Deadline: 31 January 2011
Budding short story and screenplay writers, now is your time to shine.
AUT’s second annual creative writing competition opens 1 November 2010 and closes midnight 31 January, 2011.
There are three categories in the competition:
* Short story: Emerging (15 - 20 years)
* Short story: Open (21 years and over)
* Short screenplay: Open (15 years and over)
Unpublished writers only
All entrants must be unpublished writers only. For the short story: an unpublished writer is one who has not had a fiction work appear in trade book format. This means that the writer has not had fiction work appear in book format available for sale to the general public. For the screenplay: an unpublished writer is one who has not had their original screen play filmed and broadcast to the general public.
Prizes
Each category winner receives a MacBook Pro as well as mentoring time with a leading New Zealand writer and online publication of the winning entry, profiled on the NZ Herald website. Second place receives the latest generation iPod Touch and third place wins an iPod Nano (multitouch).
The short story has a word limit of 2000 words. There is no theme - you can write on any subject.
Short Screenplay
A screenplay is a written work that is made especially for a film or television programme. Screenplays must be original works to be accepted in this competition. Adaptations from existing pieces of writing such as novels will not be accepted. The short screenplay is to equate to a 10 minute film. The format is structured in a way that one A4 page usually equates to one minute of screen time. The screenplay has a word limit of 2000 words. There is no theme - you can write on any subject.
How to enter
All entries must be submitted via the AUT website.
* Submit your entry now
Online entry is available from 1 November 2010. Entries by post or email will not be accepted. Entries must be:
* a Word document
* typed in 12 point font
* in double or 1-1/2 line spacing, with wide margins
Terms and conditions
All entrants must agree to the terms and conditions before entering:
* View the terms and conditions pdf icon
Enquiries
See discussions on the competition on Facebook: www.facebook.com/autcreativewriting or email: creativewriting@aut.ac.nz
More information here.
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