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Title: Samantha Wheeler Writing Comp/Children 7-12 yrs/Win Book Packs & Talks/Qld Post by: oldfellow on Thursday 24 July 2014, 05:02:27 am http://www.samanthawheeler.com.au/index.php/latest-news
Writing Competition (http://www.samanthawheeler.com.au/media/k2/items/cache/ea457adccaa9e569cff05de9b4f3b04d_S.jpg) If you live near or around Brisbane, and are aged between 7 and 12, why not enter our writing competition? SCHOOL CHILDREN ASKED "WRITE FROM THE HEART TO SAVE OUR NATIONAL ICON" Queensland Koala Crusaders, the Sunshine Coast environmental group fighting to save Queensland’s rapidly dwindling Koalas and author Samantha Wheeler have teamed up to promote awareness to school children of the urgent plight of our national icon. Koala numbers are down to less than 80,000 across Australia, with Queensland populations declining faster than in any other State. Children are the key to saving our remaining Koalas in years to come. The challenge is for children from 7-12 years to create a dramatic story told from the point of view of the Koala. The winner of the “Smooch & Rose” Writing Competition will be an original,300-500 word fictional story, guaranteed to make a difference. “We want children to imagine they’re a Koala. You’ve lived happily in this patch of bush all your life but suddenly things are changing. What will happen to you? Where will you go?” says Samantha Wheeler, Queensland environmentalist and popular author of Smooch & Rose. “We’d love to hear your stories! Inspire us, and win some amazing prizes!” Prizes include: A personalised ranger talk at one of our local Queensland Koala Parks, with an opportunity to meet real life rangers and beautiful koalas up close and personal. An author talk at school presented by Samantha Wheeler who will share why she wrote Smooch & Rose, and how she went about planning her story Book packs from UQP, including Smooch & Rose and Samantha’s new book, Spud & Charli How to enter: Entries to be emailed to info@koalacrusaders.org.au (handwritten stories can be scanned and emailed) Closing date: 5pm on 25th August 2014 Cost: Free of charge Prizes to be announced during the National Threatened Species Day event, in the Queen Street Mall, Brisbane, on Friday, 5th September 2014 Click here to find out more about the Queensland Koala Crusaders Inc Conditions of Entry: Entrants must be aged between 7 and 12 years of age by the 25th August 2014. Entrants must live in Queensland. Entries are to comprise a fictional story of between 300 and 500 words, about the koala, from the point of view of the koala. Entries are to be original works of fiction by the entrant. Entries can be either typed, or hand written and then scanned, and emailed to info@koalacrusaders.org.au Entries close at 5pm on 25th August 2014. If your entry is typed, please use Times New Roman, Arial or Calibri fonts for your stories. One entry per person. Entry is free of charge. Judges decisions are final. Winners will be announced at the National Threatened Species Day in the Queen Street Mall on September 5th 2014. Winners will be also notified by email. |