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Your students can create animal mash-ups, be inspired by their perfect pet or make their own awesome animal to write their poem about. It's a great theme for sense, narrative or riddle poems, acrostics and rhymes as well as showcasing poetic techniques such as imagery and alliteration.

It's a roarsome poetry writing activity you and your students will love!

[Rules] =>

Only one entry per student, there is no limit to the number of entries per school.

Where possible, the teacher is to send/upload/email all their students' entries to us.

Poems can be on the entry form or a sheet of paper or typed.

Poems must be your students' own work.

Ensure that all students include their name and age on their entries.

Independent entries are welcome - please provide your home address details instead of the school's.

Independent entries are still eligible for student prizes.

[School Prizes] =>

1^st PRIZE

The Young Writers’ Award of Excellence

TWO RUNNERS-UP

Each receive a framed certificate

PLUS - Every participating school receives a free copy of the book their students feature in!

[Student Prizes] =>

Our favorite 3 published writers will each receive a creative writing goody bag.

Student winners are chosen from entries received in the Spring Semester 2021.

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A huge thank you to everyone who took part in Peculiar Pets national poetry competition.

We loved reading all of the entries we received.

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