National Young Writers excelling at saltash.net

Students at saltash.net community school have been achieving high levels of success in national writing competitions over the last few years.  Most recently, 33 out of 38 Year 9 students who entered a competition entitled ‘Poetopia’ were successful in having their work selected for publication in a forthcoming anthology.

The Poetopia competition is run by the National Young Writers’ organisation and the rules surrounding the conditions of entry were very tough indeed.  They demanded that each student write a poem depending on which ‘faction’ of society they belonged to.  Their ‘faction’ was decided upon after they had answered several questions in a quiz about their personality, a quiz inspired by popular dystopian fiction such as ‘Divergent’ and ‘The Hunger Games’.  Library Manager, Matt Coot, said:  ‘We had a brilliant selection of poems submitted for the competition including many that showed off the students’ knowledge and passion about current affairs.  I would like to say well done to all the students who took part and thank the English Department for their help and cooperation.’

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