Submit to the next issue of Spark Young Writers Magazine
We’re open for submissions of creative writing from writers aged 8-18 from the West Midlands.
The deadline for submissions is Monday 12 October 2020.
Find out how to submit here.
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Liz Hyder is a writer, creative workshop leader and former lead writer at our Shrewsbury Spark Young Writers group, whose Young Adult novel, Bearmouth, was named The Times Children’s Book of the Year in 2019 and received critical acclaim from The Observer, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Financial Times, New Statesman and Literary Review.
As part of the READ ON Europe-wide project, which Writing West Midlands and Spark Young Writers are part of, Liz spent some time in early 2020 making recommendations and suggestions to readers across the continent.