On November 15th 2018, Massey University is hosting the Create1World Creative Activism and Global Citizenship conference. The conference is open to students from Years 9 - 13 and involves panel discussions, workshops, activities and performances designed to fuel your creativity and consider how you can use creativity for good. Full details about the Create1World initiative are here. Full details about the format of the day are here. If you are interested in attending the conference, please email Mrs Gooch immediately on [email protected] so we can book a space for you.
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The Create1World competition is run by Massey University and is open to students from Years 9 - 13. The purpose of the competition is to explore ways in which creativity can be used to address global problems. Students are invited to create a work that fits into one of the following categories: media and social studies, speech and drama, creative writing or music. Cash prizes are awarded for winners. Details are here. Don't forget if you want any support, Mrs Gooch has Thursday lunchtimes available in A5 to help you with your entry. Entries are due on October 15th.
If you are a keen actor, playwright, director or technical crew person, you may be interested in attending the Monday night meets run by Young and Hungry. It is a place to explore creative ideas, test new work and get inspired by industry professionals. The sessions are held at 104 Wakefield Street (4th floor Anvil House) from 5.30pm. Cost $5. For details about what's happening each Monday see here. Senior students only.
ICAS preparation support will continue to be offered in A5 during lunchtimes in Term 3 for any Middle School and Junior School students enrolled in the English and Maths ICAS exams coming up in July and August. However, this slot is also available for any student from Junior, Middle or Senior Schools, who would like support or to chat about any of the competitions and opportunities mentioned on this webpage. Mrs Gooch can help you with getting your entries in, nutting out ideas, getting resources you might need or connecting you with other students who might be interested in the same thing. So Thursday lunchtimes, Term 3, A5 with Mrs Gooch - come on over.
YOUNG NZ WRITERS YOUTH LAUREATE AWARD
Young NZ Writers in conjunction with Phantom Feather Press announce the national Young NZ Writers Youth Laureate Award, a free-to-enter programme intended to develop and publish a New Zealand student novelist. The prize is for the youth author of an unpublished fiction manuscript to be mentored by a New Zealand author/editor to have a novella-length manuscript developed for publication by Phantom Feather Press under an imprint for youth writers. The winning student will receive NZ$200 prize money, an ongoing in depth one-on-one mentorship with a published author/editor to bring the work to publishable standard, and a contract for publication (ebook and print), including five free print author copies. The winner will also receive a bespoke cover for their work illustrated acclaimed Australian artist and author David Schembri with overall design and layout by writer-designer Alicia Ponder. The winner will be announced in January 2019 and a prize-giving and book launch to be held at GeyserCon science fiction and fantasy conference at Rotorua at Queen’s Birthday Weekend in June 2019. Submissions Open 1 July through to midnight 1 December, 2018. Any manuscripts received outside these dates and which do not adhere to the guidelines listed below will NOT be opened. Manuscripts should be sent to [email protected] with your name, title of the work, and LAUREATE in the subject line. Open to: All current New Zealand intermediate and secondary students (includes home schooled) For fiction novelettes/novels: Wordcount 10,000 – 30,000 words [no less than 10,000 words and no more than 30,000 words] Book cover/formatting will be at the publisher’s discretion Youngnzwriters reserve the right not to award the prize if judges consider no suitable manuscript has been submitted. Our judges have a STRONG preference for speculative stories (science fiction, fantasy and horror) and/or stories with a New Zealand flavour. Manuscripts MUST be: The student’s own writing and not plagiarised from any other work. A novel/novelette of no less than 10,000 words and no more than 30,000 words. In .doc or .rtf format. Please do NOT send a googledoc file. Times New Roman, 12pt, double spaced, indented for paragraphs (strictly no TABS or spaces). Page numbers would be helpful. No colours, bold, or odd fonts (you can use italics for emphasis). Checked for spelling, grammar and punctuation. A title page which includes the author name, contact details (including an alternative email address if you are using your school email), and title of the work. Please also include a sentence confirming that the work has NOT been plagiarised and is all your own work. Enter here. The annual QMC creative writing competition is now open. All students are invited to enter. Categories are Junior School, Middle School and Senior School - see the poster attached. Entries are due on Friday 28th September.
If you are a keen writer, consider entering your writing work into the Re-Draft short story writing competition for teenagers. Winners get their work published. Entries are due on 1 September each year.
Want to start University before you've even finished school? The Cambridge Immerse Summer (UK Summer, not NZ Summer) Programmes offer students aged 13-15 years and 16-18 years the opportunity to see what it would be like to study at University level. Some great brain food! They are held in July and August and are worth considering for 2018 or 2019. Programmes for ages 13-15 year olds include: Medicine and Biological Sciences, Law, Politics and International Relations, and Creative Writing. For ages 16-18 years there are 16 topics on offer. Don't forget to check out the costs page!
If you are a poet, get your work into the New Zealand Poetry Society Poetry Competition by 31st May to be in to win cash prizes. There is a separate category for Haiku if you like that style of poetry also.
Passionate about environmental issues? Imagine yourself as a journalist or documentary maker? The Young Reports for the Environment Litter Less Competition invites students from Years 7 to 13 to investigate and report on an environmental issue using either writing, photography or film. A great opportunity if you are planning on a career tackling environmental or political issues, or in journalism. More information here. Deadline is Feb 2018. For those of you in Year 10 - this could tie in nicely with your Community Project which you will be doing later in the year.
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