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Thursday, October 2, 2025

Poetry By Heart, a national poetry speaking competition, opens today, National Poetry Day, 2 October 2025, with a call to all schools in England to sign up - and with a preview of Poetry By Heart: the Movie, the inspiring new feature film documentary following schools as they enter the...

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Tuesday, September 23, 2025

The 500 Words competition is now open, challenging children aged five to 11 years to write a short story in up to 500 words for the BBC's annual competition. Judges are looking for stories that will make them "laugh, cry or just be blown away by what we are reading". <s...

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Thursday, August 14, 2025

Where will you travel by book? World Kid Lit is launching a reading challenge for schools to encourage international and inclusive reading. The World Kid Lit Reading Challenge Award is open for entries from 1 September to 10 October. Winners will be awarded for...

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Monday, June 23, 2025

You can take part in the Summer Reading Challenge at your local library or online. The challenge runs from 21 June to 30 September and follows a theme of nature and the great outdoors with Story Garden. Join the Summer Re...

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Thursday, April 24, 2025

Schools around the country are shadowing the CLiPPA poetry award, with children choosing their favourite poems to perform and helping to spark a life-long love of poetry. The best performers could also win a place at this year's CLiPPA Poetry Award in London!

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Monday, March 17, 2025

The Children's Bookshow is challenging Year 3 children (ages 7-8 years) to design a bookmark featuring a favourite bird, in a competition run in partnership with the British Trust for Ornithology. The competition asks children to design a bookmark with a picture...

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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

The 2025 Henrietta Branford Writing Competition is now open for entries! The competition is open to writers aged up to 19 years and the closing date is Friday 30 May 2025. The judges are looking for <s...

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Tuesday, January 14, 2025

You can now enter the 2025 BBC Young Writers' Award with Cambridge University, which is open to writers between the ages of 14-18 years. Entries close at 9am on Monday 24th March 2025.  To enter, write a story of up to 1,000 words - no theme or subject is provi...

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