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

McFall wins inaugural Scottish prize

Borders-based author Claire McFall has won the inaugural Scottish Teenage Book Prize for her third novel, Black Cairn Point. The book was voted for by young people across Scotland.

www.scottishbooktrust.com/stbp

Wicked Young Writers Award

Cressida Cowell, bestselling author of the How to Train Your Dragon books, will be judging this year's Wicked Young Writers Award for those aged five to 25 years!

www.WickedYoungWriterAwards.com