Bank of New Zealand Katherine Mansfield Awards
The short story competition famous for launching tall poppies
Katherine Mansfield videoconference
11.30am–12.30pm, 23 May 2006
What makes a winning short story? Join Joy Cowley and Vita Bryant for a discussion to discover the secret to writing successfully. Since 1959, the Bank of New Zealand Katherine Mansfield Awards have helped boost the careers of celebrated New Zealand writers such as Maurice Shadbolt, Frank Sargeson and Daphne de Jong. This year, entries will be accepted from 1 May to 30 June. Secondary students are encouraged to enter a short story in the Young Writer category.
Joy is a noted author and 2005 competition judge, while Vita was the winner of the Young Writers’ Award the same year.
Find out about:
- where to draw inspiration for stories from
- why good writing is so important
- what the judges are looking for
- how to enter the competition
This videoconference will appeal to English and media classes at a secondary school level.
All secondary schools taking part in this Bank of New Zealand Katherine Mansfield Awards video conference go in the draw to win $250 dollars worth of Booksellers Tokens*
* Katherine Mansfield Young Writers’ video conference prize draw terms and conditions:
- Each secondary school that participates in the Katherine Mansfield Young Writer’s video conference on Tuesday, 23 May 2006 will go into prize draw to win a $250 dollars worth of Bookseller Tokens.
- The winning secondary school will be drawn on 30 May 2006.
- There will be one winning secondary school and entries are restricted to one per secondary school.
- The prize is not transferable or redeemable for cash.
- The prize draw supervisor’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- The winning secondary school will be notified by telephone or in writing.
- The winning school agrees that its name and photograph may be used by Bank of New Zealand from time to time for promotional purposes.
- Bank of New Zealand reserves the right to vary, suspend or terminate the prize draw at any time.
About the speakers
Joy Cowley
Joy Cowley is one of New Zealand’s finest, most respected and prolific children’s authors. She has written more than 600 titles for all ages and her books are available in most countries where English is a first or second language. Her books are particularly sought after in the US, where she spends several months of the year. Several of her books have also been translated.
Vita Bryant
Vita Bryant is in her first year at Victoria University. She won the Bank of New Zealand Katherine Mansfield Young Writers’ Award in her final year as a student of Onslow College. The story ‘Down and Out in Paris and Kensington Gardens’ was written for an English creative writing assessment, and is dedicated to her friends.
Further information
Students can seek further information at www.bnz.co.nz/kmawards and submit their entries online from 1 May 2006. Entry forms are also available at any Bank of New Zealand branch in May. For further enquiries email: kmawards@bnz.co.nz
TO REGISTER FOR THIS VIDEOCONFERENCE, CONTACT: digitalconversations@cwa.co.nz or telephone: (04) 382 6506 BY 12 MAY 2006
Please be aware that this session will be recorded. If your school wishes to participate, we will need a signed permission form from all participants.
