Friday, April 1, 2011

Library Writing Competition

You can read the winning entries here



Create a character and win a prize!


3 x $50 & 3 x $30 book vouchers to be won!!!

Competition closes Friday May 6!





To be in the running for one of these prizes your challenge is to create a character in a minumum of 50 words / maximum 200 words - but you need to choose one of the following names for your character:

Lucy Jones
Dora Reichman
Fred Burke
Justin Jarvis
Felix Stand
Nabi Kong
Ellen McGonagle


Helpful hints:

A really good book will often have a clever plot, be adventurous, mysterious, funny or sad but there will be some strongly drawn characters - or one, anyway - that makes you care what happens to them.

You might use:

Description:   what do they look like? are they old/young, happy/sad, lucky/unlucky, short/tall, safe or in danger, kind/cruel, etc.

Action:   what do they do? how do they move?

Dialogue/thoughts:   how do they think/speak?

Use your imagination and observation skills!!

You may find the following links helpful in bringing your character to life:






Entries close on Friday, May 6 at 5.00pm

Category 1:    7-10 years
Category 2:    11-13 years
Category 3:    14-16 years



Send your entry with your name, phone number and date of birth to library@portphillip.vic.gov.au or drop it in to your nearest library branch. Enquiries to Linda Todd 92096526.

Winners will be notified Wednesday May 18 and we will publish the winning entries on our website and Lightning Readers blog!

So, get your pens out, thinking cap on and start writing!!!

4 comments:

  1. my computer wont let me post

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  2. Hi Anonymous - comment moderation is 'on' so you won't see your comment until the library 'okays' it!

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  3. Hi,

    We are soooo excited about the competition results. Where are they posted please? We cannot find them on the blog.

    Many thanks,

    Happy St Kilda Readers

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  4. Hi Happy St Kilda Readers - the results will be published soon - sorry, we're a bit late - keep an eye out early next week!

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