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Challenge their creativity with Mini S.A.G.A.S. (Smart Adventurous Gripping Amusing Stories) the 2007 Mini Saga Competition from Young Writers:
- Movtivate your pupils and promote their creativity
- Boost awareness of your school's creative ability
- Win prizes for your school
- Free Staedtler pen for every entrant
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* Develops technical writing and creative skills
* Mini sagas can be on any theme, but must be a maximum of 50
words
* Supports Key Stage 3
* Supports Every Child Matters ‘Enjoy & Achieve’ outcome
* Mini sagas selected on the basis of imagination, expression and writing ability
* A free Staedtler pen for every entrant
* Certificate of Achievement for every child whose work is chosen for publication
* Selected mini sagas published in a regional anthology
* Complimentary copy for each participating school (receive a further additional copy if over 100 entries submitted
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Closing date Friday 20th July 2007
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* Encourage your pupils to write a mini saga on any theme
* Pupils write their finished mini saga on the entry form including their name, age and contact address (home and / or school)
* Check the school entry form and fill in / amend details where necessary
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Send one school entry form with each envelope of entries submitted
Finally, if you find yourself completely and utterly stuck, here are some ideas for what your mini saga could be about. Obviously feel free to write about whatever you want. The more original and imaginative your mini saga is the better!
A Ghostly Going On
Fairy Tales
An event in history Myths and legends
Nursery Rhymes
Outer Space
A Holiday or Journey
A Twist in the tale
Unexplained Mysteries
For teacher use - Print a Lesson Plan >>>
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Writing a good mini saga is harder than it looks! Although they can be on virtually any theme, all mini sagas must abide by these three golden rules.
- Mini sagas must be no more than 50 words, excluding the title.
- TELL A GOOD STORY: A mini saga must be a proper story. This can be hard in only 50 words but make sure your saga has a beginning, middle and an end.
- BE ORIGINAL!: We don’t mind if you are inspired by other famous stories. You could do a funny version of a fairy story or retelling a myth or legend, but the mini saga must be in your own words.
That’s all very well, of course. But how should you go about writing a mini saga?
One good way is to generally think of a story that you would like to read.
Write it or type it out.
Shorten it! Cut out any words that seem unnecessary or sections the story could do without.
Now count the words!
You will probably find it is still more than 50 words. At this point you may need to amend, cut and delete sentences to get it down to the magic 50-word limit. Be brutal! It will be worth it
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Teachers are invited to submit as many entries as they wish, but only one per pupil,
and each entry must be accompanied by a completed entry form.
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.
Mini Sagas, 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
* 2 x £250 second prizes for schools
* Free Book featuring your pupils' work
* Free Staedtler Pen for every entrant
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
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!
Previous school-orientated competitions include:
Away With Words – Telling Tales – I Have a Dream – T.A.L.E.S.
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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
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