The Shuters’ annual Story Writing Competition for children in primary and secondary schools is
NOW CLOSED!
WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED
BY
30 OCTOBER 2009
| COMPETITION RULES |
- The closing date for the Shuters Story Writing Competition is 30 July, 2009.
- Late entries will not be considered.
- Prize winners will be notified by 30 October 2009.
- Stories should be suitable for children between the ages of 6 and 10 years and written by learners attending either Primary or Secondary school.
- Illustrations to support the story are welcomed but not essential.
- There is no restriction on the length of the story, and stories can be written in any official South African language.
- Entries will not be returned to the writer under any circumstances. The onus is on the writer to keep a copy of the manuscript should he/she wish to do so.
- Entries must be typed or neatly handwritten – illegible writing will result in disqualification.
- It is Shuter’s intention to publish a collection of winning stories to be launched in 2010, but this remains at the discretion of the publishers.
- Postal entries should be sent to: Shuters Story Writing Competition, PO Box 13016, Cascades 3202, KwaZulu-Natal.
- E-mail entries should be sent to:
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- Postal and e-mail entries must include all the information in the entry form below, excluding e-mail addresses if none are available. (Photostats and reasonable facsimiles of the Entry Form are permissible, providing handwritten and typed entries contain all the information requested.)
- The judges’ decisions will be final. No further correspondence will be entered into.
- Bulk entries from schools are accepted providing each story has a completed entry form attached to it.
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