Free Writing Friday

Are you a writer as well as a reader? Bestselling author Cressida Cowell is launching a new campaign called 'Free Writing Friday' to get more children to write for pleasure.

Writing competition with 'China' theme

The Liverpool Literary Festival Writing Competition is looking for your stories of up to 500 words on the theme of China, and the competition will be judged by the author Philip Pullman.

www.liverpool.ac.uk/literary-festival/china-stories/

Authors fight to save our seas

50 top UK children's authors and illustrators including Michael Morpurgo Jacqueline Wilson, Chris Riddell and Quentin Blake are behind a new campaign, Authors4Oceans, to save our seas.

www.authors4oceans.org

Design a t-shirt for YALC

If you're a YA fan then how about designing a t-shirt for this year's YALC (YA Lit Con) (27-29 July) - and you could win a VIP Entrance to the event! You have until 4 May to send in your entry.

www.londonfilmandcomiccon.com/index.php/zones/yalc

Schools shadow prize shortlists

The shortlists for the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals have been announced and thousands of young people around the UK will now 'shadow' the awards.

Finish a story started by Beetle Boy author!

Can you think of a great way to finish this story started by Beetle Boy author MG Leonard?!

www.branfordboaseaward.org.uk/HBWC/HBWC_current/henriettabranfo1.html

Waterstone's Children's Book Prize winner

The winner of the 2018 Waterstone's Children's Book Prize has been announced with Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give (Walker Books) winning the Older Fiction and Overall Winner awards.

www.waterstones.com/category/cultural-highlights/book-awards/the-waterstones-childrens-book-prize?utm_source=WS_WCBP&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=february2018twitter

Calling young writers...

The Young Muslim Writers Award is back and is inviting anyone aged 5-16 year to submit a story, poem, article, screenplay or play script for this year's award.

muslimwritersawards.submittable.com/submit