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Citi FM Write Away Contest winners tour London and South Africa
Accra Daily Mail
After outpacing hundreds of other children from across the country in the biggest national essay writing contest, ten lucky children who triumphed in Citi FM's Write Away Contest 2011 embarked on an exciting journey outside Ghana.

Evening Standard
Author's dream of a plot inspires pupils to write their own tales
Evening Standard
Stanton, who is a judge for a Radio 2 children's writing competition run by the Chris Evans Breakfast Show, urged pupils to write down their ideas for stories. The primary school is at the centre of the Standard's Get London Reading campaign and is ...

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Tony Hawk Joins Writing Contest for Kids
mediabistro.com
To enter, kids should write an essay about why they should join the cast of the series. The first place winner will receive a prize package that includes a trip to Tony Hawk's Stand Up for Skateparks 2012 event in Beverly Hills, a VIP pass to meet Hawk ...

Leigh Today
In memory of Jo
Leigh Today
STUDENTS are running out of time to enter the first ever writing competition set up in memory of a former Leigh Girls' Grammar School student. Entrants need to submit a complete 3000 word crime story to be in with a chance of winning the £1000 prize in ...

Deadline for 'Kansas Voices' approaching
Fort Scott Tribune
Entries for the 23rd annual Kansas Voices statewide writing contest must be postmarked by March 15. Both divisions have adult and youth categories (18 years and under), in poetry and prose (short story). All Kansas writers are encouraged to enter.

PBS Kids Go Writing Contest
Quad-Cities Online
MOLINE, ILLINOIS – WQPT, Quad Cities PBS calls on all children in kindergarten through 3rd grade to enter the PBS Kids Go Writing Contest. Every entrant will receive a Certificate of Achievement. Stories must be the original work of the child.

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Short-story competition in honour of literary greats Bowen and Trevor
Irish Independent
To honour two great figures of Irish fiction, the Mitchelstown Literary Society has announced the launch of the second William Trevor/Elizabeth Bowen International Short Story Competition. The society, which was founded to celebrate the lives and works ...

Writing contest targets more than 'Black History'
BG News
by Troy Chamberlain The University Learning Commons is currently hosting a Black History Month writing contest and will award the winner an Amazon Kindle Fire. The contest will take student submissions of any narratives, essays, ...

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Entries sought for Lakefield Literary Festival's 2012 Young Writers Writing ...
Peterborough Examiner
By SARAH DEETH Examiner Staff Writer The Young Writers Writing Contest, which takes place during the Lakefield Literary Festival, has added a third category, poetry, to the two long-standing categories of fiction and non-fiction.

Tony Hawk's 900 Revolution Inspires Nationwide Student Writing Contest
PR.com (press release)
Minneapolis, MN, February 18, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Capstone, a leading publisher of children's books and digital products and services, is sponsoring a new writing contest for students in grades 3-7 inspired by its action-adventure, sci-fi book series ...

Tale contest takes winners to 'unexpected, interesting places'
The Daily News Online
Meghan Hauser of Perry, right, talking with author Hillary Jordan, left, during the winners' launch for the "A Tale for Three Counties" writing contest, says winning the contest is "a rare opportunity to complete the circle of reading" and ask ...

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The Guardian
Unleash your imagination: short story competition
The Guardian
The Guardian has teamed up with the FutureScapes project to invite all budding writers to submit their visions of the year 2025 to a short story competition. The winner will have the honour of seeing their story appear alongside work by New York Times ...

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UW graduate students unravel wind energy mechanics
High Plains Journal
Heather Sauder and George Randolph, both in the College of Engineering and Applied Science, won the 2011 Energy Education for the People writing contest and received $1000 for their entry "Is Wind Energy Right for Me?" The annual competition seeks ...

Children's writing competition accepting entries
Cape Breton Post
All entries must be submitted by mail, accompanied by an entry fee of $15 per submission (cheque or money order), to the Writers' Union of Canada, 90 Richmond St. East, Suite 200, Toronto, Ont., M5C 1P1. Electronic submissions will not be accepted.

Your opportunities
Corvallis Gazette Times
For further information, contest rules and entry forms, call 541-928-0911 or email info@albanyvisitors.com. Rules and forms are also available online at www.albanyvisitors.com. Willamette Heritage Center issues call for papers — The Willamette ...

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Fife Today
Niamh has a story to tell
Fife Today
Niamh Corkey, a member of P6 at Kirkcaldy West Primary School class was presented live on Glow TV with first place in the upper primary section of the GLOW writing competition. Niamh won a signed novel by author Lari Don who is pictured with her.

MPB sponsors kids' writing contest
Clinton News
... national competition, where they will be judged on originality, creative expression, storytelling and integration of text and illustrations. All stories and illustrations are due by March 30. Entry forms and rules can be found at mpbonline.org/kids.

Teen writing contest underway
Truro Daily News
Teens can choose to enter both contests as long as the stories they submit are different from each other. The Mingo contest was created in 2007 in memory of Ada Mingo. She was a longtime resident of Truro and the proud owner of the Book Nook from ...

Writing competition kicks off in White Rock
Peace Arch News
Deadline to enter is Aug. 1. Submissions (must include three copies, a separate cover letter and a $10 entry fee) may be dropped off or mailed to: Writing Contest, Friends of the White Rock Library c/o White Rock Library, 15342 Buena Vista Ave., ...

Tighe student collects 5 art awards
Shore News Today
Dulin was notified recently that five of his works are winners in the region at large 2012 Scholastic Art and Writing Contest. His mother, Debbie Dulin, had submitted five of his drawings to the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers for the Scholastic ...