Young Writers

Young Writers We aim to promote poetry and creative writing in children aged 5-18 by offering free resources to teachers, parents and writers.

Our competitions give young writers the opportunity to develop their skills and see their work in a published book! At Young Writers UK we've been working with schools, parents and young writers across the world since 1991. Our aim is to promote poetry and creative writing within children from ages 5-18 years. We offer free resources for writers, parents, and teachers including writing tips, newsl

etters, lesson plans and activities to inspire children to develop their creative writing abilities and fall in love with English. Our competitions are for children of all ages, they're free to enter, and give young writers the opportunity to see their work in a published book! https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/

Some of our awards:

The Best Of The Solutions Awards 2020
Survival Sagas: Mission Series – Innovation (finalist)

The Solutions Awards 2019
Survival Sagas: Mission Series – Innovation (winner by public vote)

Education Resources Awards 2018
Stranger Sagas - Free Resources (finalist)

Education Resources Awards 2017
Once Upon A Dream - Free Resources (finalist)

How long did it take for the first 'I'm bored'? 😄 5 minutes after screentime ended if they're anything like mine! Set th...
22/12/2025

How long did it take for the first 'I'm bored'? 😄 5 minutes after screentime ended if they're anything like mine!

Set them a fun challenge - write a line starting with each letter of 'winter'. Voila! They've written an acrostic poem! Enter it into Winter Wonderland.

https://tinyurl.com/4r6b9kw9

It’s Day 22 of our Christmas advent and we’re officially in Christmas week!What’s still left on your to-do list before t...
22/12/2025

It’s Day 22 of our Christmas advent and we’re officially in Christmas week!

What’s still left on your to-do list before the big day arrives? 🎄✨

It's day 21 of our Christmas advent and today we have a round of This Or That for you! Let us know in the comments which...
21/12/2025

It's day 21 of our Christmas advent and today we have a round of This Or That for you! Let us know in the comments which you prefer!

It's day 20 of our Christmas advent and today we have a 10 word story challenge for you!Write a story in 10 words about ...
20/12/2025

It's day 20 of our Christmas advent and today we have a 10 word story challenge for you!

Write a story in 10 words about Santa taking this Christmas off! 🎅

It's Feel Good Friday & our Writing Stars of the Week are... Year 1 pupils from School! After creating Monster Mayhem i...
19/12/2025

It's Feel Good Friday & our Writing Stars of the Week are... Year 1 pupils from School!

After creating Monster Mayhem in art class, they then did some writing to describe what they look like, what they eat, and whether they are friendly or not! Fab work everyone!!

It's day 19 of our Christmas advent and today we have a round of Christmas Only Connect for you! Let us know in the comm...
19/12/2025

It's day 19 of our Christmas advent and today we have a round of Christmas Only Connect for you! Let us know in the comments what connects these four festive words together!

Teachers and pupils unite as they await the final day of term. Nearly there.
18/12/2025

Teachers and pupils unite as they await the final day of term.

Nearly there.

It’s day 18 of our Christmas advent and today we have a festive !Is anyone still decorating their living room with foil...
18/12/2025

It’s day 18 of our Christmas advent and today we have a festive !

Is anyone still decorating their living room with foil ceiling decorations?

Let us know in the comments!

1 week to Christmas Eve!! Who's panic buying? I'll be panic wrapping for sure!
17/12/2025

1 week to Christmas Eve!!

Who's panic buying? I'll be panic wrapping for sure!

17/12/2025

Competition deadlines have been extended!

We're aware of postal delays, so deadlines have been extended to 9th Jan.

If you're sending your entries for Monster Mayhem, The Adventures Of or Stranger Sagas this week, we will accept them even if they arrive after Friday 19th Dec.

It’s day 17 of our Christmas advent!Can you guess the Christmas movie from the emoji's? 🎅
17/12/2025

It’s day 17 of our Christmas advent!

Can you guess the Christmas movie from the emoji's? 🎅

🌟Story idea for your class🌟Get them writing about what their elf on the shelf has been up to. Then send them in to us an...
16/12/2025

🌟Story idea for your class🌟

Get them writing about what their elf on the shelf has been up to.

Then send them in to us and they could be published!

www.youngwriters.co.uk/comp/adventure

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Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive
Peterborough
PE29BF

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm

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+441733890066

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We have loved working with schools, parents and young writers across the world since 1991. Our aim is to inspire and promote how amazing poetry and creative writing is within young people from the ages 5-18 years. We are very proud to be the 2018 Education Resource Award Winners in the Marketing Campaign Of The Year for our resource pack Stranger Sagas!

Thank you for supporting us.