FunSheets

Download your Spark FunSheet

Created especially for junior aged children who love writing, you can print off your own version here. It contains three fun writing activities and space to write on the sheet. New sheets available monthly until December 2021.

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Visit our FunSheet library!

Our back catalogue of FunSheets can be found here. Writing exercises devised by poet Liz Berry with design by Francesca Griffin they are an attractive and fun introduction to creative writing designed especially for children aged 7 -11, but fun for older children too.

Previous issues here

Sign up to receive your own FunSheet in the post.

Specially designed for children aged 7 – 11.

If you want to sign up to get mailings about opportunities, workshops and creative writing sessions from us, you can join our mailing list here.

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.

Join a Group

With 22 groups across the West Midlands, including 2 online-only groups, there will be a Spark Young Writers group near you.

Groups are open to young writers aged 8-17 who are interested in any type of creative writing.

Get published

Submit your writing to our magazine which is published online three times a year.

If you live or study in the West Midlands and are under 21, you can submit up to three pieces of writing of fewer than 500 words.

Summer Writing Challenge

Book for a week of creative writing activities, and individual feedback from professional writers.

Monday 26th – Friday 30th July 2021

Exclusively for young people
aged 12-17.