Young Writer Competition

This National Young Writer Competition is a well established and successful competition promoted by Rotary International in Britain and Ireland (RGBI).

It is a three-stage competition designed to support and encourage development of writing skills.

Aims

This competition aims to encourage young people to:

use their writing skills  
write with imagination and creativity  

Who can take part?

The competition is open to all schools and college communities including those that are home educated and any other young peoples’ community organisations, for example, community RotaKids, community Interact, Scout Groups, Girl Guides.

The three age groups are:

Junior: 7 to 10 years old  
Intermediate: 11 to 13 years old  
Senior: 14 to 17 years old  

Entrants must not be above the age parameters for each group on 31 August 2020.

With the age qualifying date of 31st August 2019, it should be noted that some junior entrants may be 11, intermediate entrants may be 14 and some senior entrants may be 18 at the time of some or all the stage competitions i.e. a competitor who may be 17 on 31st August but turns 18 on 1st September is permitted to enter. Competitors must include their age on the 31st August 2020 on the entry form.

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

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.

Up to a maximum of 550 hundred words for prose entries.

Up to a maximum of 40 lines for poetry entries.

No pictures/drawings to be part of entry.

All entries to be legible. Can be wrtitten or typed.

Entries should be sent to the The Rotary Cliub of Kirkcaldy by Friday 29th January 2021

Entries may not be returned unless specifically requested.

How to Enter

Entries may be submitted by post or electronically.

Send your entry along with a fully completed entry form to:

The Rotary Club of Kirkcaldy  
Young Writer Competition  
69 High Street  
Burntisland  
KY3 9BD

or

youngwriter@kirkcaldyrotary.org

Entries to be submitted by Frinday 29th January 2021.

Click on the following links to download;

Entry Form

Information Pack