Young Storykeeper - Volume One Is Here!

image to promote young storykeeper volume 1.  A young boy and girl in front of a lighthouse.

To celebrate Cruinniú na nÓg, Great Lighthouses of Ireland and Fighting Words invited 7-12 year-olds to become Young Storykeepers.

Your lighthouse-inspired stories are incredible!

1,256 Super Submissions

Fighting Words and Great Lighthouses of Ireland have devoured every single one of the 1,256 stories, poems, illustrations, song lyrics and even stop-motion animations submitted for the Young Storykeepers initiative.

With so many entries, these wonderful works will be showcased in a multi-volume Young Storykeepers digital magazine over the coming months.

To celebrate Cruinniú na nÓg, an online day of free creativity for young people taking place on June 13thYoung Storykeepers: Volume One is now live.

See if your story is included in Volume One below!

Awesome Animations & Cruinniú na nÓg Creativity

If your story isn’t in the June edition of the digital magazine, don’t worry! You’ll definitely spot your work in the upcoming volumes.

A number of stories were also selected for animation by the Fighting Words volunteer team of illustrators and animators, watch them all here.