Category: Children’s

  • Young Writer’s Prize Shortlist Announced

    Young Writer’s Prize Shortlist Announced

    We had such a wonderful response to our new look Young Writers Prize this year, with entries from Dunster to Denmark, and even New Zealand! Thank you all for your submissions. It has been a hard task to whittle so many clever stories and poems down to a short shortlist but we have finally done…

  • Meet the Designer of the Writing Wizardry Anthology 2021

    Meet the Designer of the Writing Wizardry Anthology 2021

    As well as a writing competition, the Writing Wizardry Competition provides the opportunity for Bournemouth University students studying Communication & Media or English to compete to design our anthology’s cover as part of their Writing, Editing and Publishing unit. This year’s winner was 21 year old BA English student (now graduate), Tinu Ogunkanmi! Here’s a…

  • Writing Wizardry Competition Shortlist (Years 3 & 4)

    Writing Wizardry Competition Shortlist (Years 3 & 4)

    We are delighted to announce that the following entries have been shortlisted for the Writing Wizardry Competition. Congratulations to you all! As ever, we had hundreds of entries from hundreds of talented young writers around the world which made it really hard to narrow it down to the names you see here. Please don’t feel…

  • Watch: Highlights Writing Wizardry 2017

    Watch: Highlights Writing Wizardry 2017

    A big thank you to everyone who attended! It was truly a magical evening.

  • And the winners are —–

    And the winners are —–

    See the full list of Fresher Prize winners here

  • And the Writing Wizardry winners are…

    And the Writing Wizardry winners are…

    Well done to all those children aged nine years and under who entered the Writing Wizardry Prize. The judges enjoyed reading some truly fantastical tales. This made the judging even harder, but a decision was made. Congratulations to: Writing Wizardry Winner: Shakira Bettencourt for Undercover Animals Writing Wizardry Runner Up: Finn F Marshall for The…