BuyaGift Young Authors Creative Writing Competition

Do you think that you have the next J K Rowling quietly scribbling away at the back of your classroom? Or the next Roald Dahl inventing a new set of fantastical characters? If so, then you may be interested in this creative writing competition for children under 10.

BuyaGift.com are offering one lucky child the chance to have their short story illustrated and published, and are sending all the proceeds to the Make a Wish Foundation.

The only conditions are that the child must be under the age of 10 and the story must be called The Unexpected Gift, but the story can be about anything at all. Perhaps an old treasure chest is washed up on a beach full of gold coins? Or a present from Father Christmas suddenly comes alive? The list is endless!

Entries will be judged by a panel that includes People’s Book Prize winner Giles Paley-Phillips and noted children’s illustrator Emma O-Donovan.

“I am hugely honoured to be judging this extremely exciting writing competition, which is set to inspire some budding new writers” said author Giles Paley-Phillips.

If you would like to submit your child’s short story then the entry should be emailed to [email protected]. You can find out more information about the competition at BuyaGift.com.

So what are you waiting for, get writing!