Summer Poetry Challenge
A free pack of poetry prompts for young people aged 8 and over, with OnFife libraries across Fife.
This project has finished. We've kept it here as part of StAnza's history.
Get writing this summer with the free StAnza Summer Poetry Challenge!
The Summer Poetry Challenge runs each summer with libraries across Fife. Details of next year’s challenge will be announced in spring. Sign up to our newsletter to hear first.
Here’s how the 2025 challenge worked:
StAnza has teamed up with OnFife to offer an activity pack brimming with ideas and poetry prompts for young people aged 8+ to get creative and enjoy writing during the summer holidays.
Packs will be available for free from participating libraries across Fife from 3rd July, and joining in will earn young people one of their six Summer Reading Challenge stickers.
Pick up a pack from your local library or download using the link below.
Complete as many of the activities as you like – don’t forget the Mad Library postcard challenge!
Show your work to the librarian and hand in your Mad Library postcard to collect your sticker.
Find your nearest library on the OnFife libraries page.
Not in Fife, or can’t get to a library? Click here to download a digital version of the activity pack and complete the activities on your computer, or grab a notebook and follow the instructions! Click here to download a digital version of the Mad Lib postcard.
The StAnza Summer Poetry Challenge is made possible by the generous support of the Conundrum Charitable Trust and The Cervus Fund, administered by Foundation Scotland.
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