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Stories with a twist
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Author Michael Rosen is looking for 'stories with a twist' in a competition from publisher Scholastic to encourage children to write creatively. Prizes include 50 copies of a book filled with your pupils' creative writing.
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2018 Picture Book Award Winner
Thursday, February 14, 2019
A story about a young chick - The Chick's Day Out by Aarna (St Mark's C of E Primary School) - won the Young Creators Category of the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2018, and went on to win the overall prize.
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Awards announced for the funniest books for children
Thursday, February 14, 2019
The winners of the Laugh Out Loud Awards ('The Lollies') have been announced - with Tom Gates, a chocolate bunny and a bonkers diary of a pig among the books that made children laugh out loud!
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Getting started on your picture book
Thursday, February 14, 2019
To follow are some suggestions from publishers to help young people when they begin work on their picture books, from thinking up ideas to structuring their story.
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FREE Author Event
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Virginia Clay, author of Warrior Boy, is based in Kenya but will be visiting London in March. We are thrilled to partner with London Grid for Learning to offer two London primary schools a FREE author event with Virginia on 26th March - a truly unmissable offer!
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Make a Picture Book Competition
Thursday, February 14, 2019
The ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2019, challenging those aged 4-18 years to make a picture book, has now closed. The winners, chosen by author and illustrator Steven Lenton, will be announced on 24 June.
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What an agent is looking for...
Thursday, February 14, 2019
We have asked senior agent Chloe Morgan, who will give feedback to the winning Secondary picture book creator as part of their prize, what she hopes to see from the winning entry.
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WICKED call for entries
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Children aged five to 25 years can enter the Wicked Young Writer Awards, writing up to 750 words of a story, play or poem and, for older entrants, non-fiction as well. The closing date is Monday 18th March 2019.
