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	Young Writer Issue 33 - SOLD OUT Guest author: Paddington creator Michael Bond More Details How to write scary stories Creating teenage characters How to turn your hobbies into a writing career, by Emma Clayton Open to question: Soaps... it's time we burst their bubble Do words always mean the same thing? Celebrating you: Creating a newsletter Price: £3.00 This product has sold out.
	Young Writer Issue 32 Guest author: Alex Rider creator Anthony Horowitz More Details Insider secrets on publishing Young film critic in the spotlight Collaborating over the internet How to get published, by author Carol Hedges Celebrating you: Remembering war heroes Open to question: smile Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 31 - SOLD OUT Guest author: poet Ian McMillan More Details Essay writing: Lessons from history How to take your writing to the next level Open to Question: young people nowadays don't know what real music is Could university help you? Drawing inspiration from your family Celebrating you: Becoming a flashmob star Price: £3.00 This product has sold out.
	Young Writer Issue 30 - SOLD OUT Guest author: Lauren Child, creator of Clarice Bean More Details Advice from two teenage authors How teenagers think Chloe Schwartz on collaborating with her mum How to get into journalism Open to question: Are books dead? Celebrating you: Choir of the year Price: £3.00 This product has sold out.
	Young Writer Issue 29 Guest author: poet Lemn Sissay More Details A new feature... News round-up Some websites we like Try writing yourself as a Super Hero! Find out how writing helps ME sufferer Sarah Kidd Have a go creating new animals (and their names!) Another look at similes (see also Issue 7) Learn interview techniques by reading Benet Plowden's interview with a Rabbi Understand suffixes (following on from prefixes in Issue 28) Poet Sophie Hannah enthuses about the American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay in Dead Poet's Wake Play at giving a new twist to a familiar tale Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 28 Guest Author: Theresa Breslin, author of The Medici Seal More Details Writing Activities: Be inspired by all that's New Spotlight on Words: Prefixes Launch Pad: Use reality to help you write Dead Poet's Wake: Gaby Morgan enthuses about Charles Causley Playtime: Hunting and Gathering - go find some words! Storytelling - is this for you? Celebrating You! Sophie Cartwright tells us how she wrote her way onto the radio at the BBC Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 27 Guest Author: David Almond, author of Skellig More Details * Writing Activities: Pets can help your writing * 'Get your Red Pen Out': Spot the mistakes * Spotlight on Words: One word... many meanings * Launch Pad: A tense time * Dead Poets Wake: in this issue Simon Pitt introduces us to Vachel Lindsay * Feature: Mini Sagas * Our Serial: 'The Quest' continues with part 9 * Open to Question: Your responses on animal testing * Playtime: Do it again! * More chances to win some wonderful books * Write a story about a National Trust property that you have visited and you could win £500 in vouchers to spend on a digital camera, computer equipment, software or games. We also have two second prizes of £100 in vouchers and 10 runners-up prizes of Â£20 vouchers * Celebrating You: Sam Tiller tells us what it's like to be a judge for the Blue Peter Book Awards Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 26 Guest Author: Valerie Bloom, poet More Details * Writing Activities: Diaries with a Difference * 'Get your Red Pen Out': Spot the mistakes * Spotlight on Words: Creative Spelling * Launch Pad: Introducing Full Stops * Dead Poets Wake: in this issue Ian McMillan tells us why he reads Dylan Thomas * Playtime: Flip Books for Fun Combinations * Our Serial: 'The Quest' continues with part 8 * Open to Question: Experimentation on live animals... vital research or cruelty? * Feature: Reports from the Cheltenham Festival of Literature * More chances to win some wonderful books * Five readers will win a copy of the brand new 'Dance Dance Dance' PC game plus dance mat in our BIG Competition and if you are the main winner we'll also be sending you a Karaoke machine * Celebrating You: How Jessica Burkhart gathered up her courage to undergo major surgery and now shares her experience to help others Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 25 Guest Author: Jez Alborough, author of Watch Out! Big Bro's Coming! More Details * Writing Activities: Use Colours * 'Get your Red Pen Out': Spot the mistakes * Spotlight on Words: Using Synonyms * Launch Pad: Punctuating Poetry * Dead Poets Wake: in this issue Tony Langham brings us his thoughts on William Blake * Feature Theme: Unleash your Imagination * Open to Question: Pollution * More chances to win some wonderful books * Our Serial: 'The Quest' continues with part 7 * Playtime: Happy Families * How to: Instructions on how to create a simple poem * Feature: Spice up your writing with Proverbs * You could win a family break at Sparkles Hotel in our BIG Competition * Celebrating You: At the Childrens' Laureate Awards Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 24 Guest Author: Michelle Magorian, author of Goodnight Mister Tom More Details * Writing Activities: Take Buildings as your inspiration * 'Get your Red Pen Out': Spot the mistakes * Spotlight on Words: You speak English but which English do you speak? * David St John Thomas Award: And the winner is... Jenni Chapman * Launch Pad: Imagine your writing is a rocket! * Dead Poets Wake: in this issue Pie Corbett brings us William Blake * Feature Theme: The Pen is mightier than the Sword... prove it! * More chances to win some wonderful books * Spell it out: Two, Too and To (but not Tutu) * Our Serial: 'The Quest' continues with part 6 * Playtime: The Chain Link Game * Working with Words: Advertising * Open to Question: September 11th Remembered * The BIG Competition in this issue gives you the chance to win a Gyration Ultra Cordless Optical Mouse Suite and a trip to Alton Towers * Celebrating You: in this issue we remember our colleague and friend Lois Beeson who did so much for children's literature Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 23 Guest Author: Matthew Sweeney, poet More Details * Writing Activities: Think about Food * 'Get your Red Pen Out': Spot the mistakes * Spotlight on Words: Words from Invaders * Feature Article: Catching a Poem * Dead Poets Wake: in this issue Benjamin Zephaniah celebrates Shelley * Feature Theme: Chip Away at your Writer's Block * More chances to win some wonderful books * Our Serial: 'The Quest' continues with part 5 * National Competitions: How to enter * Feature Article: Analysing your Market, how to market your work (Download Kate's Form as mentioned in this article - you will need Adobe Acrobat to view and print this document) * Playtime: Spin Offs * Open to Question: No Choice, No Rights, No Voice * The BIG Competition gives you the chance to win a football signed by the stars of Manchester United, a tour of Old Trafford and a heap of football books * Celebrating You: Alice Holdstock on becoming a star as she takes part in the world premiere of 'Timepiece' Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 22 Guest Author: Gillian Cross, author of the Demon Headmaster series More Details * Writing Activities: Wake up your Imagination * 'Get your Red Pen Out': Spot the mistakes * Spotlight on Words: Political Correctness * Launch Pad: Let's Write a Sentence * The David St John Thomas Awards * The Arvon Award 2003 * Feature Article: What is a Question? * Dead Poets Wake: in this issue Jenny Joseph celebrates Robert Louis Stevenson * Feature Theme: Writing Sets You Free * More chances to win some wonderful books * Feature Article: A Canvas Made of Steel... the Crewe Jigsaw Project * Our Serial: 'The Quest' continues with part 4 * Feature Article: The Critters Internet Writing Workshop * Playtime: Rhyme Games * Open to Question: If Designer Labels are your life, maybe you need a better one * Win an AlphaSmart 3000 in The Big Competition to help you write on the move * Read to Succeed - practical advice from Anne Fine the Children's Laureate * Celebrating You: Catriona Rutherford on campaigning with 'Drop the Debt' Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 21 Guest Author: Pat Hutchins, author of Rosie's Walk More Details * Writing Activities: The Golden Jubilee * 'Get your Red Pen Out': Spot the mistakes * Spotlight on Words: Words you Love and Hate * The Arvon 2002 Award Winner * Launch Pad: Spidergraphs are Fun * Dead Poets Wake: in this issue Anne Harvey introduces us to Eleanor Farjeon * Feature Theme: Writers Paint Pictures with Words * More chances to win some wonderful books * Feature Article: How to write a Good Story * Celebrity Interview: A trio of friends interview Carolyn Mackler * Our Serial: 'The Quest' continues * Playtime: Turning Poetry into Prose * Open to Question: Fair Treatment for the Old * Feature Article: Children's Express... by children for everyone * Win a trip on the Nancy Blackett, Arthur Ransome's own boat, in The Big Competition * Review: Anne Fine's new website 'My Home Library' * Celebrating You: Kimberley Velasquez is proud of surviving Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 20 Guest Author: Carol Ann Duffy, poet More Details * Writing Activities: Non-fiction is Writing Too * 'Get your Red Pen Out': Spot the mistakes * Spotlight on Words: Language is like a Museum, Words are the Exhibits * Report: Attending an Arvon Course * Launch Pad: Start with a Picture * Article: Verse Drama by Ian McMillan * Technique: Why 'Their' isn't 'They're' * Dead Poets Wake: in this issue Gillian Clarke introduces us to Emily Dickinson * Feature Article: Overwriting... avoid the pitfalls * Playtime: Writing by Numbers * More chances to win some wonderful books * Our Serial: 'The Quest' continues * Open to Question: Equality of Opportunity... are some of us more equal than others? * Win fabulous microscopes and a chance to shadow a science writer in The Big Competition * Celebrating You: Richard Ewers scores his first ever goal for his team! Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 19 Guest Author: Peter Dickinson, author of The Ropemaker More Details * Writing Activities: Take a Journey * 'Get your Red Pen Out': Spot the mistakes * Spotlight on Words: Synonyms and Antonyms * Feature Article: Agents - what do they do? * Report: The Second Childrens' Laureate * Feature Article: Pronouns * Launch Pad: Write a Book * Our new Serial: 'The Quest' starts here * Dead Poets Wake: in this issue Andrew Motion introduces us to Edward Thomas * Feature Article: Research * Playtime: The Alphabet Game * More chances to win some wonderful books * Win Disney Videos in The Big Competition * The annual David St. John Thomas Awards * Celebrating You: Recording with 'Young Writer Audio' by Rachael Lloyd Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 18 Guest Author: Allan Ahlberg, author of Each Peach, Pear, Plum More Details * Writing Activities: Your Family as Inspiration * 'Get your Red Pen Out': Spot the mistakes * Spotlight on Words: Anagrams * Launch Pad: Time and Timing * PAMPAS: the Patent Automatic Machine for Punctuation and Spelling * Feature Article: Drawing Cartoons * Dead Poets Wake: in this issue Nick Toczek introduces us to Tennyson * Feature Article: Copyright - your rights and obligations * Playtime: The Smarties Game (the more you write the more you get to eat!) * More chances to win some wonderful books * Win Gold (literally) in The Big Competition with up to Â£150 worth of gold jewellery of your choice from the-jeweller.com * Celebrating You: Judging the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Awards by Adam Usden and Eleanor Pullan Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 17 Guest Author: James Berry, poet More Details * Writing Activities: Use a Picture for Inspiration * 'Get your Red Pen Out': Spot the mistakes * Spotlight on Words: Interesting Phrases * The final instalment in our serial 'The Curse of Demeses' * Feature Article: Reported Speech * Open to Question: Drugs and this Generation * Playtime: The What If? Game * Another chance to win some wonderful books * Launch Pad: Organising your Work and Ideas * Dead Poets Wake: a new column where leading poets of today introduce us to their favourite poet from the past * The Simon Elvin Young Poet of the Year * Feature Article: Modelling (in words) * Author Interview: David Wood * Storyboxes: Collecting Ideas * Adapt a scene from a book as a play for The Big Competition and you could find yourself visiting the company at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry * Celebrating You: Gymnast Emma Pash is proud to be British Champion under 14 years, National 4, in year 2000. Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 16 Guest Author: Philip Pullman, author of the His Dark Materials trilogy More Details * Writing Activities: Friends and Friendship * 'Get your Red Pen Out': Spot the mistakes * Spotlight on Words: Joined Up Writing How to use conjunctions * The penultimate instalment in our serial 'The Curse of Demeses'. Can you finish it off? * Feature Article: What Did You Say? Using dialogue * Could you Write a Fairy Tale? * Playtime: Build up a Story from a Picture * More chances to win some wonderful books * Launch Pad: Writing a Poem * 3 great stories written for Disney Channel * 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' by C. S. Lewis is 50 years old. Enter our Big Competition to win a special deluxe edition, together with £100 worth of other books and vouchers for GAP clothes to put in your own wardrobe. * Celebrating You: Tom Burke reports on the Millennium Young Peoples Congress Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 15 Guest Author: Jacqueline Wilson, the 4th Children's Laureate and author of Tracy Beaker More Details This issue looks at Travel Writing. Remember to take your notebook if you are going on a trip, it may be just the background you need for your next story! * Writing Activities: How to make the most of an uninspiring subject! * 'Get your Red Pen Out': Spot the mistakes * Spotlight on Words: Difficult Words * Writing for Disney Channel * Playtime: Making a story from random combinations * Feature article: Travel Writing * Write your own Soap! * More chances to win some wonderful books * Our serial 'The Curse of Demeses' continues * Where on Earth? Why settings are important * Enter our Bicycle Competition and you could win £150 in vouchers to spend on a fabulous new bicycle * Win a day with the travel journnalists at The Sunday Times and see how the professionals put together a travel supplement Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 14 Guest Author: Kit Wright, poet More Details * This first issue of the new millennium has a definite timeline running through it! * Writing Activities: Start at the Beginning! * 'Get your Red Pen Out': Spot the mistakes * Spotlight on Words: Time it to perfection * Feature article: The Commonwealth is 50 and the Essay Competition is intense * Be a History Detective * Celebrating You: Lucy Keeler visits the world of international sport and professional journalism * Diaries make Great Reading * More chances to win some wonderful books * Write the Future, Live the Present, Read the Past... * Our serial 'The Curse of Demeses' continues * Technique Tips: The Sound of Words * In our big competition this time you could win £150 worth of vouchers from The Red House book club Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 13 Guest Author: Quentin Blake, author and illustrator, the first ever Children's Laureate More Details * Writing Activities: Numbers for Inspiration * 'Get your Red Pen Out': Spot the mistakes * Spotlight on Words: Definitions * Feature article: UsingVerbs * 4 Publishers give you the chance to win some wonderful books * Episode 2 of our serial 'The Curse of Demeses' * Writing Limmericks * Technique Tips: An easy way to make a story work * Another look at Fact & Fiction * The Troubleshooter looks at how to submit your work for a competition * In our big competition you could win a Roland EM10 Keyboard * Could you enter your work for an Arvon Award? * The Big M! Start thinking now about your entry for the Young Writer Millennium Anthology Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 12 Guest Author: Michael Morpurgo, Children's Laureate and author of Private Peaceful More Details Writing Activities: Making a Time Capsule 'Get your Red Pen Out': Spot the mistakes Spotlight on Words: Epigrams Feature article: Writing Drama Case Study: Publishing a Fanzine Special 4 page supplement for the National Year of Reading Technique Tips: Launching a Story Episode 1 of our brand new serial Open to Question: We Hate Games In the big competition this time you could win Fantasy Game prizes from Games Workshop Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 11 Guest Author: Grace Nichols, poet More Details Writing Activities: Where do ideas come from? 'Get your Red Pen Out': Spot the mistakes Narrative perspective: Active or Passive? Spotlight on Words: Words within words Feature article: Build your own WebSite Working with Words: Publishing Special 4 page supplement for the National Year of Reading Be your own Critic: Assessing your writing David Goldstein (16) tidies up the loose ends in the final episode of our gripping serial Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 10 Guest Author: Malorie Blackman author of the Noughts and Crosses trilogy More Details Writing Activities: Writing to give as a gift 'Get your Red Pen Out': Grammar tutorial Spotlight on Words: Researching the meaning of names Feature article: Sounds Great! Writing for Radio Writing Letters, for fun or profit Special 4 page supplement for the National Year of Reading The Troubleshooter is back after his holiday and is sharp-shooting apostrophes! How do they do that? Using adverbs effectively Holden (16) and Ruksha Bhadresha (11) write the penultimate episode of our gripping serial Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 9 Guest Author: Robert Swindells author of Ruby Tanya More Details Writing Activities, where there's muck there's ideas... Spotlight on foodie type words Philip Johnson (11) writes a Ghost Story, about himself! Jennifer Thomson (21+) on How to get Published (she did, so can you!) Three young writers continue the current serial about our intrepid campers and the escaped prisoner Looking closely at sentence structure The anthology for the earth Poetic Forms. The Sestina explained (I'm glad someone understands them!) Write a Tiger Sestina Kieron Sullivan (10) reports on his day in the Young Telegraph's Editor's chair Reports from Wordplay 98 a spectacular festival of children's literature. Open to Question. Does going to school at home really work, Karen Stevens (12) says yes. Write a Manga story for a real Manga comic Celebrating You has two stories from Leeds libraries Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 8 Guest Author: Roger McGough, poet More Details Feature article on Writing for Teenagers Writing Activities: In the House 'Get your Red Pen Out': Grammar tutorial Spotlight on Words: Modern usage of words explored, association of ideas Lisa Owens (12) continues the new serial! The plot unfolds Meet the Editor: the results of our Young Telegraph competition Celebrating You: Philip Meikle (13) saves his local cinema from demolition! Use the Picture! Writing visual postcards Poems from Prepositions About The Poetry Society Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 7 Guest Author: Anne Fine, the 2nd Children's Laureate and author of Madame Doubtfire More Details Feature article on coping with 'Working with Words', covering careers in Journalism Explaining similes Writing Activities: Getting inspired by FAME! 'Get your Red Pen Out': Grammar tutorial Spotlight on Words: Modern usage of words explored, this month the 'Ups and Downs of Life' Matthew Ward (11) starts a wholly new serial! Not in space this time but camping in a forest inhabited by an escaped convict! Goodbye Hong Kong, Nicola Hill (11) reflects on momentous changes in the South China Sea 'The Country Pancake': some people will bet on anything, but trying to guess where a cow will go to the toilet!?! Celebrating You: Blake Welton (12) explains how he became a member of the Junior Board of Directors at Blackpool Pleasure Beach Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 6 Guest Author: Brian Jacques author of the 'Redwall' series More Details Feature article on coping with Dyslexia Writing Activities: Inspiration in an ordinary room 'Get your Red Pen Out': Grammar tutorial Spotlight on Words: Modern usage explored Let's write a serial: Robin Hamilton-Taylor (16) and Gabrielle Barnes (12) offer two different finales to the space saga! Grown Ups corner, a writing competition for adults judged by children. 'All Change': some good news from Northern Ireland for a change Celebrating You: Kelly Slater (16) explains how Dormston School published their own book 'Meal Time Madness' Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 4 Guest Author: Dick King-Smith, author of 'Babe, The Sheep Pig' More Details Script Writing: Lucky readers visit the set of top TV show 'Soldier' Soldier' for a scriptwriting tutorial Writing Activities: Using Lists 'Get your Red Pen Out': Grammar tutorial Spotlight on Words: Modern usage of words explored Let's write a serial: Laura Holden (14) takes our space serial back to Ancient Greece! Poetic Forms: The Sonnet explained How Rhythmic is your writing? Imports in English Wordprocessing: teacher Lesley Anne Reynolds (21+) explains how Kew School use their computers Call for the Troubleshooter: More Writing Problems solved Point of View: whose eyes does your writing look through? Open to Question: Leonie Parrott (11) explores Religious Beliefs Celebrating You: Musa Okwanga (16) tells how Crime (writing) paid for him Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 3 Guest Author: Terry Pratchett, author of the cult Discworld novels More Details Writing Activities: Creating People for your writing 'Get your Red Pen Out': Grammar tutorial Spotlight on Words: Modern usage of words explored Let's write a serial: David Pitts (12) and David Goldstein (13) take over the space serial. Poetic Forms: The Haiku explained How Sensuous is your writing? Wordprocessing: teacher Lesley Anne Reynolds (21+) explains how Kew School use their computers Call for the Troubleshooter: More Writing Problems solved Point of View: whose eyes does your writing look through? Open to Question: Laura Skuse (11) explores Animal Rights Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 2 Guest Author: Michael Rosen, children's poet and BBC presenter More Details Writing Activities: Thinking and Imagining 'Get your Red Pen Out': Grammar tutorial Spotlight on Words: Modern usage of words explored Let's write a serial: The start of our thrilling space serial, a different author every Issue! You Can Publish a Book, Part Two: Suzanna Freymark (21+) explains how How Sensuous is your writing? Call for the Troubleshooter: Writing Problems solved Get it Together: Writing Activities for a group Open to Question: Alex Johnston (14) explores Political Correctness Celebrating You: Alexandra Tams (16) tells how she got on in a Norwegian Music School, when she couldn't speak Norwegian Price: £3.00
	Young Writer Issue 1 Guest Author: Jill Murphy, author of 'The Wicked Witch' series More Details Writing Activities: Getting Inspired, techniques for getting that story started 'Get your Red Pen Out': Grammar tutorial Spotlight on Words: Modern usage of words explored You Can Publish a Book, Part One: Suzanna Freymark (21+) explains how How Colourful is your writing? Get it Together: Writing Activities for a group Open to Question: Julie Richardson (15) explores the Ins and Outs of Size Celebrating You: Amy Butterworth (11) tells how she got her first break in television! Price: £3.00

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