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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)

01/11/2024

Our Friday Writing Star of the Week is Dominik Varga who not only has recently become a published author in a Mission Catastrophe book but was also awarded as one of the winners as well!

Congratulations Dominik on this fantastic achievement!

It's deadline day!Transfer your poetry entries to us by post (we'll still accept them!), email competitions@youngwriters...

01/11/2024

It's deadline day!

Transfer your poetry entries to us by post (we'll still accept them!), email [email protected] or upload on the website: www.youngwriters.co.uk/comp/enter

31/10/2024

Happy Halloween boos and ghouls!👻🎃

Be inspired with a Halloween fright write. Write a ghost story for either Spook Squad or Fright Club for the chance to be published and win prizes.

www.youngwriters.co.uk/comp

30/10/2024

"Fun, creative, ready-to-use resources for schools, sent straight to you! Sign up to get your FREE resource pack - all free to enter!
www.youngwriters.co.uk/info/teachers/resources-sign-up

29/10/2024

What inspires your poetry the most? 🖋️💭 A) Nature 🌿 B) Emotions 💙 C) Current Events 🌍 D) Personal Experiences 📝

28/10/2024

SNEAK PEEK!

New competitions are opening VERY SOON. Take a look at what we've got coming up for secondary school students...

25/10/2024

Our Friday Writing Star of the Week is Willow May Youel who has recently become a published author in a Once Upon A Dream book!

Well done Willow, keep up the great work!

24/10/2024

Deadline tomorrow! Send in your entries!

23/10/2024

Have your class explored the wonders of Wonderverse? What did they find there? Will one of them be one of the 5 lucky winners? Good luck everyone!

www.youngwriters.co.uk/comp/wonderverse

22/10/2024

Little Dreamers makes the perfect end-of-half-term activity - create an acrostic on your class topic for your pupils to show off their subject knowledge!

www.youngwriters.co.uk/comp/dreamers

22/10/2024

Get your entries in!

The deadline for all poetry competitions approaches, as does half term, so send your entries in now by email, upload or post!

www.youngwriters.co.uk/comp

18/10/2024

Hands up if you're on half term next week! WOOOOO! YOU MADE IT!

Commiserations if you're not, but your time will come!

17/10/2024

I read my copy of this until the pages fell out. And Plop is still going strong, I read it to my own kids now. An absolute classic.

16/10/2024

Our phone lines are now open from 8am, so we can give you even better service and communication!

15/10/2024

If your child has brought home a letter saying we'd like to publish their work, then all you need to do is give permission.

The easiest and quickest way to do so is online.

www.youngwriters.co.uk/online/publishing-portal/

14/10/2024

Send in your entries using the Freepost address. If you want to save your writing hand, you can print off our handy freepost labels to stick on each and every envelope of entries!

Little Dreamers: https://tinyurl.com/59e24ycj
Wonderverse: https://tinyurl.com/9t6u6hhr
The Beautiful Truth: https://tinyurl.com/rp2atmmw

12/10/2024

Today is

Ahh I could spend hours in there, much to the disappointment of the books waiting patiently at home!

11/10/2024

Spot the difference. UK skies last night or Young Writers’ Little Dreamers?

11/10/2024

Our Friday Writing Stars of the Week are the pupils of The Leys Primary and Nursery School who have had 19 stories published in The Spook Squad - Spine-Tinglers.

It's the perfect time for some ghostly reading!

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/6JXR5E3uKmeng8As/

10/10/2024

It's and the power of writing is proven to help. Get your students writing poems as a brilliant way to process their feelings.

www.youngwriters.co.uk/comp/truth

09/10/2024

The joy we get from seeing happy children holding their books is nothing compared to the joy and pride they feel at seeing their work in print. It's why we do what we do!

09/10/2024

The easiest poetry lesson you'll ever teach!

The planning is all done for you, and your kids will LOVE the structure of writing an acrostic poem.

www.youngwriters.co.uk/comp/dreamers

08/10/2024

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!

08/10/2024

The wonderful Wonderverse will inspire your pupils to write!

www.youngwriters.co.uk/comp/wonderverse

07/10/2024

✨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

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Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive
Peterborough
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Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 5pm
Thursday	8:30am - 5pm
Friday	8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

+441733890066

Website

http://www.youngwriters.co.uk/

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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

Share your favourite poems for #WorldPoetryDay Let's share the love of poetry! Here's one from our guest judge Mark Grist

How will your students deal with disaster for Mission Catastrophe? www.youngwriters.co.uk/comp/mission

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!

It's day 14 of our Christmas advent! Can you share your best Elf on the Shelf pictures... we would love to see what mischief they have been up to this year!

💥Super Pets are here to save the day!💥 They will banish any writing reluctance from your classroom and have your pupils creating fun, descriptive stories in no time! Let's go! www.youngwriters.co.uk/comp/superpets

Today is World Hello Day so hello from us here at Young Writers!

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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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