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BIG Story Writing Challenge—Leeds Castle
Children aged 5 to 13 are invited to take part in Leeds Castle's BIG Story Writing Challenge by writing an original fictional story of no more than 900 words.
Get creative with this year’s theme of ‘One Golden Day’. Put on your royal thinking crowns and use this golden theme to inspire you to write about anything at all, with a unique title – the more imaginative the better! Your story could be set in the past, present or future and can include anything or anyone fictional or real! Please visit: https://www.leeds-castle.com/Visit/Education/Big+Story+Writing+Challenge/ for all the information on how to enter.
500 Words 2020 — BBC
The UK's largest story writing competition for kids is back for its tenth year. 500 Words is an open invitation to the wide world of imagination, so it's time to get those creative cogs turn-ing!
To help you get started, their website is packed full of helpful hints and terrific tips to bust through the writer's block. Please visit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rfvk1 for all the information on how to enter.