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Your students can become eco poets and help to share views about nature and the environment with The Big Green Poetry Machine!

It’s a fantastic opportunity for your students to share their thoughts on the world around them & for you to introduce this subject with ready-made resources.

The online resources offer 4 x idea generation activities, a word bank and lesson plan. The student info guide, video, and graphic organizer also make this a great independent learning activity. There's a PowerPoint presentation or use the Google Slide version instead!

Poems can be in any style and link to the environment in many ways, from litter, pollution and wildlife, to sustainability, conservation or exploring nature & local landscapes.

Get your whole school engaged with caring for the environment and creating a better world for their future by writing a poem and giving their young voices a chance to be heard.

[Rules] =>

Only one entry per student, there is no limit to the number of entries per school. Teachers please submit your entries altogether where possible!

Ask your students to write their poems (or an adult can scribe/type it), ensuring their name, age and school name are included.

Poems can be on the entry form or sheet of paper or typed (on a computer or in the Online Writing Portal).

Students' poems must be their own work!

Open to 5-18 year-olds.

Poems must be on the theme or inspired by nature / the environment.

Poems can be written in any poetic style/form.

US entrants only.

Copyright remains with the author.

[School Prizes] =>

Young Writers' Award of Excellence will be awarded to the school who submits the best set of entries.

PLUS

Every school receives a free copy of the book their students are featured in!

(Remember, you receive 1 free copy for every 30 entries you submit! E.g. 1-30 entries you receive 1 copy, 31-60 entries you receive 2 copies, etc.)

[Student Prizes] =>

Our 3 favorite poets will each win an eco-inspired goody bag! (Image for illustration purposes only, contents may vary.)

PLUS

Every entrant receives a bookmark for taking part. Students chosen for publication also receive a certificate.

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A huge thank you to everyone who took part in The Big Green Poetry Machine national poetry contest.

We loved reading all of the entries we received.

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Your child can become an eco poet and help to share views about nature and the environment with The Big Green Poetry Machine!

It’s a fantastic opportunity for your child to share their thoughts on the world around them as well as help them become a confident writer.

Poems can be in any style and must link to the environment: from litter, pollution and wildlife, to sustainability, conservation or exploring nature & local landscapes.

Get your child engaged with caring for the environment and creating a better world for their future by writing a poem and giving their young voice a chance to be heard.

How To Enter

Email your child's entry along with their, name and full address to: [email protected]

OR

Upload their entry at www.youngwritersusa.com/individual-entry or use the link below.

OR

Post your child's entry along with their, name and full address to:

Young Writers - Big Green Poetry Machine

77 Walnut Street

Unit 11

Peabody, MA, 01960

Closing date: May 24, 2024

[Independent Rules] =>

Only one entry per person.

Your child's poem can be written the entry form or sheet of paper or typed.

Your child's poem must be their own work!

Open to 4-18 year-olds.

Poems must be on the theme or inspired by nature / the environment.

Poems can be written in any poetic style/form.

US entrants only.

Copyright remains with the author.

[Independent Prizes] =>

Our 3 favorite poets will each win an eco-inspired goody bag! (Image for illustration purposes only, contents may vary.)

PLUS

Every entrant receives a bookmark for taking part. Students chosen for publication also receive a certificate.

(Winners will be chosen from entries received April-May 2024 and independent entrants are eligible for student prizes.)

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