Contact the Young Poet Laureate

Get in Touch with Birmingham’s Young Poet Laureate, Japmeh Kaur Gujral (2024-26)

If you would like to connect with Birmingham’s Young Poet Laureate for an event, project, or collaboration, please complete the form below. We welcome inquiries from organisations, schools, and community groups and will respond as soon as possible.

Japmeh Gujral

Get Writing

If you’d like to submit a piece of your writing for possible inclusion in the magazine, please see the Get Involved page to see more details. This magazine is published online three times a year: summer (June/July), winter (October-December) and spring (February-April) terms.

Our Spark Young Writers groups for September 2024-June 2025 are now available to book.

For any existing Sparks members wishing to re-enrol, please check your email.

Submissions for the 30th anniversary edition of the Spark Young Writers Magazine are now CLOSED. Keep an eye out for it’s release!

Submit to our 2025 printed Anthology here.

Full details of all Spark Anthologies can be found here.

 Check out all our ideas for writing prompts at our Get Writing tab. 

A wide selection of images, videos and Funsheets for young writers to complete.