Spark Young Writers’ Magazine Submission Form

SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED.

To submit a piece of writing to the Spark Young Writers magazine, please complete the form below and attach your submission as a Word Document. 

If you are under the age of 18, this form is to be completed by a parent or guardian and if you are 18 – 20, please complete the form for yourself.

Please note that this magazine is for children and young people aged 8 – 20 living or attending school in the West Midlands (including Birmingham, Solihull, the Black Country, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Staffordshire).

Please enter the name of the young writer as their name should appear in the magazine.
eg. Full name or just first name and initial of surname
Spark Young Writers is our programme of creative writing groups for young people in the West Midlands.
(if young person is under the age of 18)
(if the young person is under the age of 18)
(for those aged 18 – 20)
(for those aged 18 – 20)
You can submit up to 3 pieces
Please supply all titles you are uploading - up to a maximum of 3
This could be that it was written in response to a particular exercise or event. You can leave this blank!
Print name
Click or drag files to this area to upload. You can upload up to 3 files.
Files should be Word or rtf files
Here just in case. Please try to upload the file in the correct format!

For more information about the terms and conditions for Spark Young Writers Magazine, please visit the Terms & Conditions page on the magazine website. We reserve the right not to include material that is offensive, rude or may be inappropriate for children and young people aged 8 to 20.

Spark Young Writers’ child protection/safeguarding policy can be found on our website: https://www.sparkwriters.org/child-protection-policy/.

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. Our next submission window opens late September 2025.

Submit to our 2025 printed Anthology are now CLOSED.

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.