Competitions

Reception

Introduce your reception class to poetry with My First Riddle...

Closing Date
Friday 11th February 2022

Nursery & Preschool

My First Poem is a great way to introduce preschool children to rhyme and to help them create their very own poem, which they can dedicate to their favourite person!

Closing Date
Friday 25th February 2022

5-7 Years

This Is Me Acrostics lets your pupils explore who they are, empowering them, celebrating their uniqueness and helping them to fall in love with poetry at a young age...

Closing Date
Friday 11th February 2022

5-7 Years

It's time to shake, rattle and roll your little learners' imaginations as they create stories using dice and story frames... There are a million tales in the palm of their hands just waiting to be told!

Competition Now Closed

7-11 Years

This Is Me lets your pupils explore who they are and who they want to be, empowering them and celebrating their individuality and resilience. Motivate your pupils to express themselves through poetry...

Closing Date
Friday 11th February 2022

7-11 Years

Let's take your pupils on an adventure & create excitement, experience action and a bit of danger all via their imaginations...

Competition Now Closed

11-18 Years

Give your students purpose, passion and a platform to write a poem, a poem that makes them feel confident, gives their voice space to be heard, and showcases what is important to them with Empowered!

Closing Date
Friday 11th February 2022

11-18 Years

Can your students flip the narrative and give us the villain's point of view for this exciting mini saga competition?

Competition Now Closed

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Our national writing competitions run throughout the academic year for primary and secondary schools.