Winners
Competition Information
Entry is NOW OPEN in the 2008 Schools Writing Competition! Students all over Australia are invited to enter their short stories OR poems, and battle it out for the great cash prizes on offer.
This year - 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 March 28th, 2008.The BookPoems and short stories entered into the competition will be considered for inclusion into our 2008 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.
“We are very excited to be sponsoring this competition,” stated Michelle Bell, Operations Manager for Write4Fun. “Writing is such an expressive form of communication and we want to do everything possible to encourage the students to be creative with it.”
Competition Prizes
Poetry Prizes1st $1000 CASH and YOUR CHOICE of a:
* Nintendo Wii + Game
* Sony Digital Camera + 1GB memory card
* 8GB Apple Ipod Nano & $100 music voucher
* Nintendo DS Lite + 3 games
2nd $250 CASH
3rd $150 CASH
Finalists 15 prizes of $20 CASH
Short Story Prizes1st $1000 CASH and YOUR CHOICE of a:
* Nintendo Wii + Game
* Sony Digital Camera + 1GB memory card
* 8GB Apple Ipod Nano & $100 music voucher
* Nintendo DS Lite + 3 games
2nd $250 CASH
3rd $150 CASH
Finalists 15 prizes of $20 CASH
One talented writer in each division (poetry & short story) will receive $1000 as First Prize (with $500 going to the winning school
and $500 to the student) PLUS the choice of either a Nintendo Wii, a Sony Digital Camera, an Apple iPod Nano or a Nintendo DS.
We will also be awarding one Second Prize in each division of $250 and one Third Prize of $150. There will be 15 Finalists in each
division who will each receive $20.
Competition 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.
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 March 28, 2008.
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 Nintendo Wii, a Sony Digital Camera, an
Apple iPod Nano or a Nintendo DS. We will also be awarding one Second Prize in each
division of AUD$250 and one Third Prize of AUD$150. There will be 15 Finalists in each
division who will each receive AUD$20.
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 Nintendo Wii, a Sony Digital Camera, an
Apple iPod Nano or a Nintendo DS. We will also be awarding one Second Prize in each
division of AUD$250 and one Third Prize of AUD$150. There will be 15 Finalists in each
division who will each receive AUD$20.
* Wii and Nintendo Games selected will be at the discretion of Write4fun