The Anthology

What is an anthology? 

An anthology is a collection of works including poetry, prose, art and music which is made by multiple different people and all fit a certain theme. 

The theme for 2026 is: New Beginnings - please submit any art, poetry, short pieces of creative writing, songs, compositions, etc… that have to do with new beginnings (i.e. the start of a new school year, the beginning of a new friendship or relationship, the beginning of a new season, a new day, or a new hobby!). 

You can submit classwork or something you have made in your free time. 

If you would like to submit a piece of work please read the submission guidelines below. 

The deadline for submission is 11 September 2026. 

All submissions should be emailed to newspaper@ka-net.org.uk.

Submission Guidelines: 

• All submissions must fit the current theme.

• Poetry and Prose submissions should be a maximum of one A4 page long.

• Music pieces should be submitted as an MP4 file and can be submitted as a video recording. All MP4 submissions will be uploaded to the school Youtube page before being added to the anthology. 

• Artwork should be scanned (the librarian can assist with this). Scans should be should be clear. Artwork should be submitted as JPG/JPEG files. 

• All submissions should must come with a  few sentences explaining the piece along with the TITLE of the piece. 

• Pupils MUST specify if they wish to remain anonymous!