Welcome to Words of the Wetlands; our national youth writing competition celebrating creativity, nature and the incredible wildlife found in beaver wetlands. We’re inviting children under 12 across England, Scotland and Wales to share their poetry skills by creating a handwritten acrostic poem.
Create a handwritten acrostic poem inspired by beavers and the amazing wetland wildlife they support.
Through imagination, curiosity and storytelling, we hope you connect with nature and to use your voice to speak for our precious wetlands.
Entries will be accepted from 1st November until 31st December 2026 OR until 10,000 entries have been made (an announcement will be made if we close the competition early).
Winners will be announced in March 2027!
Children in Scotland, England or Wales ages 5-11! Entry categories: P1-3/KS1, P4-7/KS2 and home-ed learners.
Children may enter as individuals or in their class/group. Maximum 5 entries per class/group so we encourage shortlisting.
Click the link below to enter by submitting a photograph of a handwritten acrostic poem.
There are seperate links for individual and class/group entry.
Click here to enter an individual poem (mainstream school or home-ed).
Click here to enter a group or class of multiple poems (mainstream school or home-ed).
Click to download our additional competition resources
Workshop with award winning author, poet and children’s laureate 2022-2024 Joseph Coelho
A hand selected collection of fiction and non-fiction beaver books for your class or home-ed group
Up to £250 book vouchers to enhance your libraries and collections!
Personalised certificates to celebrate your fantastic creativity, connection to beaver wetlands and passion for their protection!
Please get in touch via competition@beavertrust.org and we’ll do our best to answer your queries. Please do not send submissions to this email address as they will not be included. Entries must be submitted via the form above.
