Young Writers USA @YoungWritersUSA
We offer free creative writing contests to Elementary Middle & High Schools as well as free resources, tips, and activities for teachers parents & young writers youngwritersusa.com United States Joined January 2017-
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Crazy Creatures is guaranteed to inspire your students to get writing! youngwritersusa.com/contest//cc-20…
Combine #NationalPoetryMonth and #EarthDay with The Big Green Poetry Machine! Get your students writing a poem about the environment or the world around them for the chance to be published and win an eco goody bag! youngwritersusa.com/contest/bgpm24
Captured... ensnared... caught... TRAPPED! How will you interpret the theme? Write a story in up to 100 words for the opportunity to be published and win a prize! tinyurl.com/4pu25pk4
We declare these brand-new story-writing contests... 💫OPEN!💫 Download the entry form to get your students writing amazing stories today! youngwritersusa.com
April is #NationalPoetryMonth and there's still time to enter our poetry contests with your students. Get them writing a poem on any subject for the chance to be published and win prizes! youngwritersusa.com
April is National Poetry Month, so there's no better time to write a poem! Send yours in to us [email protected] for the chance to be published and win a prize!
New contests open NEXT WEEK! Here's a sneak peek of what's coming up...
Are you watching the total eclipse? You could write a poem about it! Remember, don't look directly at the sun! 🌘😎
Poetry Towers and The Power of Poetry are still open, so get writing and email your finished poem to us at [email protected] youngwritersusa.com
If you're a teacher and want a place to get advice, share tips and get exclusive content, join our Teachers Hub group! facebook.com/groups/8367366…
📣Good news!📣 We've extended the closing date on our poetry contests to 19th April, so if your students haven't quite finished their poems, or you haven't got to the post box, you've still got time!
We are now closed for the Easter UK Bank Holidays and will open at 7am on Tuesday 2nd April!
Happy Easter from everyone here at Young Writers!
We are now closed for the Easter UK Bank Holidays and will open at 7am on Tuesday 2nd April
🚨CONTESTS CLOSING🚨 Get your Poetry Towers and Power of Poetry entries in to us by the end of this week! You can post, email or upload! P.S. If you're on Spring Break don't worry - send them in as soon as you can and we will aim to accommodate them.
If you're on Spring Break and haven't send in your poetry entries yet, don't worry! There's still time and we always allow a little leeway for holidays so get them in as soon as you can!
Calling all teachers! Get exclusive content by joining our Teaching Hub group - ask for advice, share knowledge and get the occasional treat from us, all with the aim of creating classrooms full of eager, confident writers! Join here ➡️ tinyurl.com/mtu7zvmu
Share your favourite poems for #WorldPoetryDay Let's share the love of poetry! Here's one from our guest judge @MarkGristPoet youtube.com/watch?v=kVnJoZ…
Did you know it's #ShakespeareWeek? The Folger Shakespeare Library has LOADS of resources and activities to introduce Shakespeare to kids of all ages. folger.edu/explore/shakes…
We have two brand-new poetry contests OPEN NOW. Write on any theme in any poetic style for the opportunity to be published in a book and win prizes! youngwritersusa.com #poetrycontest #writing #poetry #contest
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Really proud of my sixth graders who were selected to have their poems published in an anthology by @YoungWritersUSA! All 30 (27 pictured) submitted to the contest were chosen! 🥳🤩❤️
@YoungWritersUSA Today, we enjoyed revising & finalizing our poetry about our beautiful planet 🌏 on #EarthDay2024 We're excited to enter your contest,the Big Green Poetry Machine!💚From haikus to cinquains, free verse to rhyming poetry, it's all coming your way!😍🌏 @SBS_Tigers
Beyond excited to say that 30 of my students were selected to have their poems published! They worked so hard on crafting these amazing works ❤️🎉 Thank you @YoungWritersUSA!
@YoungWritersCW How about “I opened the door” with a selection of very different doors to be opened?
@YoungWritersCW My 12yo creative says anything involving adventure or nature! ☺️💜
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Check out these talented writers @SwansonStars66 All of these students submitted a short story and had their work chosen to be published by @YoungWritersUSA in a book called Spooky Sagas - Spine Tinglers! Congrats Superstars! #wcs66
@YoungWritersUSA invitations to publish loading…. #PECMS #Hunted authors #TalentedKids @PrinceEdwardSch 💛💜🦅
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Congrats to @Rockbrook66 Bulldogs Abigail, Addley & Robbie who recently had their work chosen to be published by @YoungWritersUSA in a book called Spooky Sagas - Spine Tinglers! The book is scheduled to be published on Apr. 30 & Rockbrook will receive a copy for their library!
The creative writings ✍🏻 of HMS eighth grader Damien Garritson and sixth grader Tucker Richardson have been selected to be published this May in "Hunted - A Trail of Words" sponsored by @YoungWritersUSA. 🟥 #TheBestWillBe 🟥
“I was impressed with their writing — it’s been a privilege to read and every piece will make a fantastic addition to “Hunted - On The Trail!” Thank you @YoungWritersUSA! So proud of my students for their mini sagas to be published in a book! 🎉😄🤩 @PasadenaISD_TX @PISDMIDDLE
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Today, we are working on drafting a poem for a new @YoungWritersUSA competition! The theme is dreams and students are getting creative while also becoming more comfortable with figurative language and poetry! ✏️#PISDMiddle
Congratulations to these students from Ms. Kinlock's classes who will be having their creative writing pieces published in the @YoungWritersUSA's publication, Hunted-Chasing Daylight! #ColonelTOUGH Sph Kaila Jenkins, Sph Leah Vanderhoff, Fr Ryan Kefauver, and Sr DAlaine McNamara
Our Creative Writing class just found out their mini sagas will be published in the @YoungWritersUSA Hunter - Flight of Fancy publication! @EFHSEnglish
Submitted student entries this morning for @YoungWritersUSA’s creative writing contest! ✍🏽 Best part of the process was seeing my students being engaged in writing! 🙌🏽❤️
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