ASCCA Creative Writing Competition 2011

The results of the ASCCA 2011 Creative Writing Competition were announced on Wednesday 16 November.

we won:

Champion Creative Writing Club of 2011.

The winners in order of announcement are:

• Poetry:

  • Highly Commended, Bruce Deitz, "Big City Life"

  • 2nd Place, Bruce Deitz, "Wave Riding"

  • 1st Place, Barbara Bartlett, "The Keyhole"

• Courage:

  • 2nd Place, Fred Schinkel, "Quite Courage"

• The Door:

  • Highly Commended, Bruce Deitz, "The Door to..."

  • 2nd Place, Fred Schinkel, "The Opened Door"

• A Travel Tale:

  • Highly Commended, Fred Schinkel, "That Word - "Travel""

Click on the title to read the story or poem or go to Our Stories

Just a reminder of the Topics and Conditions.

The topics are:-

1. A Travel Tale – Your challenge here will be to decide which story to choose. Will your story be about what happened, where you went, what you saw, who you met, or how you felt?

In 1,000 words or less take us with you on the journey and really involve us in your travel experience.

2. The Door - Is there a particular door you would like to write about? Did Australia open its door to your family as migrants, or did your family arrive here as the result of a convict ancestor’s incarceration behind a gaol door? Perhaps your door is the door of opportunity. Doors have been important as indicators of place in society and class differences. Did you have backdoor people and front door people come to your house when you were young?

In 1,000 words or less tell the story of your Door.

3. Courage - Courage is not necessarily valour or extreme bravery in the widely accepted sense; it could describe the strength required to: - Smile in adversity; step forward and welcome a stranger if you are shy; bend over to tie your shoe-lace if you are crippled with pain; start over after a devastating loss shatters your life - or make the very first incision of that first operation as a surgeon.

In 1,000 words or less tell your story about Courage.

Poetry – “Open Topic” - We acknowledge that the best poetry comes from the heart and is often spontaneously inspired by events or feelings. So this year ASCCA has decided to invite you to write and submit up to three poems on any topic at all in the Poetry section of our 2011 Creative Writing Competition.

Conditions of Entry for ASCCA 2011 Creative Writing Competition:

1. All entries must be the work of a financial member of a financial Seniors Computer Club member of ASCCA who is NOT a professional writer. ASCCA Directors or Staff members are not eligible.

2. Entries can include photographs, borders, clip art or word art. Photographs used must be the work of the entrant.

3. Maximum number of words for any entry is 1,000.

4. All entries must be received prior to 4.00 pm on Friday 16^th September, 2011. Late entries cannot be accepted.

5. A completed entry form must also be sent with your entry/entries.

6. Only one entry can be entered in any story category, however up to three poems may be entered in the “Open Topic” for Poetry – making a total maximum of six entries.

7. To be considered for judging all entries MUST be sent by email to ascca@ascca.org.au and attached as Word document/s. Other formats will be disqualified.

8. Copyright remains with the author but selected entries can be included in an ASCCA publication; such publications will be copyright to ASCCA.

9. Winning entries will be announced at the ASCCA Annual General Meeting on Thursday 17^th November, 2011.

10. Please include a separate emailed JPEG head and shoulders photo of yourself with your entry.

11. Winning and selected entries and photos of the authors may be published on the ASCCA website.

12. By participating in this competition entrants agree to be bound by these conditions of entry.

13. The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into regarding the judge’s decision.

14. The judge reserves the right not to award a prize in a section or to award additional prizes should he/she think it appropriate.

The 2011 Creative Writing Competition Entry Form can be downloaded from the attachment below or for all details go to the ASCCA Website: http://www.ascca.org.au/