As the Words on the Waves Writers Festival approaches, the Ripples short story competition for the budding writers and dreamers of the Central Coast is now open for the second year.
Students in primary and high school are encouraged to submit a short story, make some waves and go into the running to win prizes for both themselves and their submitting adult.
Celebrating the fifth anniversary of the festival’s Ripples Schools Program, which is geared towards fostering literacy for the next generation of readers and writers on the Central Coast, this year’s competition theme is centred on wood, the traditional five-year anniversary gift.
The theme – Into the Woods – represents stepping into the unknown, perhaps the dangerous or the exciting.
What experience will send young imaginations soaring?
The inaugural primary school winner last year was Coralie Allen.
“Winning the writers’ festival short story competition felt great,” she said.
“Not only was it confirmation that other people liked what I had written, but it was also a great opportunity for me to show what I write to people outside of family and friends, and be given tips and feedback about my writing.
“It opened new doors into what my future could be like; will I be a writer? a poet? a director?
“The Ripples Short Story Competition made me step outside my comfort zone and actually try to make my writing matter to people other than just me.”
Find out more information about submitting a story and the prizes on offer at wordsonthewaves.com.au/ripples-short-story-competition/
Entries close on May 9.
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