Ideal For All
The Dream Jar
Write a poem about what's inside your dream jar
4-18 year-olds
Incredible Inventions
Brand new drawing competition for 4-18 year-olds.
4-18 Year-Olds
The Young Writers Annual Showcase 2025
Celebrate your child's best piece of writing from this academic year!
How it works...
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Use the amazing FREE resources and engaging themes to inspire children to get writing.
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Send children’s work to Young Writers - our editors read every poem and story we receive!
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It’s time to celebrate as children become authors published in a real book!
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See confidence and engagement skyrocket!
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Welcome to Young Writers
Inspiring Young Writers since 1991
"Brilliant way to inspire our children's writing, thank you."
Ms Allen, Forster Park Primary School
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"What a fabulous inspiring title. For students who have felt lost in a rapidly changing culture, this title has provided inspiration and an outlet for the student voice."
Mia Khalaf, Brockenhurst College
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Teacher Writing Resource Hub
How the Resource Hub works...
The resource hub competitions are open all year round to UK schools
Download FREE resources and plan the competition into your lessons
Can be used year-on-year in your planning
Your pupils could be published in a book
Prizes awarded to pupils and schools each term
