Competitions

Below is a list of competitions that you might be interested in entering. They are listed by their closing date. 

March:
  • 7 May: Top Outdoor Spot Competition  Details here.  You can send in entries of your favourite outdoor spot to all or any category: "Best Photo", “Best Drawing” and "Best Description" competitions. 

The prizes

The winners of each category will receive a Macpac Kahuna backpack, Skellerup Red Band gumboots, and a copy of In the Bush from Potton & Burton.
Each winner will also receive a safety whistle and pack liner sponsored by Mountain Safety Council, in addition to a Therm-a-Rest insulated mattress (best photo), MSR Cook System (best description), or Platypus Hydration System (best drawing) for each category winner.
Their schools will each win a Packabench mobile seating system from Packaworld International, a copy of Tramping in New Zealand from Potton & Burton, and a Cancer Society of New Zealand 1L bottle of sunscreen.
Second place in each category will win a Macpac Burst head torch, a copy of In the Bush from Potton & Burton, and a Mountain Safety Council pack liner and safety whistle. Their schools will each win a copy of Tramping in New Zealand.
Third place in each category will win a copy of In the Bush from Potton & Burton, and a Mountain Safety Council pack liner and safety whistle. Their schools will each win a copy of Tramping in New Zealand.

April 

  • 13 April: Toitoi Magazine Click here for information. Issue 8 submission 
  • Fabo Story Competition: Date to be decided  They give you the first paragraph - you finish it - up to 500 words.  Click here
  • 20 April: Starling Magazine Go to   http://www.starlingmag.com/   for details. 
  • 30 April: 2017 National Flash Fiction Day Your best 300 word story  https://nationalflash.org/competition/
  • The Elsie Locke Writing PrizeThis is an amazing opportunity for NZ Year 7 and 8s! Dates to be released in April.

  May

  • 1 May: Commonwealth Essay Competition  Open to all Commonwealth citizens (there is an under 14 year old category), the Essay Competition offers young people the opportunity to make their voice heard on a global platform and engage with issues important to them. Max words = 750. Details here
  • 31 May: NZ Poetry Society Competititon - poems/haiku
TOPIC A Commonwealth for Peace.
JUNIOR CATEGORY
  1. What is in your Toolbox for Peace? 
  2. My peaceful place.
  3. How can children and young people come together to build a peaceful society?
  4. ‘Peace cannot be learnt from a book or from religion. You have to reach out and touch the nations.’ How does this relate to the Commonwealth?

June:


  • 30 June: The Tall Tale Challenge NZ School for Young Writers, 750 words max.  Click here for details.
August 

14 August:  Essay and Poetry Competition...win an exciting weekend at Mt Cook, all expenses paid and a kitset Galileoscope.
August: 2017 Takahē Poetry Competition  DETAILS HERE - date to be advised

September 
30 September: Re-Draft
Re-Draft offers writers aged 13-19 the chance to be published. Submissions of short stories and poetry will be considered. Click here for details. 

October:


November:


December:


Waiting for Dates:

A NZ Poetry Challenge  Changes regularly

Figment.com     Changes regularly

Writing Class for Kids Competition   Check blog for release of details. 


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