On International Literacy Day (Tuesday 8 September), we'll be launching our My Twist on a Tale writing competition for its second year!
This free competition, now open to 4- to 19-year-olds across the UK, will encourage young people to let their imagination run wild as they write a story based on our new theme for 2020: Everyday Heroes.
Following an extraordinary year of disruption, we've decided to update our competition theme, to provide children with a positive outlet to highlight the extraordinary stories that have emerged throughout the year. We want children to have the opportunity to write their own tales of people who have made a difference to them.
Whether it’s a story about someone in their local community, a key worker making a difference, a family member or friend that inspires them or even a superhero from their imagination, we want children and young people to get creative and reflect their own personality, location and experiences in their tales. And who says the hero needs to be a human? It could be a story about a guide dog or even a cat that comes to save the day!
Entries will need to be submitted online by 17:00 on Friday 27 November 2020, so the expert judging panel can decide on the winning collection of short stories.
The winning tales selected from schools and regions across the UK will be illustrated and published for all to enjoy.
Register for My Twist on a Tale 2020
In 2019, Pearson turned the page on traditional tales with a new international writing competition: My Twist on a Tale. It was launched on International Literacy Day 2019 to encourage four- to 16-year-olds to tear up the rule book and put their own 21st Century take on classic fairy tales, fables and regional folk stories.
Over 3,000 students from across the UK entered the competition, with the hope of winning book vouchers for their school and their winning story being entered into our book of winning stories.
