A book fair is going to be held in the Exhibition Hall of the Gozo Ministry during the first weekend in November. To promote creative writing, students are being invited to enter writing competitions.

Prizes will be awarded for the winning entries. Students will also be encouraged to read their winning entries at the book fair.

Entries in the form of short stories, poems or essays are required in either Maltese or English. There are three categories of entries:

Individual Entries

Under 11 years – length up to 500 words

11 to 15 years – length up to 750 words

Over 15 years – length up to 1000 words

Group Entries

Plays written either in English or Maltese and performed by groups of students are required. Winning plays will be performed by the students at the book fair.

Under 11 years plays taking up to 5 minutes to perform

11 to 15 years plays taking up to 10 minutes to perform

Over 15 years plays taking up to 15 minutes to perform

Teachers and other adults may assist in directing these plays but the play content should be the original work of the group of students.

The closing date for all entries is the 23rd of October 2013. Entries can be neatly hand written or typed. They can be posted to Gozo Book Fair Competition, Casa Papillon, 21A Gnien Xibla Street, Xaghra, Gozo XRA 2400. Or emailed to barday@melita.com

Each entry must have the name, contact details and age of the entrant, as well as the school attended. Teachers are asked to confirm that entries are the original work of the entrant. Teachers may like to submit work written by their students as part of their normal school work.

Teachers are requested in assist in assessing which entries should be submitted, encouraging students and ensuring rules are adhered to.

If there are any queries please contact Barbara Day on gozolive2018@gmail.com.

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