tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65044506453185972202024-03-05T10:09:49.754-08:00NZSA Central Districts Short Story Competition 2014Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504450645318597220.post-9230575546865448512015-06-10T22:02:00.000-07:002015-06-10T22:02:08.460-07:00Update for 2015: details of the Short Story competition are out!<span data-offset-key="bkefq-0-0" data-reactid=".1x.1:3.0.$right.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.1.0.0.$bkefq.0:$bkefq-0-0"><span data-reactid=".1x.1:3.0.$right.0.0.0.0.1.0.0.1.0.0.$bkefq.0:$bkefq-0-0.0">Polish up those pens, limber up those typing fingertips, it's time to think about short stories again! The 2015 NZSA Central Districts Branch 2015 short story competition opens 1 August and closes 2 October. So get writing, editing, polishing - no procrastinating!</span></span><br />
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Congratulations to all our winners. </h3>
<span style="font-size: small;">What an excellent effort! And what a fine range of writing across all ages and categories.</span><br />
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The winners are:</h3>
OPEN CATEGORY<br />
1. “New Fruit Tomorrow” – Anna Granger <br />
2. “Like Light” – Janet Newman <br />
3. “Henry” – Dorothy Fletcher <br />
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Highly commended:<br />
“The Returning” – Penny Geddis <br />
“Her First Trip Down” – Graeme Foster <br />
“The Boy at Ohinetonga” – Antony Millen <br />
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SECONDARY STUDENTS<br />
1. “Blackbird” – Sarah Saunders <br />
2. “Cultural Shock – Sophia Martin Thirsk <br />
3. “Transparent” – Odette Bayliss <br />
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Highly commended<br />
“Now and Then” – Madeleine Ross <br />
“Indifferent” – Danielle Hao-Aickin <br />
“David Wakes” – Judah Dabora <br />
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INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS<br />
1. “I watch, I listen, and I wait” – Katya Mokha <br />
2. “Hunger” – Allie Strange <br />
3. “The mirror” – Timara Amber-Rose Wallace <br />
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Highly commended<br />
"Untroubled” – Madeleine Williams<br />
“Ignored” – Ahimshah Saravanapan <br />
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WELL DONE EVERYONE!!<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01901393718715197068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504450645318597220.post-25225405132401073522014-07-23T14:39:00.000-07:002014-07-23T14:39:12.233-07:00Competition Rules<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: Cabin; font-size: 21px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NZ Society of Authors Central Districts Branch</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Open Category will be judged by Joan Rosier-Jones. The Student Category will be judged by Christine Leunens. The Intermediate Age Category will be judged by Sue McCauley.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Open Category: First prize $400, second prize $200, third prize $100. Student Category: First prize $200, second prize $100, third prize $50. Intermediate Age Category: First prize $125, second prize $75, third prize $50.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Open Category entries must be between 1000 and 3000 words long. Secondary Student Category entries must be between 400 and 1500 words long. Intermediate Category: 250 to 750 words.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Entrants in all categories must be normally resident within the Central Districts Branch (NZSA) region. i.e., Central Plateau, East Coast/Poverty Bay, Hawke’s Bay, Horowhenua, Manawatu, Taranaki, Wairarapa, Whanganui.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Entrants in the Student Category should be secondary school (or equivalently home-schooled) students, in Years 9-13. Entrants in the Intermediate Age Category should be in Years 7-8. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Entry fees are, for each entry: Open Category $10; Student Category $5; Intermediate Age Category $2. Multiple entries will be accepted (full fee for each entry), but each must be accompanied with a separate completed entry form. Cheques should be made out to: Pen Central Districts Branch. Payments can be made online to this address at BNZ: 02-0630-0089062-000, with payer’s surname, ref ‘SSCOMP’, and </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">code indicating category: ‘OPEN’, ‘STUDENT’, or ‘INTERMEDIATE’. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The competition opens on 1 August 2014, and the closing deadline is 5pm, 3 October 2014. Entries received after this time will be ineligible.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Entries for all three categories should be sent by mail to: CD Short Story Competition, 8 York Place, Palmerston North 4412. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Entries must be in English, typed, on A4 paper, one side only, one-and-a-half spaced, with wide margins. The story title and page number should appear on each page, but not the writer’s name. The writer’s name and contact address should appear only on a copy of this entry form, which must be included with each entry as a cover sheet.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stories should not have been previously published, or broadcast, or be currently entered in any other competition.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Results will be announced near the end of November 2014, and will be published on the NZSA website. All winners (and writers of short-listed entries) will be notified by postal mail or email. The judges’ reports will be available on the NZSA Central District Branch’s facebook page and blogspot. Entries </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">will not be returned unless they were accompanied with a stamped, addressed envelope.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The judges’ decisions will be final, and no correspondence will be entered into.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Full name:……………………………………………………………………………</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[For further information, see: nzsacentraldistricts.blogspot.co.nz]</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504450645318597220.post-79626456780626966792014-07-14T02:15:00.004-07:002014-07-14T02:15:39.056-07:00Short story competition 2014<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Short story competition 2014 : opens 1 August, closes 3 October. Details to follow.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Get those stories polished!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0