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Monster Mini Tales |
Creative Writing Competition
| Ideal for 7-12


Monster Mini Tales Video

Monster Mini Tales is a mini saga writing competition guaranteed to get primary school pupils excited about writing!

Your pupils will go wild for this creative writing competition as they create a monster and write a story about it...

There's nothing more fascinating than a child's imagination, and with Monster Mini Tales your pupils can let their imaginations roam free as they design and create their very own monster and then write a mini saga, a story told in up to 100 words.

From a cute fluffball with a nasty bite to a giant monstrosity who just wants to make friends, the possibilities are endless. Your pupils will have fun whilst putting the writing skills and techniques they've learnt into practice.

Benefits of entering:

😈 Free to enter

πŸ‰ Colourful worksheets to engage your pupils

πŸ‘Ύ Gives your pupils a purpose for their writing

πŸ‘» Opportunity for your pupils to be published in a real book

πŸ‘Ή Free book for your school

πŸ‘½ Bookmark and sticker for every entrant

The FREE resources will not only make planning a breeze for you, but will also help to inspire your pupils and build their writing confidence. 

Download the entry form or request as many as you need from the Printed Resources tab and we'll post them out for free. Enter this fangtastic competition today!

Extended Closing Date: Friday 1st Aug 2025

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Save money on printing, let us know how many you'd like of the resources below, and we'll pop them in the post for you!

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Online Writing Portal Pupil Guide
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Competition Rules

To make sure your entries are valid, please follow the rules listed below:

Extended Closing Date: Friday 1st Aug 2025
  • Only one entry per pupil. 
  • Ask your pupils to write their story, ensuring their name, age and school name are included. 
  • Entries can be scribed by an adult or typed. 
  • Entries do not have to be on the entry form. Work can be on an A4 sheet of paper or typed (on a computer or in the Online Writing Portal). 
  • There is no limit to the number of entries per school. Please submit your entries together where possible. If you're entering more than one class, use a separate Teacher Entry Form for each teacher entering. 
  • 100-word limit (this does not include the title). 
  • Pupils' stories must be their own work! 
  • Please note on the entry if there is anything we need to take into consideration when reading the work.
  • UK entrants only.
  • Free to enter. 
  • Ideal for 7-12 year-olds but pupils outside this age range are welcome to enter.
  • Copyright remains with the author.

If you are unsure on any rules or have any queries, please don't hesitate to Contact Us.

For Schools

The school that submits the best set of entries will win an incredible Β£1000 and Young Writers' Award of Excellence.

PLUS every participating school receives a free copy of the book their pupils feature in!

(Remember, you receive 1 free copy for every 30 entries you submit! E.g. 1-30 entries you receive 1 copy, 31-60 entries you receive 2 copies, etc.)

For Pupils

Our 5 favourite published writers will each win a fantastic creative writing goody bag worth over Β£100, including an Instax Mini Camera!

PLUS

Every entrant receives a bookmark and sticker, and we award a certificate of merit for all young writers chosen for publication.

(School and pupil winners will be chosen from entries received in the Summer Term 2025 and awarded the following term.)

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It’s easy to take part!

  1. Download entry forms
  2. Your students write or type their entry (or an adult can scribe) ensuring their name (or initials) and age are included
  3. Submit your entries using one of the options below

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  Email

Email your entries to [email protected] and please ensure your pupils' names and ages are on their work, and that you include your name, school name and school address in your email. Thank you!

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  Entrants type their entries online

Why not combine literacy and ICT by using the online writing portal? Entrants can type their work and you can submit them at the click of a button!

Writing Portal

  File Sender Services

You can use different file sender services to enter digitally, such as: WeTransfer, Google Classroom, Dropbox, Send Anywhere, Egress, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Smash, Files.com, Apple iCloud Drive, FileCloud

Please ensure your name, email and school name and address are included with your entries if you send entries digitally via a non-Young Writers service.

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Send by Freepost

Send your entries, along with your teacher entry form, to:

FREEPOST RSLY-AUJA-RAHY
Young Writers PS
Remus House
Peterborough
PE2 9BF

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FREEPOST RSLY-AUJA-RAHY
Young Writers PS
Remus House
Peterborough
PE2 9BF

Extended Closing Date: Friday 1st Aug 2025