CATEGORIES
SCHOOL CHILDREN
- Primary School – Topic: Any
- A Kindergarten to Yr 2 – one entry per child Prize Money $25
- B Years 3 to 6 – one entry per child Prize Money $25
- A Kindergarten to Yr 2 – one entry per child Prize Money $25
- Secondary School – Topic: Any
- A Years 7 to 9 – one entry per child Prize Money $25
- B Years 10 to 12 – one entry per child Prize Money $25
ADULT
- Local – Topic: Any (Local author, defined as a resident of the shires of Hilltops, Gundagai and Cootamundra, and Yass) Prize Money $50
- Open – Topic: Any Prize Money $50
ALL
- 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 10th March 2017
- All short stories must be author’s original and unpublished work.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 JRWF event.
- Winning entries will be announced and read on the 19th March 2017 as part of the festival.
- The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- Entries can be emailed to jugiongwritersfestival@gmail.com or posted to Jugiong Readers and Writers Festival c/- Joy Coggan, Linden, Jugiong NSW 2726