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  • 2025 BBC Young Writers' Award opens

    2025 BBC Young Writers' Award opens

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    Tuesday, January 14, 2025

    You can now enter the 2025 BBC Young Writers' Award with Cambridge University, which is open to writers between the ages of 14-18 years. Entries close at 9am on Monday 24th March 2025.  To enter, write a story of up to 1,000 words - no theme or subject is provi...

  • Wicked Writers: Be the Change writing competition!

    Wicked Writers: Be the Change writing competition!

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    Monday, January 13, 2025

    Wicked Writers: Be the Change writing competition, which runs until 28 February 2025, is a persuasive writing competition inspired by the themes of Wicked the musical, which gives pupils a chance to have their voice heard and to win some exciting prizes in the process.

  • Poetry By Heart 2025 launches

    Poetry By Heart 2025 launches

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    Thursday, January 2, 2025

    Poetry by Heart is a national poetry-speaking competition for schools and colleges, which supports students in developing confidence with poetry in an accessible and engaging way. Schools are invited to send filmed entries of their pupils performing a poem that has been chosen from the Poetry...

  • BBC's 500 Words 2024 writing competition opens

    BBC's 500 Words 2024 writing competition opens

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    Wednesday, September 25, 2024

    500 Words is now open for entries, and you have until 9pm on Friday 8 November 2024 to submit your stories of up to 500 words.  There are two age categories: 5-7 and 8-11 year-olds. All children need to do is write a story they would love to read in 500 Words or...

  • Join the Summer Reading Challenge 2024

    Join the Summer Reading Challenge 2024

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    Friday, July 5, 2024

    The Summer Reading Challenge is a popular activity to enjoy each summer.  This year's challenge is called Marvellous Makers and it's all about creativity!  From dance to drawing, junk modelling to music, there's something for everyone.

  • ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2024

    ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2024

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    Wednesday, June 19, 2024

    The winners of the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition has been announced.  ReadingZone challenged those aged four to 18 years to make a picture book for the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2024, in partnership with World Book Day.

  • 2024 Henrietta Branford Writing Competition opens

    2024 Henrietta Branford Writing Competition opens

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    Monday, February 12, 2024

    The Henrietta Branford Writing Competition, the annual competition for young people which runs in conjunction with the Branford Boase Award, is now open.

  • Create a Book Trailer

    Create a Book Trailer

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    Friday, September 1, 2023

    To celebrate National Non-Fiction November this term, we're giving away ten new non-fiction books to the best book trailer we receive between now and the end of November!