Seven Steps Writing Competition
Entries close: Monday 24 August, 2020
Seven Steps Writing Competition
The Seven Steps Writing Competition is being held once again this year and it is an excellent opportunity to showcase the great writing skills your child/ren have acquired.
The Seven Steps to Writing Success combines 7 strategies or steps for effective writing. They are:
- Step 1 : Plan for Success
- Step 2 : Sizzling Start
- Step 3 : Tightening Tension
- Step 4 : Dynamic Dialogue
- Step 5 : Show, don't tell
- Step 6 : Ban the Boring
- Step 7 : Exciting Ending
There are 4 categories to enter and win (see attached):
Category 1 : a short story/poem/diary entry on The Astonishing Bicycle
Category 2 : a short story or script for a radio/TV show on Mistaken Identity
Category 3 : a short story and story graph on A Visit to the Past
Category 4 : a comic strip or manga on A Curious Creature.
Competition Details
- Each category has a challenge, so make sure your child/ren address these to demonstrate their Seven Steps knowledge and increase their chance of winning;
- Students can enter more than one category;
- Students can submit joint/co-authored entries;
- A parent must sign the publishing permission form for the student to be included in the competition;
- Entries must be submitted to Seven Steps by Monday 24 August, 2020
- Winners will be notified on Tuesday 15 September 2020
Prizes
There will be one primary winner and a runner-up for each category. Winners will receive $50 book voucher, runners-up a $25 book voucher. The school with the greatest number of entries will win a Seven Steps Manual of their choice. Winners and runners-up may have their work published in future Seven Steps resources.
How to Enter
- An entry form for each category is attached
- Each fully completed entry form needs to be sent to Seven Steps by Monday 24 August. Entries can be scanned and emailed to: inspiration@sevenstepswriting.com or posted to : Seven Steps to Writing Success, PO Box 194, Sandringham, Vic., 3191.
All queries to : Ms Jacobs (sharon.jacobs@education.vic.gov.au)