Creative Writing Competition

Today students began creating a piece of writing to be entered into the Write4fun.net creative writing competition. They could choose to write either a 16 line poem or a 500 word short story and had the option of refining a piece of text they were already working on during Daily 5 - Work on Writing. After today, these pieces may be worked on during Work on Writing, at home, or during free time. 

Writing needs to be emailed either directly to enter@write4fun.net or to Mrs Levi with the following information: Name: Address; Suburb; State; Postcode; Phone Number; Age; Grade; School Name; Entry Type (Poem or story); Entry Title; Actual Entry;  (type your story or poem here) before August 31st 2014.

Even if you email your entry directly, I encourage you to also send a copy of your writing to me as I will also publish entries on our class blog so that our school community can share in the creativity taking place! 

Further information from Website:

"Students all over Australia are invited to enter their short stories OR poems, and battle it out for the great cash prizes on offer.

There is no theme!! Entrants are encouraged to let their imaginations run wild and get their creative juices flowing to write on ANY TOPIC and in ANY STYLE. Students from ALL GRADES are welcome to enter - Kindergarten to Grade 12.

Entry is FREE and all entries must be in by Sunday 31st August 2014.

The Book 

Poems and short stories entered into the competition will be considered for inclusion into our 2014 Write4fun anthology! Those selected will have the opportunity to purchase the edition at a discounted rate. 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizewinners will receive a complimentary copy of the book.

Prizes

Poetry Prizes

1st $1,000 CASH and YOUR CHOICE of a:

* Xbox 360 AND a 16GB Apple Ipod Touch

* Xbox One

* Playstation 4

2nd $250 CASH + Write4fun Gift Pack

3rd $150 CASH + Write4fun Gift Pack

15 x Finalists  Write4fun Gift Pack

Short Story Prizes

1st $1,000 CASH and YOUR CHOICE of a:

* Xbox 360 AND a 16GB Apple Ipod Touch

* Xbox One

* Playstation 4

2nd $250 CASH + Write4fun Gift Pack

3rd $150 CASH + Write4fun Gift Pack

15 x Finalists  Write4fun Gift Pack

One talented writer in each division (poetry & short story) will receive $1,000 as First Prize (with $500 going to the winning school and $500 to the student) PLUS the choice of either a Xbox 360 AND an Apple iPod Touch 16GB OR a Xbox One OR a Playstation 4.

We will also be awarding one Second Prize in each division of $250 and one Third Prize of $150 and 15 Finalists will receive a Write4fun Gift Pack.

Rules

1. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

2. All entrants must be currently enrolled and attending as students at the school under which they enter or be Home School Primary or High students.

3. Entries must not exceed 16 lines in length or 64 characters in width for poems and must not exceed 500 words for short stories.

4. Entries must be typed or neatly hand written.

5. Typed entries are to be presented on one side of a single A4 sheet of paper.

6. One entry per student only.

7. Co-written entries will be disqualified.

8. Entries are to be postmarked no later than August 31, 2014.

9. Copying an existing poem/story is called plagiarising and it is against the law. If plagiarism occurs, the entrant will be disqualified and their parents and teachers notified. Write4fun will not be held responsible for any plagiarised work entered into the competition.

10. The author's name, age, address, grade level and school must appear on the page with each entry.

11. Write4fun reserves the right to disqualify unsuitable entries.

12. All care will be taken but no responsibility will be accepted for any misplaced work.

13. No updated, revised versions of entries will be considered after initial entry.

14. All prize winners will be notified by mail and a winners list will be available to view on our website.

15. Entries will not be returned.

16. If insufficient entries have been received in the opinion of the organisers, Write4fun reserves the right to cancel the competition.

17. There will be separate judging and prizes for poems and short stories as follows:-

Poetry:-

First prize is AUD$1000.00 to be divided AUD$500.00 to the school and AUD$500.00 to the winning student plus the choice of either a Xbox 360 AND an iPod Touch 16GB OR a Xbox One OR a Playstation 4. We will also be awarding one Second Prize in each division of AUD$250 and one Third Prize of AUD$150. 

Short Story:-

First prize is AUD$1000.00 to be divided AUD$500.00 to the school and AUD$500.00 to the winning student plus the choice of either a Xbox 360 AND an iPod Touch 16GB OR a Xbox One OR a Playstation 4. We will also be awarding one Second Prize in each division of AUD$250 and one Third Prize of AUD$150. 

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See Write4fun.net or myself for more details!