A winner has been chosen for the Postcards from 2050 competition! The winning student’s school will be notified at the start of the new school term in September.


  “Postcards from 2050 is a great initiative which encourages
  young people to discover how climate change will impact their
  lives. Climate change is not only an issue which shapes the here
  and now but also how we live our lives in future generations.

  Young people have an important role to play in moving the UK to
  a low carbon world and we must ensure our education system
  provides them with the right skills, knowledge and training to
  create a cleaner and greener Britain.” Joan Ruddock MP

A huge thank you to all the schools that took part in the competition, we received hundreds of fantastic, imaginative and thought-provoking postcards.

The winning student has won a tour of the Houses of Parliament for their class and an iPod Touch for them! 

World Book Day Short Stories Competition 2010-2011

How would your students like to finish a story started by Eoin Colfer...

...or Cressida Cowell, or Malcolm Burgess or any of our amazing World Book Day Authors?

Or how would they like to finish a poem started by Benjamin Zephaniah?

Or draw a picture to be on the front cover of one of the anthologies?


Make sure they’re involved in this year’s competition.  Register your school now!!

Schools must register by Friday 8th October to take part in the competition. Once you’ve registered we will be in touch to let you know what your school’s opening lines are.

Every school will receive the opening lines of a story and a poem, and then it’s up to schools and students to decide whether they want to finish the story or poem. And don’t forget that you can submit up to 10 illustrations as well.  All entries must be received by Friday 19th November.

For full rules and details of how to enter click here
Download an entry form now as either an Excel (preferable) or Word document.


World Book Day Short Stories Competition 2009-20010:
Last year, 10 best-selling authors and one best-selling poet and schools from all over the UK and Ireland took part in the World Book Day Short Stories Competition, sponsored by Evans.

Each author (including Children’s Laureate Anthony Browne) wrote an original first line which over 3,000 children transformed into stories and poems.

29 winning entries were chosen, more than ever before, and published in 2 anthologies. The primary entitled “The Garbage Monster and other stories and poems” and the secondary; “The Escape of Hanna Schmidt and other stories and poems” (available in bookshops at £3.99, with all profits donated to the World Book Day Charity). 

Contact your local Evans rep to claim a free copy of last year’s anthologies.
Visit the World Book Day website.

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