Introduce your pupils to the exciting world of poetry with Wonderverse.
What is Wonderverse? It is anything your pupils want it to be!
Your pupils will be inspired to delve into their imaginations to write a poem about any topic. Using any style or technique, they can write about incredible worlds or fantasy creatures, express their inner thoughts or emotions, describe their favourite people, places or hobbies, or write about your class topic.
Benefits of Entering
🌟 Colourful worksheets to engage your pupils
🌟 Opportunity for your pupils to be published in a real book
🌟 Tie in with your class topic or book for cross-curricular links
🌟 No limits on poetry style or subject
🌟 Your school could win £1,000!
🌟 Incredible poetry book bundle for the school chosen as runner-up
🌟 Bookmark and sticker for every entrant
🌟 Free to enter
There's a wealth of free resources available to download, including example poems from past winners, a lesson plan and accompanying PowerPoint, poem planning sheets and how-to writing guides for poetry styles and techniques.
Wonderverse is ideal for 7-12 year-olds, but pupils outside the age range are welcome to enter, so it's a great opportunity to get your whole school writing!
Save your print costs and request as many entry forms as you need and we'll post them out to you free of charge.
Your pupils will love letting their imaginations run free, and we can't wait to see what they find in their Wonderverse!
[Rules] =>The school that submits the best overall set of entries will win £1,000 and Young Writers' Award of Excellence.
One runner-up school will win a huge poetry book bundle.
PLUS every participating school receives a free copy of the book their pupils feature 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.)
The runner-up prize is a magnificent poetry book bundle which includes a copy of each book in the photo. A huge thank you to Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Hachette Children's Group, Pan Macmillan, Walker Books Ltd, Trokia and Quarto for donating all the wonderful poetry books this term's competitions that are an incredible asset to any school classroom or library!
Our 10 favourite published writers will each win a fantastic creative writing goody bag!
PLUS
Every entrant receives a bookmark & sticker, and we award a certificate of merit to all young writers chosen for publication.
(School and pupil winners will be selected from entries received in the Autumn Term 2024 and will be chosen the following term. The goody bag image is an example, contents may differ.)
[Tips] =>A huge thank you to everyone who took part in Wonderverse competition.
We loved reading all of the entries we received.
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Benefits of Entering
🌟 Colourful worksheets to engage your child
🌟 Opportunity for your child to be published in a real book
🌟 No limits on poetry style or subject
🌟 Goody bag for the top 10 published writers
🌟 Bookmark and sticker for every entrant
🌟 Free to enter
There's a wealth of free resources available to download, including example poems, poem planning sheets and how-to guides for poetry styles and techniques.
Wonderverse is ideal for 7-12 year-olds, but writers outside the age range are welcome to enter.
Your child will love letting their imaginations run riot, and we can't wait to see what they find in their Wonderverse!
How To Enter
Email your child's entry along with their name and full address to: [email protected]
OR
Upload their entry at www.youngwriters.co.uk/competitions/enter
OR
Post your child's entry along with their, name and full address to:
Young Writers - Wonderverse
Remus House
Peterborough
PE2 9BF
Closing Date: 25th October 2024
[Independent Rules] =>Our 10 favourite published poets will each win a fantastic creative writing goody bag!
PLUS
Every entrant receives a bookmark & sticker and we award a certificate of merit for all young writers chosen for publication.
(Winners will be chosen from entries received in the Autumn Term 2024 and prizes sent out the following term. Independent entrants are eligible for pupil prizes. The goody bag image is an example, contents may differ.)
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Congratulations to all the winners! The results for this contest have been published.
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