Fright Club | Creative Writing Contest | Middle & High
Creative writing contest ideal for 10-18 year-olds
A creative writing contest which will engage your students, teaching them how to write a spooky story.
Inspire your students to write spine-tingling mini sagas, stories told in up to 100 words with Fright Club. The fun theme is guaranteed to ensnare their imaginations as they explore what lurks in the shadows. Will they write a scary story with a thrilling twist or a funny tale of things going bump in the night?
The free online resources, including a ready-made lesson plan and accompanying slide deck (also available in Google Slides), will help you teach your students how to write with tension, atmosphere, and suspense to create their creepy tales.
Use the 8-story starter postcards to kick-start their ideas, taking away the fear of the blank page. Where they take the story after that is up to them!
Why enter? 🕯️Boost students' confidence in creative writing
🕯️Opportunity for students to be published
🕯️Give students a sense of pride and achievement
🕯️Allow students to explore their imaginations and creativity
🕯️Fantastic prizes to be won
🕯️Free resources to help you plan and teach creative writing lessons
🕯️Free to enter
If you’d like further entry forms they can be copied or downloaded. If you prefer to go paperless, check out the Online Writing Portal where your students type their work during your lesson!
Tell your colleagues so your whole school can get creative today and join Fright Club!
Closing Date: Friday Nov 1, 2024
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To make sure your entries are valid, please follow the rules listed below:
Closing Date: Friday Nov 1, 2024
Only one entry per student, there is no limit to the number of entries per school. Teachers please submit your entries altogether where possible!
Mini sagas can be submitted on the entry form or a sheet of paper or typed (on a computer or using the Online Writing Portal or Word Doc entry form)
Each student's name, age and school name should be included on their entry. (Entries can be submitted with first names only or initials if needed.)
Mini sagas have a 100-word limit. Titles are not included in the word limit.
If a story starter is used, it must be included in the 100-word limit.
US entrants only.
Copyright remains with the author.
Free to enter.
If you are unsure on any rules or have any queries, please don't hesitate to Contact Us.
For Schools
Young Writers’ Award of Excellence is awarded to the school that submits the best set of entries for this contest.
PLUS every participating school receives a free copy of the book their students feature in.
(The more entries you send, the more free books you’ll receive: E.g. Send 1-30 entries & you'll receive 1 free copy, send 31-60 entries you'll receive 2 free copies, etc. Every participating school receives at least 1 free copy their students feature in.)
For Pupils
Our favorite 3 writers will each win a will each win a $50 Amazon gift card.
PLUS every entrant receives a bookmark for taking part. Students chosen for publication also receive a certificate.
(The school & student winners will be chosen from the entries received Sept-Nov 2024.)
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Young Writers Middle & High 77 Walnut Street Unit 11 Peabody MA 01960
Closing Date: Friday Nov 1, 2024
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