Write On - Competition Submission Guidelines, Terms and Conditions

Please read the, competition guidelines, terms and conditions below.

• All submissions must be via our online form using the ENTER NOW button above.

• Please take a moment to check your writing- is it your very best work?

• Poem limit:  16 lines

• Ask a teacher or parent to read it over and give you some feedback.

• Please format your work in size 12, Times New Roman, black.

• No pictures or illustrations please - let your wonderful writing create the pictures.

• Please make sure the title of your entry is at the top of your page.

• All entries will be judged blind, so please do not include your name or school on your entry.

• Work can be entered as .doc or .pdf files only.

• Please make sure you pay your entry fee. This goes towards paying the judges. We are a charitable organisation. Please pay your entry fee ($5.00 per individual entry, or $25.00 for each six entries from a school to our Bank Account : The School for Young Writers  03 1704 0036137 000 Code: Your surname (individuals) or your school’s name (groups) Reference: COMPETITION). Schools with multiple entries may request an invoice. 

• No simultaneous submissions - please don’t send your writing to another publication or competition until after June 1 2023

• If you are selected as a winner we may make small edits prior to publication. 

Closing date: Friday April 15 2023

Winning entries will be published in Write On: Issue 60 July 2023. Winners will be contacted mid May 2023

No correspondence will be entered in to. The judges’ decision is final.

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