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Welcome to Spark Young Writers Magazine.

 

Produced by Writing West Midlands, this online magazine features writing created by children and young people from the region.


To read the most current issue of the magazine, please visit the Latest Issue page where you can find a note from the magazine’s editor, Emma Freelove, and you can read the magazine. If you’d like to read more creative writing by up and coming young writers you can visit the Previous Issues page.

There is a full list of all the young people who have writing featured in Spark Young Writers Magazine with links to their work on the Contributors page.

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 termly in the summer (July), autumn (December) and spring (April) terms.

Issue 13 of Spark Young Writers Magazine will be published in December 2017.

For more information about Writing West Midlands and to see information such as writing groups in the West Midlands, literature and spoken word festivals, universities, writing in the region and our work with young writers, please visit our website www.writingwestmidlands.org.

 Charity no. 1147710. Supported by Arts Council England.

 Writing West MidlandsSupported by Arts Council England  


 

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.

With 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.

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Young Writers Magazine

Submit your writing for publication in our Spark Young Writers Magazine. 

Exclusively for young people aged 8 – 20.