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The Nan Manefield Young Writers Award is a writing prize overseen by The Stanton Library and North Sydney Council.
Young people, aged between 11 and 18 years, are invited to submit either a poem or short story of up to 750 words.
The competition is judged in five age categories by a panel of professional writers and has prizes totaling over $2,000.
All winners will also be offered the opportunity to attend a special writers masterclass.
Entries for the 2019 Competition are now open!
Entries close 5pm Friday 12 April 2019. Winners will be announced at the awards night on Wednesday 15 May. Download a printable entry form here: YWA_entry_form_2019.pdf (1MB) Or submit an online entry here. For further information please contact the Children's Librarians on 9936 8400 or [email protected]
Conditions of entry* Entrants must be aged 11-18 years inclusive on 12 April 2019.
* Each entry must be an original work and must be accompanied by an entry form .
* There is a limit of one entry per person. Either a poem or a short story (of not more than 750 words) may be submitted.
* Posted entries: Each entry must be typed or in neat legible black handwriting on A4 paper, and include the completed entry form. Post to: Young Writer’s Award, Stanton Library, Locked bag 916, North Sydney, NSW, 2059.
* Email entries: Please include all entry form information requested below, and your writing as PDF or Word doc, in your email to [email protected]
* Online entries can be submitted
* Stanton Library is authorised to display any entries and to publish all or part of an entry.
* Stanton Library must receive each entry no later than 5pm on Friday 12 April 2019.
* The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
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