SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2019

SCHOOL CHILDREN

1. Primary School – Topic:   Dare to Dream – Down the Track

• 1a   Kindergarten to Year 2 – one entry per child
  Prize Money $25
• 1b   Years 3 to 6 – one entry per child
  Prize Money $25

2. Secondary School – Topic:   Dare to Dream – Down the Track

• 2a   Years 7 to 9 – one entry per child
     Prize Money $25
• 2b   Years 10 to 12 – one entry per child
      Prize Money $25
  

ADULT

3. Local – Topic:   Dare to Dream – Down the Track
   (Local author, defined as a resident of the shires of Hilltops, Gundagai and Cootamundra, and Yass)
       Prize Money $50
4. Open – Topic:   Dare to Dream – Down the Track
        Prize Money $50
   

ALL

5.         Champion Short Story chosen from the above 6 categories
            Prize Money $50

CONDITIONS

Entry Fee

Schools – $10 per school
Local – $5 per entry
Open – $5 per entry

• Closing Date: 16 February 2019
• All short stories must be author’s original and unpublished work.
• For school children, the JWF committee kindly requests very minimal assistance from parents and/or teachers
• Short Story must not be illustrated
• Entries must be submitted without names on entry, but with name and details on entry form so that Short Stories can be judged anonymously.
• Limit: Short Story no longer than 1,000 words.
• Copyright remains with author however JWF reserves the right to have any entry published, reproduced or publicised for promotion purposes or as part of the JWF event.
• Winning entries will be announced and read on the 24 March 2019 as part of the festival.
• The judges’ decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.