Captivate your students with the fun of writing their very own spooky stories. Scary Tales is a fantastic way to engage your students and get them writing with tension, suspense, and atmosphere. Inspire your students to create their own original mini sagas and become published writers!
Mini sagas (a story told in up to 100 words) can be funny or creepy, scary or odd, but must be your students' own work. If you’d like further graphic organizers 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!
Why Take Part?
🧟♂️ Engaging way to teach constrained writing
👾 Lesson plan and graphic organizer for easy integration into lessons
👹 Fun spooky theme to inspire your students (ideal for 6-13 year-olds)
👻 Your students could be published in a real book
🎃 Opportunity for both students and schools to win prizes
🦇 Complimentary copy of the book your students feature in (the more students you enter the more free books you'll receive!)
💀 Free to enter
🧛🏻♀️ Fang-tastic way to showcase your school's writing talent
There are lots of resources available to download to help your students get writing including examples, a lesson plan on how to use tensions, suspense and atmosphere, and a PowerPoint (or use the Google Slides version instead - select 'File-Make a copy' to save an editable version).
We look forward to reading your students' work!
[Rules] =>The school that submits the best set of entries will win the Young Writers' Award of Excellence.
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. Every participating school will receive at least 1 copy of the book their students feature in.)
[Student Prizes] =>Our 3 favorite published writers will each win a fantastic creative writing goody bag!
PLUS
Every entrant receives a bookmark, and we award a certificate of merit for all young writers chosen for publication.
(School and student winners will be chosen from entries received Sept-Nov 2024. Goody bag image is an example, contents may differ.)
[Tips] =>Captivate your child with the fun of writing their very own spooky story. Scary Tales is a fantastic way to engage your child and get them writing with tension, suspense, and atmosphere. Inspire them to create their own original mini saga and become a published writer!
Mini sagas (a story told in up to 100 words) can be funny or creepy, scary or odd, but must be your child's own work.
Why Take Part?
🧟♂️ Engaging way to practice constrained writing
👾 A fun graphic organizer to help plan their story
👹 Fun spooky theme to inspire your child (ideal for 6-13 year-olds)
👻 Your child could be published in a real book
🎃 Fantastic prizes to be won
💀 Free to enter
🧛🏻♀️ Fang-tastic way to showcase your child's writing talent
We look forward to reading your child's Scary Tale!
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
Mail your child's entry along with their, name and full address to:
Young Writers - Scary Tales
77 Walnut Street
Unit 11
Peabody, MA, 01960
Closing Date: November 1, 2024
Our 3 favorite published writers will each win a fantastic creative writing goody bag!
PLUS
Every entrant receives a bookmark, and we award a certificate of merit to all young writers chosen for publication.
(Winners will be chosen from entries received Sept-Nov 2024. Independent entrants are eligible for student prizes. The goody bag image is an example, contents may differ.)
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