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a day ago
1 min

Boggle Translate: Nursery Rhymes!

Teaching tip: Looking for some end of year fun and nonsense? Give groups an old nursery rhyme ( don't expect them to know them!) and a t...

Nov 5
1 min

Holy Cow!

Listen here: Holy Cow A cow called Big Bertha. A disaster. A search. A group of enthusiastic story writers. The perfect mix for a great o...

Nov 2
1 min

Lo and behold... 'What year is it?' story competition winners announced.

Congratulations to everyone who entered our story competition. You made the job very hard for our judges with such well written and cleve...

Oct 27
2 min

Longlists revealed

The longlists for our 'What Year Is It?' competition can now be revealed.

Oct 18
2 min

Write On Magazine Issue 55 is on time!

Phew, we have met our deadlines and reached the editing stage for Write On Magazine Issue 55: Time Travel with initial selections made.

Oct 18
2 min

Summer- the time for teens to head indoors and write!

This summer, rebel against the call of the beach, head to the shadows and huddle over a notebook or keyboard!

Sep 10
1 min

Catch a story or poem on a QR code around Christchurch

our young writers have been featured alongside adult writers. Now there is a new bumper crop available for your reading pleasure.

Aug 31
2 min

Tips for writing about Time

Tips for our "What Year is it?" story competition

Aug 23
2 min

What Year is It? Writing Competition

We don't mind how you interpret this challenge; historical fiction, speculative fiction, time travel fantasy... it's entirely up to you.

Jul 15
1 min

Kidsfest Winter Writing School - day 3

We had another fabulous day of writing in Christchurch today with our Kidsfest Winter Writing School.

Jul 14
1 min

Kidsfest Winter Writing School- day 2

Day 2 of our annual Kidsfest Winter Writing School!

Jun 2
1 min

How to... in a lockdown

One of the flexible formats we love engaging with is the Instructional Poem. This allows you to play with language and ideas

May 29
2 min

Speak Out: Lockdown Voices 2020 tips

Writing is not like skydiving- you don't have to get it right first time!

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