The Big Writing Challenge 2027 - enter now

By encouraging students to unleash their imaginations and wield the power of the pen, this initiative cultivates a profound love for literature and creative expression. Participating in the challenge enhances students’ writing abilities, boosts self-confidence, and opens up new avenues for communication and self-expression.

Young people in KS1 to KS4 should:

• Write or record a piece of creative writing in 500 words or less – based on the subject “The Power of Kindness”
• Their creative piece can be about their own world, someone they know, an imaginary character, a piece on nature or a time in history, in fact, anything at all – the choice is theirs!
• It can be a traditional story format, a poem, an audio file, a comic strip or any other way of expressing their work to us!

It can be work completed in school as part of a classroom exercise, homework or something worked on independently at home.

We can’t wait to see what our young writers of 2027 create!

Enter at the Big Writing Challenge website

The deadline is Thursday 31 December 2026.