Re-Draft Writing Competition

There is a poster about the Re-Draft writing competition in the teens area at Paraparaumu Library and I mentioned it at the last Wrappers meeting. A brief summary is below and you can visit the Re-Draft website for detailed information. There are copies of past Re-Draft books at Kapiti District Libraries and we can photocopy an entry form for you if you would like to enter.

An annual creative writing competition for teenagers

Re-Draft is a nationally acclaimed collection of teenagers' writing, published each year by Clerestory Press. Any New Zealand teenager can enter their work using the form found in the back of each edition of Re-Draft. Entries can be any creative writing genre and will be judged by award winning New Zealand writers.

Teen Writing Competition Winners

The winners of the 2014 Kapiti Children's Writers' Group Teen Writing Competition are:

1st place - Jaden Fearon (12) Waikanae School

2nd place - Alexandra Schaefer (17) Otaki College.

3rd Place  - Claudia Gittins  (14)  Kapiti College

Highly Commended Certificates:

Loren Whithair (15) Kapiti College

Ella Brown  (13) Te Horo School.

Congratulations to these young authors for the high quality of their writing and their well deserved winning places in the competition. 

The stories that placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd are published on the Teen Writing page of The WRAP for you to read and enjoy.

Teen Writing Competition

Are you planning to enter the Teen Writing Competition run by the Kapiti Children's Writers' Group? If so, your entry must be received by 5:30 pm on Wednesday 18 June. Entry forms are available from the teen section of Paraparaumu Library (see the teen notice board).  Use the theme of "I Can Do It' to write a short story of no more than 500 words. See full rules and conditions on the entry form. Your entry must be mailed or hand delivered to the secretary of the writers' group (address on the entry form). 

The winners of the competition will be announced at the next Wrappers meeting on July 4th and winning stories will be published here on the Wrap as well as read on local radio.