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- Movtivate your pupils to write and appreciate mini sagas
- Boost awareness of your school's creative ability
- Win prizes for your school
- Support the Every Child Matters Enjoy and Achieve Outcome
- Free Staedtler pen for every entrant
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* Encourage your pupils to write a Tiny Tale on any Theme.
* Pupils write their finished Tiny Tale 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
* Builds literacy and creative skills
* Tiny Tales can be on any theme but must be a maximum of 50 words.
* Builds literacy and creative skills.
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Tiny Tales can be on any theme but must be a maximum of 50 words.
* Supports Key Stage 2
* Supports the Every Child Matters ‘Enjoy & Achieve’ outcome
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Tiny Tales selected on the basis of imagination, expression and writing ability.
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A Tiny Tales bookmark for every entrant.
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Certificate of Merit for every child whose work is chosen for publication.
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Tiny Tales published in a regional anthology.
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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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Finally, if you find yourself completely and utterly stuck, here are some ideas for what your mini saga could be about. The more original and imaginative your mini saga is the better!
A Bizarre Experiment
A Magic Spell that goes Wrong
An Event in History
Myths and Legends
Nursery Rhymes
An Alien visiting Earth
A Holiday or Journey
Fairy Tales
Unexplained Mysteries
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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:
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- 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 nursery rhyme or fairy story, 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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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.
Tiny Tales 2007, 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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Previous school-orientated competitions include:
Little Laureates - Small Talk - A Pocket Full of Rhyme - Little Legends
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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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
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