YOUNG Writers are encouraging children aged between seven and 11 years old to enter the Shake-Up Shakespeare competition.

As a Shakespeare Week partner for the second year running, Young Writers has revamped and re-launched their free Shakespeare Fact Pack which is full of information, games and a sonnet writing workshop.

Children can enter a Shakespearean sonnet or a poem based on Shakespeare’s work or life. Details on how to take part are available at www.youngwriters.co.uk/competitions/shakeup-shakespeare.php.

Closing date for entries is May 8 and is free to take part.