Create your own picture book!  Competition open to those aged from 4 to 18 years.  Picture books must be paper-based and sized A4 portrait.  Picture books can be created using any media and can be any length, up to 24 A4 pages.  Visit the website for tips and guidelines and to download the template. 

Submit your entries to Mrs Üstün on or before Monday the 15th of April – to allow entries to be posted in time for the deadline on the 20th.

Barry Hutchison is offering a Kindle Fire to the winner of a contest to design their own Book of Doom to celebrate the publication of his new novel of the same name.  For more information visit his site.

Closing date Thursday 28th March 2013.

 The Day is a fabulous online news service for schools and colleges.  Their World Book Day competition asks you to write about a book you believe is essential reading in the modern world.  They’d like you to make a connection between your chosen book and current affairs, using The Day’s news articles.  For more information click here. 

Ask me (Mrs Üstün) for the school login details to search for an article that best relates to your chosen book.

Deadline Friday March 29th 2013.

If you love writing stories and you’re aged 19 or under, why not enter the Henrietta Branford Writing Competition 2013.  Each summer the winners of the best six stories are invited with their families to attend the Branford Boase Award celebration party in London. There they can meet Dame Jacqueline Wilson and the authors shortlisted for the BBA award as well as editors, publishers, agents, and other professionals in this field. Each young winner receives a copy of all of the books shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award and are able to have their books signed. 

All you have to do is finish the story started by Annabel Pitcher, using no more than 1500 words.  Follow this link to her opening paragraph.  Closing date for entries Friday 26th April.

If you’re aged 8-13, you can enter the North of Nowhere Creative Writing Competition to write a story of up to 500 words using the opening lines of North or Nowhere by Liz Kessler as your starting point.  You could win a digital camera, £100 worth of books for our school and have your story published on the Guardian Children’s Books website!

Read these top tips by Liz Kessler for some inspiration.

Closing date Thursday 28th March.