APPLY: Commonwealth Class Story Competition for School Teachers & Students from the Commonwealth 2016

All sorts of images might pop into your head – maybe of your family, friends, country, or perhaps even of your favourite sports team! It might not be an image at all, but a particular emotion, memory or sensation.

Capture what ‘Belonging’ means to you by putting pen to paper or fingertips to keyboard and submitting your story to our Commonwealth Class story writing competition.

WORTH

The following prizes will be given to students awarded first, second and third place in the competition:

• First prize: a River of Stories anthology published by the Commonwealth Education Trust for the school AND a £100 book token or equivalent for the student
• Second prize: £50 book token or equivalent for the student
• Third prize: £30 book token or equivalent for the student.

ELIGIBILITY

• Students should write a story set in their own country and based around the theme of ‘Belonging’
• The story must be written in English
• The story should be illustrated. Take a look at the beautiful covers of the Commonwealth Education Trust’s River of Stories anthology as inspiration. Participants are free to choose the medium of their illustrations (for example, they can be hand-drawn, using a computer/tablet etc.)
• The word limit of the story for the 7-10 year olds category is 300 words
• The word limit of the story for the 11-14 year olds category is 500 words.

DEADLINE: November 14 2016

To apply and for more information visit here