Rodney Writes writing competition 2010 winners

Congratulations to the winners of the Rodney Writes writing competition for 2010. The awards ceremony was held last night at Whangaparaoa Library. The three judges, Lorraine Orman (Young Writers), Helen Kirkman (Novice) and Sue Orr (Premier) commented positively on the entries.
MC Stu Duvall presided over the ceremony for a small but enthusiastic group of people. Mayor Penny Webster also spoke.

Thanks to Rodney District Council for supporting the competition again this year.

Winners

Premier
1st - Wes Lee
Runner-up - Fay Cameron

Novice
1st - Brenda Howsen
Runner-up- Cathy Clarke

Young Writers
1st - Alice Allfree
Runner-up - Tom Vasey


The winning stories will be published on the Rodney District Council website in the near future.

Rodney Writes - two weeks to competition close

The Rodney Writes writing competition 2010 is open for entries. The theme is "Your Story". You can write a short story up to 2,500 words on any topic of your choice. Write to inspire, provoke, excite or entice your reader.
An entry form can be picked up from any of the Rodney Libraries or it's available here in PDF.

There are three categories:
Premier Award: 1st prize $1000, runner up $500
Open only to entrants who have had creative writing published or broadcast for payment previously.
Novice Award: 1st prize $500, runner up $200
Open only to entrants who have not had creative writing published or broadcast for payment previously.
Young Writers Award: 1st prize $500, runner up $200
Open only to entrants under the age of 18 as at 1 January 2010.

Important dates:
Closing date: 5 March 2010
Awards evening: 5 May 2010

Rodney Writes!

The Rodney Writes writing competition 2010 is open for entries. The theme is "Your Story". You can write a short story up to 2,500 words on any topic of your choice. Write to inspire, provoke, excite or entice your reader.

An entry form can be picked up from any of the Rodney Libraries or it's available here in PDF.

There are three categories:
Premier Award: 1st prize $1000, runner up $500
Open only to entrants who have had creative writing published or broadcast for payment previously.

Novice Award: 1st prize $500, runner up $200
Open only to entrants who have not had creative writing published or broadcast for payment previously.

Young Writers Award: 1st prize $500, runner up $200
Open only to entrants under the age of 18 as at 1 January 2010.

Important dates:
Entries open - now!

Closing date: 5 March 2010
Awards evening: 5 May 2010

Rodney Writes - winning stories online

As promised the winning stories from Rodney Writes are online. Congratulations to all the winners.

Rodney Writes awards ceremony

The Rodney Writes Awards ceremony was held last night at Whangaparaoa Library. MC Stu Duvall presided over the celebration of creative writing on the theme "Going global." The three judges, Lorraine Orman (Young Writers), Helen Kirkman (Novice) and Sue Orr (Premier) commented positively on the depth and quality of the entries.

Congratulations to the winners.

Premier winner - John MacKinven
Premier runner-up - Beatrice Hale

Novice winner - Kayleen Hazlehurst
Novice runner-up - Catherine Bell

Young Writers winner - Eve Bain
Young Writers runner-up - Amy Jackson

Photos from the night and more details about the competition to come...

Win $$$ in the Rodney Writes writing competition

Rodney District Council is calling all writers to get their thinking caps on for the 'Rodney Writes' writing competition. The theme is "Going Global" so tell us what it means to you in 2500 words or less. Entries to the competition can be factual or fiction and basically with the world at your feet your story could be about anything 'global'. You may be a young person about to embark on their big OE or perhaps you're a bit more mature and you'd like to reflect on the life changing experience your OE had for you. Alternatively your story could be about global technology or ecology - the world really is your oyster!

There are three categories:

- The Premier Award (for professional writers) - $1,000 first prize, $500 runner up.

- The Novice Award - $500 first prize, $200 runner up.

- The Young Writers Award (for under 18yrs) - $500 first prize, $200 runner up.

Entries for the competition are open. Closing date is 6th March 2009.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

Rodney Libraries Annual Writing Competition Opens

It's that time of year again when the annual Rodney Libraries writing competition Rodney Writes gets underway. The competition is now open to people all over New Zealand with $1000s of prize money on offer.“This year's theme is Going Global,” explains Rodney Writes coordinator Christine Chambers.

“We are calling all budding writers to get their thinking caps on and tell us what Going Global means to them. Competition entries can be factual or fiction and basically with the world at your feet your story could be about anything global."Ms Chambers says entries might come from young people about to embark on their big OE or from more mature writers who’d like to reflect on the life changing experience their OE had on them.

“Alternatively your story could be about global technology or ecology - the world really is your oyster.”There are three main categories for entries. The Premier Award (for professional writers), the Novice Award, and the Young Writers Award (for writers under 18 years of age). There is a word limit of 2,500 words for each story, which applies to all the categories.Prizes are up for grabs for the winner and runner up in each category. With the Premier Award attracting $1,000 for first prize and $500 for runner up. The Novice Award offering $500 for first prize and $200 for runner up, and the Young Writers Award attracting a $500 first prize and $200 runner up.Entries for the competition are now open with the closing date being March 6, 2009. An awards evening will be held on April 22, 2009 at the Whangaparaoa Library and Service Centre.

For more information about the terms and conditions of the competition and/or an entry form go to the Rodney District Council website here.

For more information:
Contact: Christine Chambers, Rodney Writes Co-ordinator
Phone: 0800 426 5169
Email: rodney.libraries@rodney.govt.nz

Rodney Writes - Kiwi Culture

Congratulations to the winners of the Rodney Writes competition. The awards ceremony was held last night at Whangaparaoa Library and Service Centre.

The Premier Award was won by Camille Butler with 'Born in a tent' and Elizabeth Farris was the runner up with 'Happy as Larry'.
The winner of the Novice Award was Jo Wood with 'Good on ya mate' and the runner up was Linda Marincas with 'Finding love in an old dunger'.
The Young Writers Award was won by Amy Jackson with 'The Jandal' and Michael Curreen was the runner up with 'Tomato sauce'.

More details including the winning stories can be found on the Rodney District Council Community webpage Rodney Writes Winners 2008.

Winners and stories from "Rodney Writes 2007 - That was then, this is now" can also be found on the Rodney District Council Community webpage Rodney Writes Winners 2007.

Photos from the event will be up on the Rodney Libraries Flickr page in a couple of days.