Waiariki's Creative Writiing Challenge

Waiariki Institute of Technology’s Creative Writing Challenge starts in February.
It ends at QuickWrite Writers’ Forum at City Focus on March 9 with Sue Emm’s announcement of the winner.
The prize, valued at just under $700.00, is a Waiariki Institute of Technology creative writing course of the winner’s choice, in the year 2013.

Participants are challenged to write 500 words to demonstrate their flair, imagination and emerging talent in their preferred genre – fiction or nonfiction, on any topic and in any style, except poetry.

Writers bring their contributions, printed on A4 paper, to Sue Emms at Rotorua’s WriteUp Here in 2013’s QuickWrite Writers’ Forum at City Focus on Saturday March 9 at 10am. Author’s name, phone number and email address must be at the top of their story. Sue will read these contributions as they are delivered, and decide that morning who will receive the prize. She will make the announcement at about 12 noon.

Competitors are encouraged to participate in this event’s QuickWrite activities while they await Sue’s decision. The QuickWrite is a separate event from the Waiariki Challenge. (Watch for details in a separate post.)

This Waiariki Challenge reflects the commitment of Sue’s department to supporting people to discover the stories within them and encouraging them to develop the skills needed to bring those stories onto the shelves of bookstores and libraries as well as to their computer screens.