Short Story Section
The fine print
- There is an Open section and Secondary School section in this category
- Entrants in the Secondary School section must have parents/guardians who are residents or ratepayers of the South Taranaki District. The entrants must be attending a secondary school or be home schooled at a secondary school level.
- Teachers may advise a student on their work in the initial stages, however, the final entry piece must not be edited by a teacher.
- Entrants in the Open section must be over 13 years of age, and must be residents or ratepayers of the wider Taranaki region. You must not be eligible for the Secondary School section.
- The South Taranaki District Council (STDC) takes no responsibility for entries.
- All entries will receive an acknowledgement of their entry immediately on submission.
- Manuscripts will not be returned to the entrants.
- STDC will endeavour to arrange first publication and/or broadcast of the winning manuscript.
- Copyright remains with the author. However, STDC reserves the right to publish the winning entries without fee. A selection of the manuscripts (other than the winner) may be chosen for publication (without fee) after the presentation of the Awards.
- Winners' names, entry details, biographical information and photographs will be required by STDC for promotional purposes.
- The entries chosen as finalists will be universally formatted to fit our chosen template for publication.
- Entries selected for publication (including online) will be subject to editing to usual newspaper requirements before publication.