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ROTARY CLUB OF UTTOXETER YOUNG WRITER COMPETITION 2020 –



ROTARY CLUB OF UTTOXETER YOUNG WRITER COMPETITION

2020 – 2021


THEME: “MY HAPPIEST DAY”


Introduction


The Rotary Club of Uttoxeter is organising a Young Writer Competition and we will be delighted if your school would agree to participate


Aims


This competition aims to encourage young people to:



Who can take part?


This competition is open to students, in full time education, in three age groups:


(1) 7 to 10 years old (Junior)

(2) 11 to 13 years old (Intermediate)

(3) 14 to 17 years old (Senior)


on 31 August 2020


Competitors must include their date of birth on the entry form.


For entrants with motor control difficulties, an amanuensis may be used to record the entrant’s work to paper.



Competition Guidelines


Task to produce a written or typed story in prose entitled, “MY HAPPIEST DAY”. The written entry could be fiction or non-fiction, a story or a poem, as long as the piece relates to the theme. Questions have been asked about spelling and although this is not an issue the only advice to be given are that judges of this competition held by other rotary clubs have made comment upon spelling in the past.





An A4 page or up to 500 words is a suggested suitable submission


Entries should be sent to the Rotary Club of Uttoxeter c/o Rotarian Bill Pearson, 49 The Meadows, Kingstone, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, ST14 8QE

Entries may not be returned unless specifically requested


Judges with appropriate skills, appointed by Rotary, will apply the judging criteria below.


Judging Criteria judges will consider imagination relative to the subject and the ability to engage interest.


Only in exceptional circumstance, at the sole discretion of the competition organiser, will correspondence or discussions be entered into following a competition by the competition organiser.


Prizes At winners will receive a certificate of participation. Cash prizes will be awarded to the winners for all three groups as follows:

First Prize £50

Second Prize £30

Third Prize £20


How to enter

Entrants need to provide the information on the entry form and submit it, with their text to the Rotary Club of Uttoxeter by

FRIDAY 5th FEBRUARY 2021



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