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Movtivate your pupils to write and appreciate poetry
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Boost awareness of your school's creative ability
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Work alongside Key Stage 2 guidelines in the National Curriculum or Attainment Targets A-F under the 5-14 Scottish Guidlines
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Support the Every Child Matters Enjoy and Achieve Outcome
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Kickstart the Government’s National Year of Reading
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* Show your pupils poems of different styles and subjects
* Encourage your pupils to write poems on any subject or style
* Attach a completed entry form to each entry
* Check the school entry form and fill in / amend details where necessary
* Send one school entry form with each envelope of entries submitted, ensuring the correct number of entries is filled in the space provided.
* Open to school years 3-6
* Builds literacy and creative skills
* Poems can be on any subject and in any poetry style
* Poems selected on the basis of imagination, perception, spirit and expression
* Supports Key Stage 2 and National Literacy Framework
* Ages and specified learning needs are taken into account during the selection process
* A Little Laureates 2008 sticker sheet for every entrant
* Certificate of Merit for every child whose work is chosen for publication
* Following copyright authorisation, selected pupils’ poems showcased in an anthology from your region
* Complimentary copy of the publication their pupils feature in to every school (plus a bonus free copy if over 100 entries submitted)
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Haiku / Cinquain / Tanka / Kennings / ‘Sense’ Poems / Limerick / Rhymes
Brian Moore / Roz Goddard / Stephen Knight / Alfred Noyes / Kit Wright / Michael Rosen
Rhyming Couplets / Similes / Metaphor / Powerful Verbs / Choruses / Alliteration / Assonance / Rhythm
Family & Friends / Pets / Seasons / Holidays / Idols / Favourite Things / Environment / Fairy Tales & Make-Believe / A School Trip or Project
Print a Lesson Plan >>>
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Young Writers is the school-orientated young people's publishing imprint of Forward Press - The People’s Publisher. Established in 1991, Young Writers has promoted poetry and creative writing within schools for the past 15 years by running annual nationwide competitions. Each of these results in the publication of a collection of regional anthologies showcasing the work of today’s schoolchildren.
The British Library has over a decade of Young Writers collections in its national archive!
Amongst the school-orientated competitions we have previously run are:
Playground Poets - Once Upon a Rhyme - Poetic Voyages - Up, Up & Away
Last year’s competition attracted in excess of 100,000 entries.
‘... The children find this a very rewarding experience’
Anna Tyler, Blenheim High School
‘... I work closely with these students and I know how proud they feel when they see their poem has been published’
Lisa Calhoun, Sarah Bonnell School
‘... your endeavour of giving children a platform from which to broadcast their thoughts and feelings into the greater world is a most commendable one’
Stephan P Evans, Fellow of Trinity College
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Encourage your pupils to write poems (maximum 30 lines long) on any subject in any style.
 Attach a completed entry form to each poem.
Print Pupil Entry Forms >>>
Check the school entry form to ensure all contact details are correct.
Print School Entry Forms >>>
Make sure the school entry form has the correct amount of
poems enclosed entered in the space provided.
Send one completed school entry form in with each envelope of entries submitted.
Little Laureates 2008, Young Writers, Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive, Peterborough, PE2 9JX
(If for any reason you miss the deadline please give us a call and we’ll make every effort to accommodate late entries.) |
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* £1,000 first prize for best school in series
* 5 x £250 second prizes for schools
* 10 x £100 runners-up prizes for schools
* Complimentary book to every participating school including their pupils
* Little Laureates 2008 sticker to every young writer taking part
* Certificate of Merit to every young writer whose work is chosen for publication
Forward Press Ltd is the parent company of Young Writers and the largest publisher of new poetry in the UK. Since 1989 the company has published more than 900,000 original poems and, along the way, been instrumental in changing the poetry world forever. Founded by aspiring poet Ian Walton, the company’s ethos has always been to act as a bridge to publication, giving everyone the opportunity to see their poems in print.
Ian remains the driving force behind the company and, with his committed team, continues to develop it as The People’s Publisher. Forward Press writing initiatives include: Young Writers / Anchor Books / Spotlight Poets / Need2Know / Triumph House /New Fiction / WomensWords / StrongWords / Poetry Now / Pond View.
Find out more at www.forwardpress.co.uk
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www.youngwriters.co.uk www.youngwriters.co.uk
If you have any questions or require further entry forms or posters please get in touch.
Managing Editor: Allison Jones Assistant Managing Editor Michelle Afford
Editorial Team: Donna Samworth, Claire Tupholme, Annabel Cook,
Angela Fairbrace, Aimée Vanstone, Mark Richardson
Young Writers, Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive, Woodston, Peterborough, PE2 9JX
Tel: 01733 890066 Fax: 01733 313524 Email: youngwriters@forwardpress.co.uk
Young Writers is an imprint of 'Forward Press Ltd' VAT No. 576424421 Reg No. 2923304
Although we refer to ‘Little Laureates’ as a competition we consider this a creative writing experience
and will, where possible, endeavour to include as many pieces as we can. |
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