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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...

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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.

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Friday, January 10, 2025

In her new picture book, My Path, Jana Curll explores the unique journeys and positive choices that children can make during each day of their lives.

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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...

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Friday, November 8, 2024

The Search for Carmella is a simple but profound picture book that can be used to introduce the concept of mindfulness to children of any age

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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Just one in three children and young people say that they enjoyed reading in their free time, and only one in five children read daily in their free time, according to the National Literacy Trust's 2024 Annual Literacy Survey.  The organisation is now calling on...

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Monday, November 4, 2024

The nominations for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing and Carnegie Medal for Illustration have been announced.  Schools that would like to follow the judging process for the Carnegies can now sign up to the process. Key Dates:  The 20...

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Friday, October 25, 2024

Find out how Frank Cadaver's love of Christmas led him to write a horror story about a Christmas elf - You'd Better Watch Out.

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