Updated weekly, you can use our story starters provided by our lead and assistant writers. We post these on our Instagram account @thesparkwriters too, but will duplicate them here for those who are too young for Instagram or don’t use the app.
Don’t forget, you can submit any pieces that you write to our magazine. For details on how to do this, please see this page.
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 available to book from Tuesday 2nd June 2025
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.
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