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Voices for the Planet: 3 more Choice Poetry Tips
We invited our wonderful poetry expert, Gail Ingram, to contribute a couple of tips for aspiring poets. Gail gave us SEVEN tips! Here are...
Jun 17, 20222 min read


Voices for the Planet: 4 Choice Poetry Tips
Tips for poetry writing for the planet
Jun 12, 20223 min read


Winter Writing School 2022
Woohoo! Write On Winter Writing School is back FOR Kidsfest 2022. DAILY: 10.00- 2.30 Monday July 18 Tuesday July 19 Wednesday July 20...
May 23, 20221 min read


Write On Speak Out: Voices for the Planet 2022
New opportunity for young writers
May 20, 20222 min read


Welcome to our new editor
We are delighted to welcome Sarina Dickson to our Write On magazine team. Sarina will edit Issues 58 and 59. Sarina is really looking...
Mar 6, 20221 min read


Food For Thought Poetry competition
Yum! Our mouths are watering! Entries are starting to arrive for our latest poetry competition. Write a poem about kai. It could be...
Mar 6, 20221 min read


Write On Issue 57: Believe It or Not : Notes for Writers and Teachers #3
In a world where the lines between truth and fiction are often blurred, we asked young writers to tell us the truth, or lies, or...
Feb 14, 20223 min read


New: Online Community for young writers
Being a part of a community of writers is one of the most important aspects of our workshops programmes. For all sorts of reasons, not...
Jan 6, 20222 min read


2022...write, set, go!
We have some great treats lined up for young writers in 2022 we want to tell you about. First up is our fabulous Summer Writing School...
Jan 4, 20221 min read


Young Writers and Creative Rights
..."Overall I view my creative rights as really important in preserving my ownership of my individual style and work. When I write a...
Dec 14, 20211 min read


Summer Writing School 2022- news flash!
As Summer approaches our minds turn to....writing! What else? We are really excited to be offering Summer Writing School for Teens 2022....
Nov 22, 20211 min read


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 19, 20211 min read


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 8, 20211 min read


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...
Nov 5, 20211 min read


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 26, 20211 min read


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 21, 20211 min read


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...
Oct 18, 20211 min read


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 26, 20211 min read


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 22, 20211 min read


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 15, 20211 min read
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