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What is Wonderverse? It's an exciting world of poetry and anything your students want it to be!

Inspire your students to dive into creativity 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 favorite people, places or hobbies, or write about your class topic.

Check out the video trailer. 

Benefits of Entering

🌟 Colorful graphic organizers to help your students plan their poems

🌟 Opportunity for your students 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

🌟 Bookmark for every entrant and certificate for students chosen for publication

🌟 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 slide deck (also available as Google Slides), and how-to writing guides for poetry styles and techniques.

Wonderverse is ideal for 6-13 year-olds, but students outside the age range are welcome to enter, so it's a great opportunity to get your whole school writing!

Your students will love letting their imaginations run free, and we can't wait to see what they find in their Wonderverse!

[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 poem (or an adult can scribe/type it), ensuring their name, age and school name are included.
• Work can be on the entry form or a letter-size sheet of paper or typed (on a computer or in the Online Writing Portal).
• Students' poems must be their own work! 
• Please note on the entry if there is anything we need to take into consideration when reading the work.
• No line limit
• Poems can be written in any style
• US entrants only.
• Free to enter.
• Ideal for 6-13 year-olds. (Students outside this age range are welcome to enter.)
• Copyright remains with the author.

[School Prizes] =>

The school that submits the best set of entries will win Young Writers' Award of Excellence.

PLUS every participating school receives a free copy of the book their students 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 Nov-Dec 2024. Goody bag image is an example, contents may differ.)

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Enter Wonderverse, the exciting world of poetry!

What is Wonderverse? It is anything you want it to be!

Inspire your child to dive into creativity 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 favorite people, places or hobbies, or write about their family.

Check out the video trailer. 

Benefits of Entering

🌟 Colorful graphic organizer to help your child plan their poem

🌟 Opportunity to be published in a real book

🌟 Fantastic goody bag to be won for the top 3 writers

🌟 No limits on poetry style or subject

🌟 Free to enter

There's a wealth of free resources available to download, including example poems from past winners, and how-to writing guides for poetry styles and techniques.

Wonderverse is ideal for 6-13 year-olds, but entrants outside the age range are welcome to enter.

Your child will love letting their imagination run free, 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.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 - Wonderverse
77 Walnut Street
Unit 11
Peabody, MA, 01960

Closing Date: December 20, 2024

[Independent Rules] =>

• Only one entry per child.
• Ask your child to write their poem (or an adult can scribe/type it), ensuring their name, age and address are included.
• Work can be on the entry form or a letter-size sheet of paper or typed.
• Poems must be your child's own work. 
• Please note on the entry if there is anything we need to take into consideration when reading the work.
• No line limit
• Poems can be written in any style
• US entrants only.
• Free to enter.
• Ideal for 6-13 year-olds.
• Copyright remains with the author. 

[Independent 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 to all young writers chosen for publication.

(Winners will be chosen from entries received Nov-Dec 2024. Independent entrants are eligible for student prizes. The goody bag image is an example, contents may differ.)

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