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	Writing Competitions 2008 Takahe Cultural Studies Competition Takahe, with the support of CNZ, is delighted to announce the 2008 Cultural Studies Competition to be judged by Brenda Allen (Auckland) and Rudolf Boelee (Christchurch). This is an opportunity for students and established writers/commentators to contribute a 'window', a critical reflection of our shared world. Format (a): Written essay on any topic: minimum 2,000 words (and may include black and white illustrations). Format (b): Visual arts essay: should include an artist's statement or interview with an artist of approx. 1,000 words and may include four colour images (suitable for reproduction). Format (c): A portion of creative writing in progress. Submissions to be typed on A4 paper. Author's name or nom de plume must not appear on the manuscript. Copyright will remain with author. All entries will be considered for publication in Takahe. Each submission to be accompanied by a nz$5 entry fee, a separate sheet giving author's name and address,and a stamped, addressed envelope for return of results and/or entry/entries. Overseas entrants can either send an International Reply Coupon with their addressed envelope, or add nz$2 to their total entry fee for handling and postage. A single SAE or substitute will suffice for multiple entries. Closing Date: 30 September 2008 Results: posted in December 2008 published in December 2008 issue of Takahe Prizes: 1st: nz$250 2nd: one year's subscription to Takahe 3rd: one year's subscription to Takahe 4th: one year's subscription to Takahe 5th: one year's subscription to Takahe Please mail your entry(s) to: Takahe Collective Trust, Box 13-335, Christchurch 8141, New Zealand. Wellington Sonnet Competition 2008 Closing Date: 22 September Sponsored by New Zealand Post. First prize: $1000; second and third prizes of $500 and $250; $50 for each of ten runners up. Sonnets must be about Wellington, though you don't have to live there to enter. $10 entry fee The entry form and conditions of entry can be downloaded from the New Zealand Society of Authors website It's also on the NZ Post website Odes to the Olympians Contest (US) Duration: September 15 to November 15 This free-to-enter competition is dedicated to Hera/Juno. Entries are to be emailed. This site has previously held a similar competition with Zeus/Jupiter as the subject, and winning poems can be read on the website. Prizes: $50 prize for adults ; $50 prize for top entrant under 18 years Guidelines are at http://www.tapestryofbronze.com/OdeForm.html Sunday Star Times short story competition The “Sunday Star-Times Short Story Competition” commences on 17 August 2008 and closes on 19 September 2008. The maximum length of entries is 3000 words. To enter the “Sunday Star-Times Short Story Competition”, entrants must complete the official entry form on the forms provided or in the Sunday Star-Times and send with your manuscript to: Sunday Star-Times Short Story Competition, PO Box 1074, Auckland 1140. Photocopies of the official entry form will not be accepted and will be invalid. For more information click here The Ngarimu VC and 28th (Maori) Battalion Memorial Scholarship Fund Board Essay Competition All New Zealand Maori students in Years 7 to 13 are welcome to participate. Entries must be received by Friday 26th September. All entries and enquiries should directed to: Lani Goldsmith Ngarimu VC and 28th Maori Battalion Essay Competition Group Maori Ministry of Education National Office Wellington Tel: 0-4-463 8957 Email: lani.goldsmith@minedu.govt.nz For more information and topics visit click here Heartland 1000, short story competition The Taumarunui Writers’ Group is celebrating its fifth annual Heartland Short Story competition with the announcement of a one-off special, the Heartland 1000: one thousand words for a $1000 prize.In addition, there is a junior section for those 19 and under, with a $250 prize awarded at the judge’s discretion. Every year of its existence TWG has successfully organised a nationwide short story competition.TWG is pleased to announce that award-winning novelist William Taylor will judge the entries, and would like to acknowledge the assistance of Creative New Zealand. The closing date is September 30. Entry form and conditions: helen_barry@clear.net.nz or Heartland 1000, 9 South Street, Taumarunui, POSTCODE 3920. (SSAE required for postal queries) South Island Writers’ Assoc Short Story Competition Write a story for young teenagers and win $250! The South Island Writers' Association are pleased to announce their Short Story Competition 2008. The competition is open to all residents of New Zealand, and will be budged by James Norcliffe, poet and writer of young adult fiction. Entry Fee $5.00. First prize: $250 Second prize: $100. In addition, a number of stories will be Highly Commended. The story should be aimed at readers between the ages of 12 and 14. The theme is open, and the maximum length is 1,500 words, there is no minimum length. The closing date is September 30th 2008. Send application form, SSAE, cheque and stories to SIWA, SS COMP 2008, PO Box 37136, Halswell, Christchurch 8245 2008 Takahe POETRY COMPETITION Each year, Takahe magazine runs a competition that alternates between short story and poetry. Takahe is delighted to announce the 2008 Poetry Competition, to be judged by Michael Harlow. The results will be posted online in December 2008 and published in December 2008 issue of Takahe. 1st: nz$250 + 1 year NZ Book Council membership 2nd: nz$100 + 1 year NZ Book Council membership 3rd: One year subscription to Takahe 4th: One year subscription to Takahe Full Conditions of Entry are available online at http://www.takahemagazine.ne1.net/ New Zealand Young Playwrights Competition Playmarket is proud to announce the 2008 tenth New Zealand Young Playwrights Competition. Plays must be more than 30 minutes in length. Entry is free and scripts may be in English or Maori. For more info, please contact scripts@playmarket.org.nz. Her Magazine Entries to have a maximum of 800 words, submitted in double spacing including a short biography of the writer. Entries close 20th of each month. Each entry must be the author’s original work and must not have been published before. Each entry should be accompanied by a short biography of the writer. Entries are to be emailed to Her Magazine :hermag@strettonpublishing.co.nz For more information click here Romance Writers of New Zealand present Strictly Single Contest Details to come. See: http://www.romancewriters.co.nz/competitions.php Competitions for musicians The Music Association of Auckland Composition Competition. The work should be of 4 – 8 minutes total. Any Instrumental combination of quartet is permitted, but must include at least one traditional Chinese instrument. Participants must be 20 years old or younger as of September 5, 2008. Click here to download a pdf of the competition rules and entry form. Adam International Cello Festival This biennial festival aim is to promote, recognise and encourage New Zealand and international cellists to attain standards of excellence. Criteria: Cellists who are aged up to 30 years on the 20 July of the year of the competition. Applications are open April/May the year of the competition. First prize is $16,000 plus a recording contract and performance with NZSO. For more information contact: Kate Duder Festival Event Manager PO Box 3770 Christchurch OR phone 03 3662390 OR email k.duder@xtra.co.nz Gisborne International Music Competition This annual competition aims to provide an opportunity for young New Zealand musicians to take part in a highly acclaimed competition for players of orchestral instruments. It is open to 16-25 year old solo players of orchestral instruments. Entries close October each year, the competition is held around November/December. First prize is $5000. For more information phone 06 867 2054 Or Gisborne Music Competition PO Box 1045 Gisborne Michael Hill International Violin Competition This biennial competition aims to recognise and encourage excellence and musical artistry, and to promote young violinists who are on the brink of launching their professional solo careers and are aspiring to establish themselves on the world stage. Open to all violinists of all nationalities born after 30 May 1973 and before 30 May 1985. Applications must be received by December of the year prior to competition. First prize includes $40,000 and a CD recording. For more information phone 09 638 7073 OR Michael Hill International Violin Competition c/- Auckland Philharmonia P O Box 56-024 Dominion Road Auckland OR email mhivc@aucklandphil.co.nz Lexus Song Quest This biennial competition offers the opportunity to compete with the best both in New Zealand and overseas. Winners receive substantial grants towards the cost of study. It is open to singers who are New Zealand citizens and whose main income in the two years prior to the contest was not derived from fulltime professional singing as performers or teachers. The next competition is in 2009. First prize $10,000 and $15,000 scholarship. Apply September 2008. For more information 04 473 0149 OR email lexussongquest@festival.co.nz OR Artistic Administrator New Zealanmd International Festival of the Arts P.O. Box 10-113 Wellington Visual arts competitions Photographic Competition – Engineering from an unusual viewpoint Deadline Monday 1st September 5pm The photos must have some engineering content or relationship to engineering. The judges are looking for unusual, beautiful and/or thought-provoking images. Photos should not portray engineering or engineers from a negative viewpoint. Your digital photos should be around A4 size at 300dpi – highest quality JPEG. All images should be unpublished originals of copyright-free subjects. Entries to be submitted via email to photo-competition@ipenz.org.nz or on a CD sent to Photo Competition, IPENZ National Office, PO Box 12-241, Thorndon, Wellington 6144. The file submitted should be named as follows: Title_LastName_No.jpg e.g. UniHouse_Smith_1.jpg Artists in Schools National Secondary Schools Arts Coordinator Branwen Lorigan – is seeking interest in being artists who are interested in being registered to work with students in secondary schools throughout New Zealand. We need artists nationally, especially in the South Island. See: http://arts.unitec.ac.nz/artistsinschools/ for more details. Cut! National High Schools Video Competition Calling all secondary school teachers and students: Wintec’s Cut! Short Video Competition is back for the 5th successful year running, allowing the future generation of aspiring New Zealand film-makers the opportunity to showcase their talent. If you have budding film students, encourage them to get their creative juices flowing and enter Cut! for 2008. The categories are documentary or drama and the film must be between 4-8 minutes long. Great prizes on offer for your students and school. Log onto www.wintec.ac.nz/cut to register, or for more information. Apply by Wednesday 22 October North Shore City Art Awards – National Art Competition Applications close Friday 26 September 2008. For more information please contact the Mairangi Arts Centre at 09 4782237, email - manager.mac@xtra.co.nz, or visit website www.mairanigarts.co.nz Tenerife International Film Festival Talented filmmakers from all over the world are invited to enter prestigious Tenerife International Film Festival. Catering from small budget to popular global films with the love of film. Entry to the event is free. Have you created something special in the last 2-years? Awards will include entries for Best Short Film, Animated Film and Music Video. Please check the website: http:/www.tenerifefilmfestival.com Other competitions 2008 NZ Horticulture ITO - Young Horticulturist of the Year Competition. Competitors must be; 30 years of age or under at the end of December 2008, and have 3 years practical hands on experience experience in the area of horticulture they are applying to enter a competition in, plus a person must have completed a minimum of a NZQA Horticultural certificate, level 4. For any other inquiries please contact: Elenka Nikoloff, Event Manager for the NZ Horticulture ITO - Young Horticulturist of the Year 2008 Competition. Phone: 09 636 5922 Email: elenka.nikoloff@xtra.co.nz Or visit http://www.hortito.org.nz/banner-advert-area-young-hort/nz-horticulture-ito-young-horticulturist-of-the-year-2007-competition for more information Rutherford Science Competition 2008 2008 is a special year for the New Zealand science community: on December 10th it will be exactly 100 years since Ernest Rutherford was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances. The University of Canterbury and the Royal Society of New Zealand will mark the occasion with a national schools competition. To cater for all age groups the competition will be divided into three categories: Year 9-13, Year 5-8 and Years 1-4. Topics and the rules of the competition are available at University of Canterbury Outreach website. For Years 9-13 students will be required to write an essay. Essay topics and the rules of the competition are available at the University of Canterbury Outreach website. The closing date for this age group is 31st July 2008. For Years 1-8 the competitions will be launched in August and run through terms 3 and 4. More resources will be made available to schools later in the year. The students will be required to write stories or make posters, based on the life and work of Ernest Rutherford. For Years 5-8 Entries can be an essay (maximum word count: 600) or a poster (maximum size: A3) Closing date is 31st October 2008. For Years 1-4 Entries must be a poster (maximum size: A3) Closing date is 31st October 2008.

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