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Closing 14 Sept: The Fishy Stories 2024 Writing Challenge!

3 September 2024

Does your child love to write? Are they a hidden author? Students from Years 1 to 8 are invited to enter a story of their own choice (no more than 350 words) online for this year’s “Fishy Stories Writing Challenge”.

Closing 14 Sept: The Fishy Stories 2024 Writing Challenge!

The winning stories will be professionally performed at the upcoming “Festival of Stories” in Fish Creek on Sunday, 17 November 2024. All stories will be published in the Fish Creek eBook and displayed at the festival!

Important Dates

  • Entries close: 14 September 2024
  • Final selection (20 entries): October 2024

Judging Guidelines

  • Captures imagination of the reader
  • Interesting, brave, innovative use of words (vocabulary, etc)
  • Story makes sense
  • Dialogue – sounds believable (not wooden)
  • Description and Imagery – makes scenes and characters come to life
  • Characters – feel real and three dimensional
  • Action – reader feels part of the action
  • Something unique about the story
  • Punctuation, spelling and grammar – NOT the most important aspect

  • Cheryl Becker Pedagogical Leader (Years 3 - 6)Year 4 Team LeaderYear 3/4 Hifz Class Teacher Cheryl Becker

    Cheryl Becker

    Cheryl Becker

    Pedagogical Leader (Years 3 - 6)Year 4 Team LeaderYear 3/4 Hifz Class Teacher