The Young Writers Annual Showcase 2025
Creative Writing Contest
4-18 Year-Olds
The Young Writers Annual Showcase is an incredible way to celebrate your child's writing skills by giving them the opportunity to be published in a book.
From articles or blogs to poems and stories, you and your child can choose their favorite or best piece of writing from this academic year, up to 1,000 words.
It’s the perfect way to celebrate your child's writing talent, help boost confidence and share their work with a huge audience.
❤️ Your child's work could be published in a book alongside other budding writers from across the United States
🏆 The best writers each win $100 and a trophy
The Young Writers Annual Showcase 2025 has a 1,000-word limit, so let your child's writing talent shine!
How To Enter
Email your child's entry along with their name and full address to: [email protected]
OR
Mail your child's entry along with their, name and full address to:
Young Writers - Annual Showcase
77 Walnut Street, Unit 11,
Peabody MA 01960
Rules
To make sure your entries are valid, please follow the rules listed below:
- Only one entry per person.
- Your child chooses the best piece of work they have written this academic year OR writes a brand-new piece.
- 1,000 word limit.
- Your child's name and age name must be included on each page of their entry.
- Your child's entry can be photocopied, typed, scanned, handwritten or scribed by an adult.
- All genres and styles of writing are welcome to be submitted.
- Work entered into the showcase will be considered for publication in the Young Writers Annual Showcase 2025.
- Your child's entry must be their own original work.
- US entrants only.
- Entrants must be aged 4-18 years.
- Copyright remains with the author.
If you are unsure on any rules or have any queries, please don't hesitate to Contact Us.
Prizes
A winner in each age category will be chosen once the showcase is published (end of 2025):
4-11 year-olds
12-18 year-olds
Each winner receives $100 and a trophy.
Every entrant receives a bookmark and writers selected for publication receive a certificate of merit too.
(Winners will be chosen from entries submitted in April-Sept 2025. The prizes will be sent next semester.)