The Wicked Young Writers' Award

You better get writing, lads!
http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/jan/13/wicked-young-writers-award-michael-morpurgo
(not least so you can win us £100 for the School Library!)

247tales

247tales is an online writing competition run by Bloomsbury publishers that challenges young people to write short stories using 247 words or fewer.

The prize for the winning story is £75 worth of Bloomsbury Children’s books plus a framed copy of your winning story. The winning story will appear on the home page of the 247tales website at http://247tales.wordpress.com/  and ten runners-up will receive signed copies of the guest author’s latest book and their stories will appear on the website as well. For full details on the closing date and how to enter visit the rules section of the website.
You can read the prologue of the guest author’s latest book in the downloads section as well as finding out the themes and authors for all the stories this year.

This month’s theme is THE MONEY and the closing date is 28th March. The guest author this month is Jim Carrington.

Have a go!

Chris Evans Short Story Competition

Are you 13 years old or under? Then enter the Chris Evans short story 500 Word competition today!

Further details: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/chris-evans/500-words/