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Release Date: 
Monday, 21 May 2018

The City of Armadale is once again calling on aspiring young writers in the community to put pen to paper and enter the Armadale Young Writers' Awards.

The awards, now in their eighth year, are held to encourage and recognise the writing creativity of young people across the City.

The Armadale Young Writers Award will run from 1 to 30 June 2018, and entries are only accepted during this time. This creative writing competition is only open to students in Years 3 to 12 who reside, or attend school in the City of Armadale.

City of Armadale Mayor Henry Zelones OAM, JP said the annual competition showcases the incredible imagination and creativity of young people in the community.

“Children love the opportunity to write a story and have their efforts and talent recognised.”

This year the categories are broken into the following grade groups of Years 3 to 4, 5 to 6, 7 to 8, 9 to 10 and 11 to 12.

In each category there will be a first prize of $200, second prize of $150 and a third prize of $100. An extra prize will be awarded for the work considered best overall. This will be judged from all the award winning entries and will receive a $50 book voucher.

“Each place getter will receive a trophy, certificate and one free copy of the book containing all the award winning stories,” he said.

To enter the competition collect an entry form from the Armadale or Kelmscott Library from 1 June, or download a form and more information from the library website library.armadale.wa.gov.au from 1 June.

Works must be prose only and stories should be 2000 words or less. Poetry, scripts or graphic novels will not be accepted.

Entries will not be accepted after the close of library business on Saturday 30 June 2018.

For more information on this topic contact:

Phone: (08) 9394 5000
Email: info@armadale.wa.gov.au

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