What is 500 Words?

500 Words is a competition for young writers.

In 2011, Chris Evans had a dream: to get children excited about reading and writing. All children, no matter what their ability. 500 Words is now one of the most successful story-writing competitions for children in the world.

Quite simply it challengers writers between the ages of 5 and 13 to write a story in 500 Words or less … That’s it! It’s very simple. Entrants write an original story on any subject or theme in 500 Words or fewer and submit it online. If they win, their story will be read live on the radio by a superstar celebrity. No! Really!

There is nothing complicated … just lot’s of creative fun.

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This site has been created by staff at Broad Oak Community Primary School to help you – Yes, you! – to write your 500 word story. Here, you will find: tips on writing, help to improve your grammar and spelling, story ideas and lots of other resources to help make your writing better and to increase your enjoyment in writing. Because – believe it or not – writing IS fun!

So what are you waiting for?

 

Where to start?

Okay, so you’ve read a bit about 500 Words and now you want to write your story. Good for you. But, where do you start?

Well, you might already have an idea for your story. In fact you may have started to write it already. If you have, then that’s great.

However, this site can still help you. For example, you may wish to know more about grammar and the structure of sentences or you may wish to find some more inspiration to help you with your story. You may even want to develop your writing skills to help your story sound more professional. Whatever the case just follow the links in the underlined words above to any of the other sections on this site or scroll up to the header near the top of this page to find other links and ideas.

Have fun.