13th, but it's not unlucky for someone as we have one final bonus giveaway!

The Complete Writer's Toolkit is the perfect gift for the keen writer in your life, worth £97!

Head over to our X (Twitter) page www.x.com/YoungWritersCW for all the details on how to enter.

Today is and here at Young Writers HQ we've taken that to heart with our office decorations! We'd love to see yours, p...
12/12/2024

Today is and here at Young Writers HQ we've taken that to heart with our office decorations! We'd love to see yours, post your pictures in the comments.

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Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
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It's day 19 of our Christmas advent! Sandy the Snowman needs your help finding his nose! Pause the video at the correct time to help Sandy get his nose back ☃️ Screenshot your attempt and send them to us in the comments!

Where will the Magical Map take your students? Pause the video to find out!

What would you choose?

Did you know the Little Dreamers video is actually a lesson? Teach your class how to write an acrostic poem by working along with it in class!

The wonderful Wonderverse will inspire your pupils to write! www.youngwriters.co.uk/comp/wonderverse

✨What’s YOUR truth?✨ Whether it's about your dreams, your struggles, or the world around you, we want to hear your unique voice for The Beautiful Truth. 🖋️Enter today to be in with a chance of seeing your words published. www.youngwriters.co.uk/comp/truth #poetrycompetition

Welcome to Wonderverse...

What is your Beautiful Truth?

Has your child come home dragging a massive bag of school books with them this week? Mine has! And I'm going to look through them for a fantastic bit of writing to enter into The Annual Showcase. It celebrates writing of all styles so if there's a piece your child is particularly proud of, send it in! https://tinyurl.com/c6tsepsc

If Southgate published poetry books 🙃

Today is #MorseCodeDay - can you translate our Morse Code message?

Each of our competitions has a video to introduce the activity to your pupils, and Monster Acrostics has the added bonus of including a 'how to write an acrostic' lesson! You can find the videos on each competition's page. www.youngwriters.co.uk/comp

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We have loved working with schools, parents and young writers across the world since 1991. Our aim is to inspire and promote how amazing poetry and creative writing is within young people from the ages 5-18 years. We are very proud to be the 2018 Education Resource Award Winners in the Marketing Campaign Of The Year for our resource pack Stranger Sagas!

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