Competitions
Ultimate Story
The Sun-Herald MS Readathon Ultimate Story is bigger than ever.
Over five weeks four children's authors contribute a chapter to a sequential story that is published in The Sun-Herald each Sunday. At the conclusion of chapter five, students are invited to write the final chapter of the story. The winning chapter is published in The Sun-Herald and the winning author is invited to write a chapter for the Ultimate Story in the following year.
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Trop Jr
Time to get that video camera rolling, stick on your director's hat and pull together your wannabe actor friends. Trop Jr – the world's largest short film festival - for kids, by kids, is calling out for entries for 2010!
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Young Writer of the Year
The Sydney Morning Herald Young Writer of the Year award is a prestigious writing competition for talented young writers in the senior years of school. The competition is focussed on finding the best and brightest of the State's young, creative minds culminating in the publication of a short story by the winning student in The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Writenow!
Writenow! is a creative writing competition. Entrants are asked to pick from three ‘story starters’ provided by award-winning children’s authors then continue the narrative, completing a short story of up to 1000 words.
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Premier’s Reading Challenge
ENJOY YOUR READING IN 2010!
The Challenge is an important literacy activity for students from Kindergarten to Year 9 in NSW and ACT. The Challenge encourages students to develop a love of reading for leisure and pleasure, and provides students with an opportunity to experience quality literature.
The Challenge is an important literacy activity for students from Kindergarten to Year 9 in NSW and ACT. The Challenge encourages students to develop a love of reading for leisure and pleasure, and provides students with an opportunity to experience quality literature.
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