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brand-new writing resources for the 2025 Young Writers Competition!
brand-new writing resources for the 2025 Young Writers Competition!Watch our writing workshop video with author Caroline Lawrence, or check out our writing resources including prompts, reading suggestions, tips from your favourite authors and more…
To find out how your school can involved, email [email protected]
All entries must come through schools – parents and students should contact their schools to submit work.
Writing tips
Caroline Lawrence is a best-selling author whose series The Roman Mysteries is packed with adventures, heroes and quests. She’s also written a brilliant handbook for aspiring young authors called How to Write a Great Story.
In this specially created workshop for schools Caroline highlights seven brilliant writing tips. Full of examples, prompts and exercises, this is the perfect video to get any young writer inspired and writing!
Any school that submits entries to the competition will have the chance to win a free writing workshop for their children, led by one of our judging authors.
Junior Writers’ Resources
Click on the book stacks to read about this year’s theme, find inspiration in our writing prompts and image bank, and read writing tips from bestselling authors.
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Click on the book stacks to read about this year’s theme, find inspiration in our writing prompts and image bank, and read writing tips from bestselling authors.
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Click on the book stacks to find inspiration in our writing prompts and image bank, or use out Legend-inspired poem template
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