Climate change challenge for young poets

Those aged up to 25 years are being challenged by the Young Poets Network to write, film or speak a poem about our changing world and climate change.

ypn.poetrysociety.org.uk/workshop/i-am-the-universe-writing-climate-change/

Writing competition for budding script writers

Fancy the idea of script writing as a career? Or do you just enjoy writing your own stories? Here's a great competition from First News to write a short monologue or dialogue.

www.waitingforcallback.com/write-a-monologue-or-duologue-for-us-for-a-chance-to-win-great-prizes/

BBC seeks the authors of tomorrow

The BBC Young Writers' Award 2017 is open for submissions and is looking for stories up to 1,000 words from young people aged 14 to 18. The closing date is 21 April.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4PrGlh3csfFgrgdw43K698Q/the-bbc-young-writers-award-2017

Imagining future worlds

If you like daydreaming about what the world might look like in the future, then you might like to give this competition a try. You could win a family trip to Disneyland Paris!

www.explorelearning.co.uk/national-young-writers-awards/

ReadingZone Picture Book Competition

We are challenging those aged four to 13 years to make a picture book - and you'll have the chance to win some great prizes! The competition closes on Saturday 29th April.

readingzone.com/index.php?zone=sz&page=picture_book

CHERUB author pens stand-alone novel

Robert Muchamore, author of the bestselling CHERUB series, has written his first stand-alone novel, Killer T, which will be published by Hot Key Books in September 2018.

The World Book Day books

We hope you had a wonderful celebration of all things booky on World Book Day! Here's a reminder of the books available to buy from your local bookshops with your World Book Day book vouchers.

Finish a story and win prizes!

The 2017 Henrietta Branford Writing Competition is now open, inviting anyone under the age of 19 to finish a story started by Branford Boase Award winner Horatio Clare. The closing date is Saturday 22 April 2017.

www.branfordboaseaward.org.uk/HBWC/HBWC_current/hbwc1.html