Young Writers Reviews 

I have been entering pupils in to the Young Writer competitions for many years and the service we have had is excellent:) It is so good for the pupils to see their work in black and white. The support we have from the admin team is efficient and we are very grateful for it.

excellent, quick response to my email request on information. really appreciate the help.

Great customer service!
Lily was extremely helpful and polite in confirming my payment and ensuring the books will be delivered directly to the school. Thank you so much for the fantastic support!

Excellent service thank you Lily

Gemma was amazing from the initial email asking for help, the issue was sorted with no fuss and willingness to find an immediate solution

Staffs are supportive and understanding. My experience with lily is lovely and supportive.Excellent service.

I spoke to Lily regarding my daughter's work, she was friendly and very helpul, I truelly appreciate.

Reached out to customer service for a receipt. Prompt friendly response

Great experience, kind efficient and very friendly 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Lily was very helpful and responded to my email quickly, also gave me reassurance to my query.

prompt and friendly replies! thank you for your help Lily

I would strongly caution parents before buying anything from Young Writers. Their tactics are deceptive.

Our son was 3 years old when his nursery submitted work to this "competition." We received a letter saying his poem had been selected for publication - flattering, until you actually read the poem.

We know with absolute certainty that our son could not have possibly communicated these ideas to a teacher independently. He was 3 at the time of the "competition". We have no idea how this poem came about or who actually wrote it. Yet Young Writers presented it as his own creative work and used it to encourage us to buy a £19.99 book.

Here is the poem - judge for yourself (names changed):

"My name is Ben and I go to preschool,
My best friend is Theo, who is really cool.
I watch Spider-Man on TV,
Playing with Daddy is lots of fun for me.
I just love pasta to eat,
And sometimes cake for a treat.
Red is a colour I like a lot,
My Spider-Man is the best present I ever got.
My favourite person is Sarah, who is a gem,
So this, my first poem, is just for them."

This is clearly a fill-in-the-blank template. It is not a poem written by a child - it is a sales tool. The business model is simple: use schools and nurseries as free marketing channels, dress up a commercial product as a competitive achievement, add a deadline to create urgency, then charge parents £19.99 per book.

The letter even states "ordering is not a condition of publication" - while being carefully designed to make you feel you have no choice but to buy.

Also, Trustpilot itself has flagged that Young Writers "may be asking for reviews in a way that Trustpilot doesn't support," which raises serious questions about their 94% five-star rating.

This is not illegal. But it is deliberately deceptive, and parents deserve to know exactly what they're paying for.

They had really good customer service and a fast reply to my email! Lily was great!!

Spoke with Lily on the phone regarding waiting for a book, she explained the slight delay and then I received my books on Sunday. Received a email from Lily again today asking if I had received them which I did, communication was very easy and I was pleased with her checking that we had received them ☺️ customer service was brilliant 🤩

I just don’t like it

Had some questions regarding the information printed in the book which all got answered and I was fully supported and informed through the whole process of making alterations and couldn't of been easier so thank you for your help today.

Lily was great at getting back to me promptly. Thank you

Fantastic response time to my email inquiry and really feel they went over and above to help. Our corespondents with Lily where professional and personal so thank you very much.

I have really enjoyed competing with other competitors using my work and it made me really confident when I needed it. I hope I win this competition to make me, my family and school really proud of me