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Elementary

A Wander In The Woods

A Wander In The Woods invites your students to fall in love with story writing...

Ideal for 10-18

Fight Or Flight

Middle & High

Unsolved 2025

Get your students writing thrilling fiction with Unsolved - the creative writing contest for 10-18 year-olds

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Winter Wonderland

Whatever your students' thoughts about wintertime, they can let us know in a poem!

How it works...

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Use the amazing FREE resources and engaging themes to inspire children and young adults to get writing.
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Send your work to Young Writers - our editors read every poem and story we receive!
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It’s time to celebrate as children become authors published in a real book!
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See confidence and engagement soar!
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Welcome to Young Writers

Inspiring Young Writers since 1991

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Rachelle Therrien, Silvio O Conte Community School
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Katie Miller, Blue Eye High School
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