The more you read ….. the more you’ll write!”
I am convinced that as we read, we absorb not only the content and ideas of what we are reading, but that we subliminally soak up the richness of the language we read: it’s vocabulary and sentence structure. In turn, this store is expressed and reflected in the quality of our written language.
As my interest in YA Literature has grown over the last few years, I am convinced that it is part and parcel of our role as Teacher Librarians to promote to our students this undeniable link between reading and writing. As such, you will find that from time to time, I will highlight writing competitions I come across which are open for our students’ participation.
I will be keeping a summary of these competitions with their closing date here:
The Text Prize – Closes June 1st 2012
James Patterson’s Random Shorts: Story Competition – Closes 30th July 2012
Castan Centre for Human Rights Essay Competition – Closes 27th June 2011
The 2011 Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards – Closes June 30th 2011
The Future Leaders Writing Prize 2011 – Closes 1st July 2011
The Age MS Readathon Ultimate Story – Closes 1st July 2011
The John Button School Prize – Closes July 8th 2011
Write Across Victoria Competition – Closes 29th July 2011
Michael Clyne Prize for VCE English Language – Closes 22nd August 2011
Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Awards – Closes 31st August 2011
My Brother Jack Literary Awards – Closes 16th September 2011
A Thousand Words Writing Competition – Closes 18th September 2011
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards – Closes 1st February 2012
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