Wolverhampton Teen group for 2025-6

BOOKINGS FOR THIS GROUP WILL OPEN ON 2ND JUNE 2025
This group is aimed at young people in school years 7 – 13 (aged  11 – 18). 
Led by writer William Gallagher with an assistant writer, the group will meet at the Wolverhampton Art Gallery from 1:30pm – 3:30pm on the following Saturdays:

27th September 2025
18th October 2025
15th November 2025
13th December 2025
17th January 2026
7th February 2026
14th March 2026
18th April 2026
16th May 2026
20th June 2026

The sessions cost £10 each when booked for all remaining sessions. Alternatively, you can choose to book a one-off taster session so that your young writer can try before they commit to the programme. 

You can choose to pay in one lump sum or pay by monthly recurring card payments. 

Please note, we encourage young people to join one group for the year, as getting to know their fellow group members is an important part of developing as a writer.

We are pleased to be able to offer free places to those who receive free school meals or pupil premium funding at school. You can see our bursary policy herePlease contact us with any queries and to request a bursary place.

The young people will need to bring:

A notebook or some paper
A pen or pencil to write with
A snack and a drink, if they want one

Alternatively, you might be interested in joining our Birmingham Library Teen group, or one of our Online groups. Details 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.

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.