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Your stories

Are you an aspiring writer? Find all the inspiration you need here, with original stories and poems written by Guardian children's books site members, and top writing tips from famous authors.

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1 July 2016

  • A quill in an inkpot with ink spots on paper. Photographer:  Pierre-Yves Goavec

    Teen opinion: in praise of writing poetry

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    Children’s books site member Some-infinities-katie had only ever written prose before entering a poetry competition – now she’s hooked. Poetry is personal, fun, diverse, and it’s also great therapy! Plus, read the winning poem here

30 June 2016

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    Your stories: Temple of Hephaestus by Skymixer78

    Part 3 of the action story continues, by children’s books site member Skymixer78

26 May 2016

  • Jemima West Robert Sheehan Lily Collins<br>In this publicity photo released by Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., from left, Jemima West as Isabelle Lightwood, Robert Sheehan as Simon and Lily Collins as Clary, prepare to hold off the demons in a scene from Screen Gems' "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones." The film releases in theaters August 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Rafy)

    Your stories: Before I Met My Brother – poem

    Site member That Nephilim Girl writes a poem from the point of view of Clary Morgenstern in Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments series

14 April 2016

  • BANGLADESH-LANGUAGE-DAY<br>DAC01 - 20000221 - DHAKA, BANGLADESH : Dhaka University students decorate with flowers 21 February 2000 the alter of capital's main Shaheed Minar monument during the traditional annual homage paid to martyrs of Bangladesh's 1952 language movement. Tens of thousands of Bangladeshis laid wreaths to pay tributes to their valiant sons who were killed in police firing on this day in 1952 during a campaign demanding Bengali be declared as one of the state languages of the then Pakistan. Bangladesh, the former eastern wing of Pakistan, emerged as an independent nation following a nine-month liberation war in 1971. EPA PHOTO AFP/MUFTY MUNIR/gt/ct/mn

    Your stories: Ekushe February – poem

    A poem by site member Znk025 about the language movement in Bangladesh in 1952, commemorating those who lost their lives protesting

9 March 2016

  • Dagger<br>ABC66F Dagger album art

    Your stories: Red

    Butterfly Rainbow: ‘It seeped out like anger. It was a deep, forlorn red. I had been clumsy, as usual’

22 February 2016

  • School pupils in exam conditions in a school hall<br>A36PMP School pupils in exam conditions in a school hall

    Your stories: Under Pressure

    HorseLover3000: ‘With every second, the exam ticks closer. I can feel its breath hot against my heels now, its jaws snapping in anticipation’

19 February 2016

  • A boy of 10 looking sad and depressed in his school uniform showing the effects of bullying in the Uk<br>DG715A A boy of 10 looking sad and depressed in his school uniform showing the effects of bullying in the Uk

    Your stories: Billy and I, I and Billy – poem

    A poignant and moving poem about bullying from teen site member That’sMe

3 February 2016

  • Young woman walking through passageway with lone figure overhead<br>A2JMYG Young woman walking through passageway with lone figure overhead

    Your stories: The Dark Shadow

    At atmospheric suspense story from Guardian children’s books site member Bunkbedbobby

20 January 2016

  • Louise O'Neill, Novelist sent by Hannah Robinson <hannah.robinson@quercusbooks.co.uk>

    Your stories: How to be a girl – poem

    A poem from teen site member imaginary unicorn, inspired by Louise O’Neill, author of Only Ever Yours and Asking For It.

9 December 2015

  • Malala Yousafzai

    Young Muslim Writers awards: Malala honoured

    Newsflash: Malala Yousafzai, campaigner for girls’ education and author of I Am Malala, was given a ‘special recognition award’ at the Young Muslim Writers awards, which celebrated the work of talented writers age 5-16

27 November 2015

  • Angkor, Cambodia --- Cambodia, Preah Vihear Province, Koh Ker site, Prasat Thom temple.

    Your stories: The Temple of Ares by Skymixer78

    Read part two of the Temple Today, Gone Tomorrow series by site member Skymixer78!

16 November 2015

  • The Promise cover artwork (1)

    Read the Short Story Week young writer competition 2015-winning The Promise

  • A junior school pupil in a lesson in Birmingham West Midlands UK. Image shot 2005.

    How to win a creative writing competition - top tips

2 November 2015

  • Stonewall Pride London 2015

    LGBT teenagers: changing hearts and minds with Stonewall

    A poem on reclaiming words used as insults and a short story on being trans, read the two winning entries in the Stonewall Young Writers competition 2015

23 October 2015

  • Two teenage girls gossiping

    How do you write for teenagers?

    Sitting on buses, listening to slang or remembering back to their own adolescence, authors including Louise O’Neill, Patrick Ness, Annabel Pitcher, Melvin Burgess, Benjamin Zephaniah tell all

9 October 2015

  • Brennig Davies

    Read the winning story of the first ever BBC Young Writers' Award

  • Brennig Davies

    Winner of first ever BBC Young Writers' Award announced

7 October 2015

  • Robert Pattinson as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

    Your stories: I am a Hufflepuff – poem

    Scribblekeeks: ‘I stood there thinking of the Hufflepuffs true, / Isn’t everyone a Hufflepuff too?’

13 September 2015

  • London City by night

    Your stories: A Good Day to be Rich

    GeorgeFS: ‘Philip King was worth just over 37 billion dollars. Of course, it wasn’t enough. It never was. In a world where those with the most wealth quite literally made the rules, there was no room for slackers’

17 July 2015

  • view of an empty hospital corridor

    Your stories: Silence

    TheFanaticalReader: ‘We just sat there, letting the silence swirl through the air and envelope us’
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