April 17

Principal’s Writing Competition

Inaugural Principal’s Writing Competition

Prompt: “What lies beneath”

  1. The competition is open to all creative pieces of any style and form.
  2. Students are allowed one entry in the competition.
  3. Entries can be a short story, poem, lyric, informative essay or discursive piece.
  4. This is a school wide competition and is inclusive of both Bayview and Pasco campuses; however, each campus will have different prompts and categories.
  5. Absolutely no plagiarism of any kind; previously submitted entries or any plagiarised work will automatically disqualify entrant.
  6. Pieces are allowed an open word limit, but should not exceed a 50 word minimum and a 2500 word maximum.
  7. Prompt can be used as the starting sentence or overall theme.
  8. All entries must be submitted online via email to writingcomp@willihigh.vic.edu.au with the subject as: [Your Full Name: Title of Submission] or by another negotiated source (such as in hardcopy, in person to Mr Catalano).

The winners of the Semester One Principal’s Writing Competition will be given the opportunity to attend the Melbourne Writer’s Festival, which is from the 24th of August to the 2nd of September.

 

The Judges panel will consist of three teacher judges and two student judges.

 

All students must submit their entries by the 11th of May 2018.

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July 19

LOTE Week Competition 2017

Win! Win! Win!  

Williamstown High School LOTE teachers are organising an essay writing competition for Junior and Senior students.

The topic for the Senior kids is: 

“The 2016 Census results show that we are becoming an increasingly ‘monolingual’ state and that the issue of second-language education in Australia requires ‘urgent’ attention’. Discuss why second-language learning and intercultural awareness is critical in a globalised world”

Students must refer to the recent article on the Census to respond to this topic:

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/06/27/census-2016-second-language-learning-australia-needs-urgent-attention 

All students from Years 10, 11 and 12 are to respond to the same topic (in ENGLISH), with individual winners in year levels to be awarded. All responses must be under 1000 words in length and submitted to: matthew.grose@willihigh.vic.edu.au before 3pm on 28th July.

There are prizes for the winners, including travel and luggage packs from World Strides, brand new Lenovo tablets as well as a 3 night complimentary stay in a Hotel in Legian Bali.

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May 11

Newport Youth Film Festival

NYFF will be held on the 30th of June.

Submissions close 2nd of June. NO LATE ENTRIES.

For producers of films by people who are aged between 12 – 25.

Category 1: Film produced by person aged between 12 – 17.

Category 2: Film produced by person aged between 18 – 25.

The winners of these two categories will each receive a prize.

Maximum length of short films to be 15 minutes or less including titles and credits

This year, NYFF will be held at the newly renovated Newport Community Hub.

Anyone can come and see the films, but only films made by people aged between 12 – 25 will be shown. The films will be judged on the night by a panel of judges and prizes awarded to the Producer of the winning films or an associate.

There are no rating limits on the films. However, all films will go through a review panel process. The Review Panel reserves the right to disallow any films believed to be too explicit, gratuitous or in extreme bad taste. Warnings will be given before any film that contains harsh, mature or potentially disturbing content.

The submission form must be completed and submitted by the Producer. Incomplete entry forms will not be accepted.
Visit: http://newportyouthfilmfestival.com for all the details. 
 
The festival is not for profit. It’s run by a group of individuals who love film and want to give people the chance to show their creations to a wider audience and for them to gain some acknowledgement for their work.
 
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May 5

Competition for Film Makers

ReelOzInd!

ReelOzInd! was established in 2016 to encourage Australians and Indonesians to share their stories. There is no other festival that brings Australian and Indonesian filmmakers together to share their work and stories on the same screen.

Here’s a competition for all you budding film makers with a great prize.

For film makers from 13 – 18 years of age the Youth Film Maker prize is $1500.

Your theme is; WATER

Your film must have been made in the last 12 months.

Your film must be less than 10 minutes long.

Entries must be received by 31st July 2017.

For more information visit the website HERE.

 

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April 19

Writing Competitions – Win Money!!

Insight Creative writing competition.

Win $500 (Yr 11 & 12) $400 (Yr 10).

Visit http://bit.ly/2oEub0v for details or ask Library staff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mental Health Foundation Australia – Share your story

Win $150 (Yr 10, 11, 12)

Visit the library for details and application form.

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February 11

Flash Fiction 88

Read our first Flash Fiction contribution.

lightning 88

By Anonymous

‘You disgust me’, I thought angrily. What can I do about it anyway?

I stare hard at the face in front me.  Concertinaed forehead, mouth twisted into a grimace with corners turned down, the eyes, ocean blue and pleading, are demanding something of me.

To my horror I see fat, hot tears gathering in the corners of those pleading eyes.

‘Stop it!’ I scream. ‘Don’t think a few tears will get you anywhere.’

I look again into those pleading eyes, revulsion growing.

OMG!

It can’t be!

It’s me.

 

 

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February 5

Flash Fiction 88

Want some tips on writing flash fiction? For 13 pieces of good advice click HERE.lightning 88

This is tip 1:

1. Take out all unnecessary words. Practice on Twitter. I kid you not, and I speak from experience. Nothing shows you how to whittle down a sentence to the key elements better than Twitter. Pretend you only get one single solitary tweet to get the idea across. Can you do it?

Let’s practice and redo this sentence:

Pretend you only get one single solitary tweet to get the idea across convey your idea.

Pretend you only get one tweet to convey your idea.

Look, I just saved 3 words by editing that sentence. That’s GOLD in flash. It adds up, people!

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December 16

Flash Fiction 88

lightning 88Write your own Flash Fiction 88 and win a book.

Write a story in 88 words.

Email your entry to: carrington.janie.w@edumail.vic.gov.au, make a post, or give a hard copy to Library staff.

Visit Pasco Library for more information.

Read some Flash Fiction HERE.

Go to the end of this article from The Guardian for 6 tips on How to Write Flash Fiction.

For even Flasher Flash Fiction check out these two sentence winners and read the judges comments about why he liked them.

Or take some advice from: Stace Budzko, writer and Instructor of “10 Weeks/10 Stories” at Grub Street:

Start at the flashpoint – By definition Flash begins at the moment of conflict, when all the action is nearly complete. Think: the final gesture of a love affair, or the start of a good old-fashioned gang fight. All of this is to say we need to avoid preambles or introductions (unless working on a specific conceit).

Focus on the powerful image(s) – Find one or more powerful images to focus your story on. A wartorn street. An alien sunset. A Going Out of Business sign. They say a picture worth a thousand words. Paint a picture with words. It doesn’t hurt to have something happen inside that picture. It is a story after all.

Hit them where it hurts – Go for an ending that offers an emotional impact. As flash writers, we are in the punch-in-the-gut business. Play against expectations with a sense of narrative mystery or devastating twist, a poignant implication or declarative last sentence that leaves the reader breathless, and going back for more.

 

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