At Camp YA we like to embrace our (slightly) competitive side with the #CampYACup. Alongside your team, you will complete challenges to win our highly coveted cup – and everlasting glory within the bookish community.
Pick your team! Join Team Trout, Team Beaver, or Team Wren and participate in our fun challenges to gain points – may the best team win.
Don’t forget to share your team pride on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Bluesky and X, either.
To stay in contact with your team mates, we have created three dedicated channels within our Discord server. These are for you to chat, have fun, solve challenges, and claim points.
PRIZES
- Ultimate bragging rights for the winning Team.
- Most Creative Entry
- A bookworm starter kits from The Next Chapter, Filled with bookish goodies, like review pads, annotation tabs, bookmarks and stickers.
- Best Team Spirit (one set per team) – Sponsored by Little Tiger Press
- 3x final copies of Sad Girl Hours by Anna Zoe Quirke plus an art print
- 3x proof copies of She’s a Knockout by Britney Brouwer
- Most Challenges completed – Sponsored by Hot Key Books
- A Limited edition and exclusive proof of The Escape Game by Marissa Meyer and Tamara Moss
- Environment Challenge – Sponsored by Wren James – See challenge below
- A copy of The Climate Conscious Writers Handbook by Wren James.
- They Own The Night Challenge – Sponsored by Amy McCaw – See challenge below
- A signed copy of your choice of Amy’s books with some goodies!
TEAM CHALLENGES
Complete these tasks to earn points for your team. Don’t forget to post your creations on social media (remember to tag @campyafest) and submit it into your team chat for the counselors to review.
Any submission that is not posted in your respective Discord chat will not count towards the final score.
| Points | Tasks |
| Three points | Welcome to the Camp YA Cup! Here’s three points just for joining the discord Claim them by posting in your team channel! |
| Post a selfie in your Camp YA outfit | |
| Add your team logo to your profile picture / Change your profile picture to your team logo | |
| Share your favourite Camp YA event in your stories | |
| Share your favourite Camp YA author on Bluesky/X | |
| Share your favourite camping snack online | |
| Five points | Amy McCaw Challenge – They Own The Night, Do the Lost Boys Quiz, post your score on social media, mention you’re celebrating publication of They Own the Night with this quiz, tag @yaundermyskin and @CampYAfest and you’ll be in the running to win a signed copy of your choice of Amy’s books with some goodies! |
| Take part in a Camp YA workshop or panel | |
| Make a TikTok/Reel about Camp YA | |
| If you could take only three books away with you to camp, what would they be? Share a list/picture/graphic on social media! | |
| What would you take away to camp with you! Make a diagram, draw a picture, take a photograph and share it online | |
| Eight points | Shanna Alderliesten – Under The Dark Clouds Challenge: Create the playlist you’d listen to if you were going on a road trip to chase a storm and share on socials using #sapphicstormchasers and #campya. |
| Join the Camp YA Quiz! | |
| Make something for a special camp buddy (friendship bracelet, bookmark… be creative!) and share your creation online | |
| Write a postcard to your loved ones or an old camp friend telling them about your adventure at Camp YA (post it online or, fill in the form to be send a physical card! | |
| Draw your team’s logo in your own style | |
| Ten points | B Wheeler: “Campfire Confessions” Share your favourite cringe, funny or awkward kiss stories (from book, film or TV) |
| Come third in the Camp YA Quiz! | |
| Write a team chant (short and sweet does the trick!) | |
| Design your own activity badge and write an explanation of what you must do to get it (can be as ludicrous as you want!) | |
| Write a review of a Camp YA Book (including Campfire Chats) and post it online (Goodreads, Amazon, Storygraph all counts!) | |
| Fifteen points | Wren James: Do something for the environment. Ever small step is a step in the right direction! (GIVEAWAY) |
| Come second in the Camp YA Quiz! | |
| Write a song to sing around the campfire | |
| Share a cover of your favourite campfire song | |
| Twenty points | Sam Prentice-Jones: Draw your own Tarot card! Follow Sam’s workshop or create your own card. |
| Win the Camp YA Quiz! | |
| Write a fanfic of your favourite Camp YA book | |
| Write a schedule of what your perfect summer camp day would involve and share it on social media |
Rules
No hate or malicious behaviour towards other members of your team, counselors, performers or other campers. Any poor behaviour will result in you being removed from your team.
All submissions to score points must be put on your team’s discord chat with a message indicating what task it is for.
Any complaints or worries can be expressed to your counselors or any other member of the core team – whoever you feel comfortable with. Our door is always open.
Do not judge others for their resources or the quality of their task if it is clear they have put effort into it.