Great competitions and easy to use resources! Highly recommend to all literacy teachers

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.

It's uplifting to see so many young people interested in poetry and expressing themselves in poems. The range of topics and levels of maturity of thought in the poems was humbling.

Great way to embed those creative writing skills and have fun teaching and learning at the same time.

The children enjoyed creating their poems using their own imaginative ideas and are very excited to enter the competition! Thank you!

Fantastic resources and really inspired our young people.

Brilliant way to inspire our children's writing, thank you.

We really enjoyed this - resources were useful and was lovely to read the poems, thanks!

The children have really enjoyed doing this, it has sparked a love of poetry.

The children enjoyed the activity very much!

The students really enjoyed the activities and responded really well to all the resources

We really enjoyed this challenge and it inspired the pupils to write with enthusiasm and creativity.

Thank you so much for doing this for all the children. They absolutely love seeing their work published and proud!

Thank you for these wonderful opportunities for our students! Keep them coming please!

Thank you for organising such a brilliant writing competition!

The children really enjoyed this competition. It has given them motivation to write!

A great opportunity for our pupils to explore riddles. This competition allows us to show our pupils we value their writing and want to celebrate their achievements.

I think what you do is amazing! Giving children opportunities to share their work is wonderful.

Thank you for a great, well organised resource. The Class really enjoyed doing this. It made them very excited.

Fantastic opportunity for cross-curricular writing. Our Year 1’s loved it.

Very engaging suitable all across KS2. Resources are great!

Brilliant topic to write about and resources to share. Excellent communication from all!

Well organised with a great theme! The children have loved creating their stories.

The children have loved writing their sagas. Thank you for giving them such a wonderful opportunity.

Children really enjoyed this cross-curricular writing opportunity. The support resources were high quality, allowing all children to participate.

Our children loved having the opportunity to write about a historical event with a 100 word limit. It was a great challenge for them.

We love taking part in the Young Writers competitions. Great fun as always!

Fantastic opportunity for cross-curricular writing. Our Year 1s loved it.

Thank you for giving us such a lovely engaging activity. The video lesson plan was great fun too!

Our children have loved doing this competition. The resources on the website were fantastic and helped my year 4s develop their poetry writing skills. They have flourished with the creativity of this competition.

Great opportunity for children to be creative - the ideas page really helped focus thoughts.

The children have been really inspired writing these and the English lead was really impressed! We really enjoyed it.

Children who don't normally enjoy writing engaged fully in the task and said they enjoyed it.

The children enjoyed the freedom to invent their own monster; they came up with fantastic ideas. Building their acrostics was fun - they exchanged ideas and improved their writing.

Fantastic resources, everything was seamless and easy. Thank you!

Great to inspire the pupils. It shows them what is possible in the world of literacy.

Great resources which really helped to deliver the expectations and break it down in stages for the children.

Y5 love doing these competitions, their imaginations go wild!

Our Year 5s loved preparing for this competition as part of our work on chocolate. We found the resources very useful.

Class really liked the theme of dreams, could be very creative with it.

My class loved taking part in the 'Monster Acrostics' competition. It really gave them the opportunity to be creative and excited about poetry.

Such a wonderful way to get the children involved and interested in poetry. We loved watching their imaginations go wild. Everyone was so proud of their fantastic poems.

A lovely competition for the children to engage with. They loved creating their poems ad feel excited to see them produced into a book!

Thank you! The yr1 children loved the writing experience.

The children really enjoyed this challenge. They loved drawing their monsters and their huge range of adjectives were amazing. So proud of them!

Absolutely fantastic. The children thoroughly enjoyed the challenge. We would love more of these opportunities.

The children loved creating their monsters. Thank you for this great opportunity!

The children really loved the topic for the poems!

Great for engaging hard to reach pupils.

We've loved this theme! Thank you for the lovely resources also.

Our Year 4 students were very motivated and engaged with this poetry competition. It gave the pupils an opportunity to delve deeper into their weird and wonderful dreams.

Our children have really immersed themselves in this poetry theme. A massive thankyou!

A lovely competition that really inspired our children. It led to interesting discussion about our dreams.

Good form - jars helpful prompt. Attractive appearance excited positive response from pupils.

Children loved doing this and took pride in doing it at home!

I always love the YW competitions as it is well resourced and it gives the children a real life context of writing and a good incentive.

The children were so excited. Thank you!

My class absolutely loved the preparation and writing for this competition - the prizes and incentives are so motivating.

The children really enjoyed this activity and got really creative with it!

Our students have loved learning about acrostic poems in Year 2. Thank you!

An excellent, stimulating, engaging resource for children we all really enjoyed this activity.

A great opportunity for children to write for pleasure.

Thank you! The children really enjoyed this poetry writing lesson and had great fun describing and creating their monsters.

We loved doing 'This Is Me' so it's great that you offer an opportunity for a younger age group too.

Thank you for this fun opportunity. My class loved the idea to be creative and has allowed their imaginations to come to life on paper. I've read so many amazing animal diary entries.

Such wonderful resources, providing a stimulating lesson for both year groups. Thank you Young Writers!

Children enjoyed this writing activity and they enjoyed researching their chosen animal and an opportunity to showcase their skills.

Great company - feedback was instant and so much information provided - will definitely work with you again.

Fun competition. Children really enjoyed the choices of writing. Very inclusive competition.

My class really enjoyed this, particularly the idea generator craft! This made our planning very engaging.

The children LOVED doing this. They are so proud of their progress and loved writing about our school dog Maggie.

Thank you! The pupils really enjoyed this lesson and had great fun talking about their animals.

The children really enjoyed using the plan to help write their story.

The children have thoroughly enjoyed being creative and imaginative. One child said they had "let my mind explode".

Fantastic, engaging resources. The children loved using their fortune tellers.

Thank you, we are grateful these kind of competitions exist.

The children in my class loved completing this activity. Their imaginations ran wild!

Thank you for the helpful and stimulating resources. Kids loved this theme too!

Motivating and fun for pupils. Great resources available - planning sheet fantastic to help imagination.

The kids really enjoyed this! It provided lots of fun and enjoyment in writing.

Our school loved doing this, especially those who struggle with writing stamina! Thank you.

The children were very excited and motivated to take part in the competition.

The children were very excited to complete this - having seen the other children have their work published in a previous competition.

Really inspiring a love for writing!

The children had fun with this and it gave them freedom to express themselves. Thanks!

The children enjoyed writing their sagas. It helped to have example pieces to share with the class.

Fantastic competition! Children really enjoyed writing their stories! They showed imagination, enthusiasm and love for writing in their work!

What a lovely opportunity for the children. This is the 2nd competition we have taken part in and can't wait to hear the results.

Fabulous idea to build writing

The children enjoyed the challenge of condensing their story into only 100 words.

It gave our children a great purpose to draft and write. The 100 words challenged greater depth writers to think about word choice.

The children loved the video and found the writing challenge very engaging.

A great idea to get the children thinking creatively!

Class were very engaged with the theme and lesson materials.

Nice resource, children love using them and being free to write what they please.

Great competition, my class loved the Crazy Creatures theme!

Our students absolutely LOVED this competition - and so did we. Not only was the 'catastrophe' premise excellent for stirring a range of ideas, but the 100-word limit also compelled students to consider each word more carefully than ever.

The pupils in my creative writing class LOVED this competition. It produced a great interest in writing throughout the school!

Our students loved the challenge of 100 words. It made them choose carefully.

Thank you for such inspiring competitions and resources! It is so wonderful to see students' work published.

Brilliant way to get students writing creatively!

Students loved the dystopian theme.

A fantastic competition that really helped children celebrate their individualities.

Excellent resources and examples included in the presentation!

We love the Young Writers competitions! Keep them coming!

We are very excited about seeing the poems in a book!

The students loved completing the competition, even those who usually don’t like to write. Changing an existing story rather than starting from scratch helped them be more creative and confident.

The resources were great and gave students lots to discuss. They were really inspired by the topic!

A lovely creative writing opportunity to inspire pupils' imaginations - thank you!

My students absolutely love your competitions. Please continue to send me more.

Thank you for an opportunity for our young people to creatively explore issues which matter to them and the world.

Really good topics that interest many students! Thank you.

Great pack with everything we need, everyone loved the activity - thank you.

The children loved having the opportunity to write in different styles. It fitted with our project perfectly.

All of the children really enjoyed getting involved in this - a nice way to celebrate who we are!

The children have loved this! Thank you.

Always great ideas and opportunities for the students to convey their creative streak!

The pupils loved the activities!

Great child-friendly competitions. It has been lovely to see the joy on their faces if they are chosen to be published.

Very engaging competition, accessible for all pupils.

This has been a fantastic opportunity for our school and the children loved exploring different poems & techniques.

The children in Year 1 loved the activity!

Fantastic resources for teachers to use in their poetry unit.

A great way to promote and inspire poetry at home and in school.

This is our third entry into one of your competitions! It has encouraged children to write.

We have all really enjoyed the opportunity to engage with poetry!

Thank you for this inspiring challenge! Our Year 2 poets LOVED completing this!

A fantastic competition that really got the children engaged & enthused about poetry writing!

The children really enjoyed the freedom. Well resourced with PowerPoints to support.

Great competitions and easy to use resources! Highly recommend to all literacy teachers

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.

It's uplifting to see so many young people interested in poetry and expressing themselves in poems. The range of topics and levels of maturity of thought in the poems was humbling.

Great way to embed those creative writing skills and have fun teaching and learning at the same time.

The children enjoyed creating their poems using their own imaginative ideas and are very excited to enter the competition! Thank you!

Fantastic resources and really inspired our young people.

Brilliant way to inspire our children's writing, thank you.

We really enjoyed this - resources were useful and was lovely to read the poems, thanks!

The children have really enjoyed doing this, it has sparked a love of poetry.

The children enjoyed the activity very much!

The students really enjoyed the activities and responded really well to all the resources

We really enjoyed this challenge and it inspired the pupils to write with enthusiasm and creativity.

Thank you so much for doing this for all the children. They absolutely love seeing their work published and proud!

Thank you for these wonderful opportunities for our students! Keep them coming please!

Thank you for organising such a brilliant writing competition!

The children really enjoyed this competition. It has given them motivation to write!

A great opportunity for our pupils to explore riddles. This competition allows us to show our pupils we value their writing and want to celebrate their achievements.

I think what you do is amazing! Giving children opportunities to share their work is wonderful.

Thank you for a great, well organised resource. The Class really enjoyed doing this. It made them very excited.

Fantastic opportunity for cross-curricular writing. Our Year 1’s loved it.

Very engaging suitable all across KS2. Resources are great!

Brilliant topic to write about and resources to share. Excellent communication from all!

Well organised with a great theme! The children have loved creating their stories.

The children have loved writing their sagas. Thank you for giving them such a wonderful opportunity.

Children really enjoyed this cross-curricular writing opportunity. The support resources were high quality, allowing all children to participate.

Our children loved having the opportunity to write about a historical event with a 100 word limit. It was a great challenge for them.

We love taking part in the Young Writers competitions. Great fun as always!

Fantastic opportunity for cross-curricular writing. Our Year 1s loved it.

Thank you for giving us such a lovely engaging activity. The video lesson plan was great fun too!

Our children have loved doing this competition. The resources on the website were fantastic and helped my year 4s develop their poetry writing skills. They have flourished with the creativity of this competition.

Great opportunity for children to be creative - the ideas page really helped focus thoughts.

The children have been really inspired writing these and the English lead was really impressed! We really enjoyed it.

Children who don't normally enjoy writing engaged fully in the task and said they enjoyed it.

The children enjoyed the freedom to invent their own monster; they came up with fantastic ideas. Building their acrostics was fun - they exchanged ideas and improved their writing.

Fantastic resources, everything was seamless and easy. Thank you!

Great to inspire the pupils. It shows them what is possible in the world of literacy.

Great resources which really helped to deliver the expectations and break it down in stages for the children.

Y5 love doing these competitions, their imaginations go wild!

Our Year 5s loved preparing for this competition as part of our work on chocolate. We found the resources very useful.

Class really liked the theme of dreams, could be very creative with it.

My class loved taking part in the 'Monster Acrostics' competition. It really gave them the opportunity to be creative and excited about poetry.

Such a wonderful way to get the children involved and interested in poetry. We loved watching their imaginations go wild. Everyone was so proud of their fantastic poems.

A lovely competition for the children to engage with. They loved creating their poems ad feel excited to see them produced into a book!

Thank you! The yr1 children loved the writing experience.

The children really enjoyed this challenge. They loved drawing their monsters and their huge range of adjectives were amazing. So proud of them!

Absolutely fantastic. The children thoroughly enjoyed the challenge. We would love more of these opportunities.

The children loved creating their monsters. Thank you for this great opportunity!

The children really loved the topic for the poems!

Great for engaging hard to reach pupils.

We've loved this theme! Thank you for the lovely resources also.

Our Year 4 students were very motivated and engaged with this poetry competition. It gave the pupils an opportunity to delve deeper into their weird and wonderful dreams.

Our children have really immersed themselves in this poetry theme. A massive thankyou!

A lovely competition that really inspired our children. It led to interesting discussion about our dreams.

Good form - jars helpful prompt. Attractive appearance excited positive response from pupils.

Children loved doing this and took pride in doing it at home!

I always love the YW competitions as it is well resourced and it gives the children a real life context of writing and a good incentive.

The children were so excited. Thank you!

My class absolutely loved the preparation and writing for this competition - the prizes and incentives are so motivating.

The children really enjoyed this activity and got really creative with it!

Our students have loved learning about acrostic poems in Year 2. Thank you!

An excellent, stimulating, engaging resource for children we all really enjoyed this activity.

A great opportunity for children to write for pleasure.

Thank you! The children really enjoyed this poetry writing lesson and had great fun describing and creating their monsters.

We loved doing 'This Is Me' so it's great that you offer an opportunity for a younger age group too.

Thank you for this fun opportunity. My class loved the idea to be creative and has allowed their imaginations to come to life on paper. I've read so many amazing animal diary entries.

Such wonderful resources, providing a stimulating lesson for both year groups. Thank you Young Writers!

Children enjoyed this writing activity and they enjoyed researching their chosen animal and an opportunity to showcase their skills.

Great company - feedback was instant and so much information provided - will definitely work with you again.

Fun competition. Children really enjoyed the choices of writing. Very inclusive competition.

My class really enjoyed this, particularly the idea generator craft! This made our planning very engaging.

The children LOVED doing this. They are so proud of their progress and loved writing about our school dog Maggie.

Thank you! The pupils really enjoyed this lesson and had great fun talking about their animals.

The children really enjoyed using the plan to help write their story.

The children have thoroughly enjoyed being creative and imaginative. One child said they had "let my mind explode".

Fantastic, engaging resources. The children loved using their fortune tellers.

Thank you, we are grateful these kind of competitions exist.

The children in my class loved completing this activity. Their imaginations ran wild!

Thank you for the helpful and stimulating resources. Kids loved this theme too!

Motivating and fun for pupils. Great resources available - planning sheet fantastic to help imagination.

The kids really enjoyed this! It provided lots of fun and enjoyment in writing.

Our school loved doing this, especially those who struggle with writing stamina! Thank you.

The children were very excited and motivated to take part in the competition.

The children were very excited to complete this - having seen the other children have their work published in a previous competition.

Really inspiring a love for writing!

The children had fun with this and it gave them freedom to express themselves. Thanks!

The children enjoyed writing their sagas. It helped to have example pieces to share with the class.

Fantastic competition! Children really enjoyed writing their stories! They showed imagination, enthusiasm and love for writing in their work!

What a lovely opportunity for the children. This is the 2nd competition we have taken part in and can't wait to hear the results.

Fabulous idea to build writing

The children enjoyed the challenge of condensing their story into only 100 words.

It gave our children a great purpose to draft and write. The 100 words challenged greater depth writers to think about word choice.

The children loved the video and found the writing challenge very engaging.

A great idea to get the children thinking creatively!

Class were very engaged with the theme and lesson materials.

Nice resource, children love using them and being free to write what they please.

Great competition, my class loved the Crazy Creatures theme!

Our students absolutely LOVED this competition - and so did we. Not only was the 'catastrophe' premise excellent for stirring a range of ideas, but the 100-word limit also compelled students to consider each word more carefully than ever.

The pupils in my creative writing class LOVED this competition. It produced a great interest in writing throughout the school!

Our students loved the challenge of 100 words. It made them choose carefully.

Thank you for such inspiring competitions and resources! It is so wonderful to see students' work published.

Brilliant way to get students writing creatively!

Students loved the dystopian theme.

A fantastic competition that really helped children celebrate their individualities.

Excellent resources and examples included in the presentation!

We love the Young Writers competitions! Keep them coming!

We are very excited about seeing the poems in a book!

The students loved completing the competition, even those who usually don’t like to write. Changing an existing story rather than starting from scratch helped them be more creative and confident.

The resources were great and gave students lots to discuss. They were really inspired by the topic!

A lovely creative writing opportunity to inspire pupils' imaginations - thank you!

My students absolutely love your competitions. Please continue to send me more.

Thank you for an opportunity for our young people to creatively explore issues which matter to them and the world.

Really good topics that interest many students! Thank you.

Great pack with everything we need, everyone loved the activity - thank you.

The children loved having the opportunity to write in different styles. It fitted with our project perfectly.

All of the children really enjoyed getting involved in this - a nice way to celebrate who we are!

The children have loved this! Thank you.

Always great ideas and opportunities for the students to convey their creative streak!

The pupils loved the activities!

Great child-friendly competitions. It has been lovely to see the joy on their faces if they are chosen to be published.

Very engaging competition, accessible for all pupils.

This has been a fantastic opportunity for our school and the children loved exploring different poems & techniques.

The children in Year 1 loved the activity!

Fantastic resources for teachers to use in their poetry unit.

A great way to promote and inspire poetry at home and in school.

This is our third entry into one of your competitions! It has encouraged children to write.

We have all really enjoyed the opportunity to engage with poetry!

Thank you for this inspiring challenge! Our Year 2 poets LOVED completing this!

A fantastic competition that really got the children engaged & enthused about poetry writing!

The children really enjoyed the freedom. Well resourced with PowerPoints to support.