How do you feel your school will benefit from holding a mini BWA competition?

"The BWA will provide an audience for talented, inspirational writers. Enhance and celebrate the status of creativity and writing"
James O' Connell
Head Of English
Lipson Community College

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We need to involve all children in having the opportunity to write creatively and for pleasure, involving teachers and parents will be an additional motivation.
S Bahra
Head Of English
Waverley School

"We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down" - Kurt Vonnegut

Now the deadline has passed, we are no longer accepting entries for the Brit Writers' Awards Unpublished 2010. The system is closed. All entrants will receive an update email on Friday 5 March. Please visit this site regularly for the latest news.

If you entered the competition: thank you. Here at the Brit Writers team we wish you the best of luck!


Gordon Brown backs the Brit Writers' Awards

The Prime Minister has written to the Brit Writers' Awards Unpublished 2010, giving his full support to the initiative.  

Gordon Brown has joined both David Cameron and Nick Clegg in backing the awards - which aim to inspire people across the country to get writing.

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Could you be the UK's next writing star?

The Brit Writers' Awards Unpublished 2010 are looking for the UK's best undiscovered writers - people like you, who create stories, poems or songs that deserve to be shared.

You might have been writing all your life... or maybe writing is a new interest for you. Perhaps you've never written seriously before, but you've always enjoyed telling stories. You might not even know that there is "a book in there somewhere". 

Whether you're eight or 108, it's possible that you're one of the original, exciting and talented new creative writers we're looking for. You could even win an amazing £10,000 - the largest prize ever offered to unpublished writers in a creative writing competition. 

This website has plenty of writing resources to help you get started. Sign up to receive regular updates; register to use our exclusive features area; read about our high-profile judges and find out who our partners are. Most importantly, get scribbling that masterpiece - we're already counting down to our glittering awards ceremony on Saturday 26 June 2010 and we can't wait to see who steps into the spotlight. Could it be you?

 
Register today to access free tips and inspiration!

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