Winners
Competition Information
Entry is OPEN in the Summer Holidays 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.
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 (for school year 2014).
Please send your entries by email to enter@write4fun.net or enter online HERE!!
Entry is FREE and all entries must submitted by the EXTENDED closing date of Sunday January 26th, 2014.The Book
Poems and short stories entered into the competition will be considered for inclusion into the elite summer paperback edition! Those selected will have the opportunity to purchase the edition at a discounted rate. 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize winners will receive a complimentary copy of the book.
Competition Prizes
1st $500 Cash + Write4fun Giftpack
2nd $250 Cash + Write4fun Giftpack
3rd $150 Cash + Write4fun Giftpack
Competition Rules
1. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
2. All entrants must be entered as the age, grade and school attending as at January 2014.
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. If insufficient entries have been received in the opinion of the organisers, Write4fun reserves the right to cancel the competition.
6. One entry per student only.
7. Co-written entries will be disqualified.
8. Entries are to be submitted no later than 5pm January 26th, 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 email and a winners list will be available to view on our website.