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Illustration and Design Competitions for Kids and Young People

May 14, 2013 | Filed under: competitions

I started collecting writing competitions for kids and then came across some illustration ones too. So here we go – some illustration competitions for you to participate too. The disaster relief charity ShelterBox has launched its fourth annual Young ShelterBox Illustration Competition in collaboration with Chatterbooks reading clubs. http://readingagency.org.uk/children/005-get-involved/competition-to-illustrate-shelterbox-disaster-story.html Save the Frog! Art …

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Writing Competitions for Kids

May 14, 2013 | Filed under: competitions

Are you a budding writer? Love to make up stories? Imagining things from out of this world? Then you have come to the right place. Try your hand at these writing competitions. Last Updated: 11th Apr 2013 Foyles Young Poet Award – the search for exciting new young poets aged   …

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Writing RiddlesWriting Riddles For Fun – Tips and Tricks

May 3, 2013 | Filed under: advice, writing, writing process

Writing riddles and trying them out on your friends can be really fun! Here are some tips and tricks.   What starts with an ‘R’ and ends with an ‘E’, needs a lot of skill and enjoyed by many?  A riddle or a recipe? You decide. A good riddle should …

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Going Wild During National Stationery Week

April 24, 2013 | Filed under: writing

Never knew people celebrated stationery with “National Stationery Week”! Growing up as a compulsive reader and a scribbler, stationery was fascinating even when I was 3 or 4. My parents recall that when they take me to the shops, the only thing I’d ever ask for was a pencil or …

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My trip to the London Book Fair 2013

April 23, 2013 | Filed under: books, children's literature, publishing, seasonal, writers, writers meetings talks panels

 This was my first trip to a trade fair – I had read about many before, I had looked at pictures of trade fairs and I knew what to expect. Although a majority of the stalls were aimed at other publishers, rights agents and publicity teams to showcase each house, …

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