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- Nov 19, 2021
- 1 min
Believe It or Not- Write On Issue 57 is nearly here!
A huge thank you to our final selection of 75 young writers from around Aotearoa who made it into this edition. Your writing is...
- Nov 8, 2021
- 1 min
Winning Memoir!
Thank you to everyone who shared their memories in our Write On Keep It Real Memoir Competition. We loved being drawn into your funny,...
- Nov 5, 2021
- 1 min
Read Respond Review
We are really excited to be about to launch the new reviews section of our blog. Many of our young writers are also readers and a great...
- Oct 26, 2021
- 1 min
Heritage Writing 2021
Write On and young writers from local schools were out and about at The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora last week during the Christchurch...
- Oct 21, 2021
- 1 min
Poets in Performance
Proud just doesn't cover it! There needs to be a better word in English to illustrate just how the tutors and whanau in the audience felt...
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min
Summer Writing School 2022 Bookings open!
As Summer approaches our minds turn to....writing! What else? More specifically we are planning towards Summer Writing School for Teens...
- Sep 26, 2021
- 1 min
Write On deadlines: whoosh here they come!
The Keep It Real memoir competition closes at midnight on Oct 22nd. Check out the details here: https://www.schoolforyoungwriters.org/com...
- Sep 22, 2021
- 1 min
Life On a Cloud: Write On in The Hurunui
This week, three of our Write On tutors have been visiting the Hurunui with workshops at both Hurunui College and Amuri Area School. It...
- Sep 15, 2021
- 1 min
Masterclasses term 4- which will you choose?
In a time of restrictions, rescheduling and cancellations it has been a joy to start looking to the future! With all fingers and toes...
- Sep 6, 2021
- 2 min
Five words Five ways - a writing prompt
Thanks to our treasured tutor, Desna, for this week's prompt. We asked for one and Desna provided 5 ways with 5 words! Anything can...
- Aug 28, 2021
- 2 min
Pocket universe – a writing prompt
A big shout out to our tutor, Claire, for this fabulous fantastical writing prompt. Pocket Universes There are pocket universes that...
- Aug 24, 2021
- 1 min
The wrong trousers- a writing prompt.
Thanks to our wonderful tutor, Sue, for this fun prompt that gives you a chance to make your character uncomfortable in more ways than...
- Aug 23, 2021
- 3 min
Challenge: Write a myth
It's Lockdown again and last time we saw so much fabulous writing because people had time to write! So, once again we'll be providing you...
- Aug 21, 2021
- 1 min
"Creativity is just connecting things"
We wanted to share this creation from one of our young ( Year 5) writers, Ethan. In his Write On Saturdays class Ethan has been learning...
- Aug 17, 2021
- 2 min
Keep It Real Memoir: More prompts and tips
A memoir is a personal story so keep in mind that you will use narrative techniques to engage your reader and immerse them in the...
- Aug 16, 2021
- 2 min
Poetry Takes You Places
Place inspires poetry and we have so much to inspire young writers on National Poetry Day August 27. Plus there's a puzzle to solve! Our...
- Aug 2, 2021
- 2 min
Keep It Real with Memoir Writing- new competition
Our next competition challenges you to tell us about something that really happened to you. We want you to spin out the story, keep us...
- May 25, 2021
- 1 min
Podcast Project Goes Live!
We are thrilled to share the first of a series of podcasts created by young writers at a recent masterclass held at Tūranga with Pia...
- May 24, 2021
- 1 min
Perfect Leaf Poems
Thank you so much to the wonderful Year 1 writers from Otatara School for sharing their perfect leaf poems with us. My Perfect Leaf by...