Become a member of the Young Writers Collective

If you aren’t already a member you’ll need to join in order to submit work for our publications, but the good news is it’s free to join!

Anyone who is aged 11-18 and lives, works or goes to school/college in Sussex can become a member.

All the information about the collective can be found here along with the form to sign up for membership. If you have any questions please email Nikki or Sally at ywc@littlegreenpig.org.uk

Be creatively inspired by The Sun!

We love to publish all different kinds of work, so whatever your favourite form or writing or genre we want to read it! From poetry to essays, comics, fiction, scripts and more - perhaps you’re into sci-fi, maybe you like to delve deep into your emotions, or maybe you’re a budding comedian?! As long as your writing is creatively inspired by our theme The Sun then please send it to us for inclusion in the publication.

Across the Summer we’ll be adding a Resources page to the website with some creative tips and inspiration. You might like you check out the Little Green Pig YouTube channel to watch some of our Mini Masterclasses by published authors on topics like creating characters, describing locations, building tension and exploring identity.

Follow the submission guidelines

We don’t have lots of rules as we believe in using your imagination and expressing yourself freely. We try to publish all the work that’s sent to us. However, there are a few things to remember if you’d like your work to be included in the publication:

• All work must be your own creation and related to this summer’s theme of The Sun

• You may submit up to three pieces of work

• You can include images (illustrations, photos etc) but we won’t be able to include other forms of media (eg. video, audio) in this anthology.

• Please try to keep your piece under 500 words. If you share anything longer than 500 words we may only be able to publish an extract.

• Please try to avoid using offensive language or content that could be inappropriate for readers aged 11-18, otherwise we may need to edit your work before publishing it.

• Please upload your work as a document or image file eg. .pdf .docx .jpg .png

• If you would like support with uploading or formatting your work please email us at ywc@littlegreenpig.org.uk

Submit your work by 31st August 2025

The deadline to send us your work is Sunday 31st August 2025. We expect to publish the digital anthology in September. We will email all members of the Young Writers Collective to remind you when it’s getting close to the deadline so you don’t miss out on this opportunity!