You find out what you think
A thought feels finished until you try to write it down. Writing forces you to choose, order and explain, which is exactly how ideas get clearer and arguments get stronger.
Young voices, in print
Your voice deserves a stage
Muzayrah Publications finds teenage writers, puts their stories in front of real readers, and prints the best of them in our anthology. Write it, send it, see your name in print.
Why write
Writing is thinking you can keep.
writ·ing
/ˈraɪtɪŋ/ · noun
- The act of turning what is inside your head into marks other people can read, days or centuries later.
- The only school subject where you invent the rules of the world, then make a stranger believe them.
- informal: the closest thing humans have to time travel.
Your voice is your edge
Anyone can generate a paragraph now. Nobody else can write from your memories, your humour and your way of noticing things. A voice is the one thing a machine cannot hand you.
You live other lives
To write a believable character you have to stand in their shoes. Stories train you to read people, motives and moods, in fiction and in real life.
It shows up on paper
Exam essays, university applications, scholarships, cover letters and captions all reward the person who can write clearly. Strong writers get noticed first.
Free for every young writer
Play, read, get better.
Play zone
Games that sneak in the skills
Nine games: Inkle, Story Dice, Spot the Mistake, the Plot Wheel, a crossword and more.
Play → Writer's ToolkitGet better a little every day
Short reads, worksheets, drills, a story planner, a self-edit checker and a 30-day challenge.
Open the toolkit → Free LibraryClassic stories, free to read
Poe, Conan Doyle, Wilde, Dickens and more, online or as PDFs, plus our bookshelf.
Start reading → For teachersBring the prize to your class
A free poster, a ready-to-teach lesson plan and classroom resources.
Get the teacher pack → Comics and colouringGrammar, but make it drama
Punctuation comic strips and word mandalas to colour online or print.
Have a look →
What people say
From our writers, parents and teachers.
Who reads your story
Two teachers who think teenagers have something to say.
Yumnaa Raja and M. Haris Rasheed founded Muzayrah, and they read and judge every story themselves.
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