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Win a poster

We have three Twilight movie posters (they’re not too large, but look pretty sweet) to give to the first three people* who comment below with a proper haiku about the Twilight books.

What is a haiku, you wonder? It is a form of poetry popularly from Japan. A haiku has only three lines; they don’t need to rhyme, but the first line must only have five syllables, the second line seven syllables, and the third line five syllables. So an example is;

In Twilight they meet –
Young love’s true dream; but he is
one-hundred-and-eight

Grimm’s (cynical) example is:

Twilight, the movie:
Not long before you can say,
“I preferred the book”.

Go for it!

* Also, you must belong to the Wellington City Library to be eligible.

 

Craft a draft for Re-Draft

Every year Re-Draft runs a competition for writers aged between 13-19. Your entry can be of any genre – poetry, a story, a script, or a song. You can enter up to three times. The deadline is the 30th of September. If you’re chosen as one of the best writers of the year you will be included in the 2008 anthology, published next year. We have the previous years’ anthologies in the library – check them out.

Unfortunately we don’t yet have the latest Re-Draft anthology, The Polar Bear Ward, which has the entry form for this year’s Re-Draft. Copies of the entry form can be collected from the central library, or downloaded as a .PDF.

The Jack Lasenby Award

If you enjoy writing stories you may be keen to enter the biennial Jack Lasenby Award competition, which is exclusive to Wellington residents. Your story must be suitable for readers aged 5-12. You could win $500! Details may be found on the wellylit4kids website. (You can pick up an entry form while meeting Robert Muchamore at the Children’s Bookshop!)

Do you feel lucky?

Ministry of Youth Development are running a short film competition called ID360. The focus is What does it mean to be a young New Zealander? What does identity and diversity mean to you? Anyone aged between 12 and 24 can enter. Entries close 29th February 2008. The winner will get $1k!

Load of rubbish

How can my community reduce waste? This site provides information and interactive activities; try shrinking a landfill, for example.

More locally, however, is sustainability.govt.nz. Learn how to ‘reduce your impact on the environment and save money’. You can keep track of your own steps towards sustainability and you could win a centameter. You can also make a three-minute film and be in to win some very cool prizes!

Write and win

Re-Draft is a book published annually by the School for Young Writers, containing the best submissions from teens throughout New Zealand. The latest edition, Tennis With Raw Eggs, is now available from the library. The 2007 Re-Draft entry form is available from the book or the central library; more information about what is expected from writers is available at their website here.Jack Lasenby

A competition of interest to young writers (years seven and eight) from the Wellington region is the Jack Lasenby Award. Write a story and win a set of books from Longacre Press and $200! Entry forms are available at your local library, or download it yourself here (pdf file).

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