Aged 13 or under? Why not enter the BBC’s 500 words short story competition.  Deadline Wednesday 26th of February http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rfvk1

Are you a big Jacqueline Wilson fan? Draw or paint a pet portrait and you could win a copy of her new book Paws and Whiskers and lots of other goodies.  Deadline Friday 28th of February http://www.worldbookday.com/competitions/five-sets-of-paws-and-whiskers-goodies-to-be-won/

Pupils in 5th or 6th year can still enter Aberdeenshire’s crime and mystery festival crime writing competition as the deadline has been extended until 28 February 2014.  Download the introduction here  http://www.nts.org.uk/Unsolved/Competition/

Pupils of all ages! It’s not too late to enter the WICKED YOUNG WRITERS AWARD.  You are free to write about what you want – either in prose or poems and can write as many entries as you like.  Deadline 31 March 2014.  For more details visit the competition website http://wickedyoungwriters.com/