There is an upcoming competition for Young Writers called the West Australian Young Writers Award. You can enter a story, or a poem. Both of them have to be a 1500 words maximum. It's for boys and girls Kindy-Year 12, with these years competing against eachother: Kindy-Year 2, Years 3-4, Years 5-6, Years 7-8, Years 9-10, Years 11-12 and the stroy can be any genre. Here is the website if you're thinking about entering this competition.
http://nie.thewest.com.au/component/content/article/38-front-page-hero-stories/335-young-writers-contest
Here's the entry coupon, or you could just get it from the Ed! section of a newspaper.
http://nie.thewest.com.au/images/stories/13T1WO/13t1pg12ywc.pdf
Good Luck to everyone who decides to enter!
-Just Grace
