Click here for the latest Fantastic Fictions stories - a showcase of work from a great partnership with Libraries NI.
Fantastic Fictions invited children from Primaries 5, 6 and 7 to write short stories sparked by their favourite books, with the aim of encouraging teachers and pupils to engage with creative writing and reading. Fantastic Fictions is all about new writing inspired by books we love with, inpartnership with selected primary schools across Northern Ireland.
As always, we encouraged teachers and pupils to let their imaginations run wild and upload their written work, videos of reading and artwork during the month of October 2020.
Fantastic Fictions Submissions NOW CLOSED
- Submissions open on Thursday 1st October 2020
- Submissions close on Saturday 31st October - NOW EXTENDED to Friday 13th November
- Maximum word count: 500 words
- Submissions may be in English or in Irish
Authors can be pupils in Primary 5, 6 or 7, from a school invited by Libraries NI or a home educating family.
They may each submit one piece of writing and/or an illustration.
A class may also submit collective work/s.
To enter -
Email stories and poems, typed, in an editable format (e.g. Microsoft Word or Google Docs).
Send illustrations as a jpeg file.
Please DO NOT send images of handwritten stories.
Please DO NOT send submissions in PDF format as they cannot be edited.
IMPORTANT: All submissions should be sent to outreach@fightingwords.co.uk with FANTASTIC FICTIONS SUBMISSION in the subject line.
IMPORTANT: Submissions should be made on behalf of the young author from a teacher or parent/guardian email address.
Please include the following information in the body of the email:
- Name of author
- Age of author
- School year
- Name of school
- School or home postcode (1st part eg BT15)
- Title of piece
- Word count (note maximum of 500 words)
- Teacher or Parent/Guardian name
- Teacher or Parent/Guardian contact telephone number
All submissions will be acknowledged by email and entrants will receive a copy of the Terms and Conditions.
Libraries NI and Fighting Words NI reserve the right not to publish submissions if details listed above are not included.
Any questions should be sent by email to outreach@fightingwords.co.uk with FANTASTIC FICTIONS QUESTION in the subject line.
Consent -
Parents/Guardians, by submitting a story for your child using your email address, parents/guardians confirm that they are the parent/guardian for the entrant in the project "Fantastic Fictions", which will result in digital publication.
Teachers must receive and forward the consent of the parent/guardian prior to submitting a child’s work.
Parent/guardians understand that all rights to submissions belong to the contributing writer/artist and to Fighting Words NI and Libraries NI and the project partners, which may reproduce the contributed work in connection with the promotion of the project and the publication together with the project partners.
Fighting Words NI, Libraries NI and the project partners reserve the right not to publish content that contravenes the Fighting Words NI Equal Opportunities and/or Safeguarding Policy.
Both policies are found on www.fightingwords.co.uk
Privacy Policy -
Fighting Words NI and Libraries NI are responsible for storing your data securely.
By submitting a piece of writing or other artwork to this project, you accept that Fighting Words and Libraries NI and their project partners may use your information in connection with the creation of the project "Fantastic Fictions" and publish your child’s contribution digitally.
All rights are reserved to you as the parent of the author / artist and Fighting Words, Libraries NI and the project partners.
No unauthorised person will gain access to your information.
Your e-mail address will not be used for purposes other than to communicate with you directly regarding "Fantastic Fictions".
- Click here for: Terms and Conditions
