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:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Story-Writing-Tips-for-Children---Bring-Characters-to-Life-by-Showing,-Not-Telling&id=962508

http://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/character-physical-description-list/

http://www.coreygreen.com/storytips.html#3

http://sevenstepswriting.com/sample.php

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!!!