Create & Imagine

Make something, then send it in

Reading is half of KidsChron. The other half is what young readers make themselves — and the best of it goes in the newspaper.

What you can send

Six ways in — and a prompt for each

Stuck for an idea? Every card below carries one to start you off.

Stories
Any length, any subject.
Try this: Start with a character who wants something they cannot have.
Poems
Rhyming or not.
Try this: Write about something small — a spoon, a shadow, a sound.
Drawing & painting
Any material at all.
Try this: Draw a place that does not exist, but could.
Photography
Taken by you.
Try this: Photograph the same thing at three different times of day.
DIY & crafts
Made from anything.
Try this: Build something useful out of what would have gone in the bin.
Experiments
Safe, with a grown-up.
Try this: Write your prediction down before you start. That is the science part.

How submitting works

A grown-up helps you send it. Nothing is published without their consent.

1
A grown-up helps you send it
The form asks for a parent or guardian's name, email and consent. Nothing can be sent without them.
2
We only ask for a first name
There is no field for a surname anywhere on the form. School is optional and never published.
3
The editorial team reads everything
Nothing appears automatically. A person reads every entry.
4
We contact the grown-up first
If your work is chosen, we email the parent or guardian before it is published anywhere.

Open now

Open for entries

Draw or paint the world you would like to live in twenty years from now. Any medium, any style — we want to see the idea.

How to enter →Sample content

Open for entries

Tell a complete story in exactly one hundred words. A beginning, a middle and an end — and not a word to spare.

How to enter →Sample content

Reader Corner

Four groups, all waiting for their first entries. Nothing here is invented — every piece that appears will be real work by a real young reader.