About the Competition

Students in Years 3 to 6 are invited to take part in Tell Me a Story writing and illustration competitions.

Tell me a Story competition is a local competition that has been running successfully in the Great Lakes and Manning regions since 2018 and is popular with students.

Competition goals:

  • Support schools in their effort to improve students’ literacy level;
  • Increase children’s creativity and confidence;
  • Provide out-of-school opportunities for students where they can experiment and put their skills to the test;
  • Help the children to discover passion through a fun creative process.

Competition values:  “Celebrating learning”.

Competition objective:  Encourage students to have a go and discover joy in writing and illustrating.

Key elements of the competition:

  • Tell Me a Story competition invites schools in the same region to participate;
  • All students, participating in the writing competition, receive a feedback from judges and a certificate.  
  • Illustration competition follows the writing competition and is based on top stories from the writing competition;
  • There are trophies for short-listed entries;
  • Winners are announced in a local newspaper and published on Tell Me a Story website;
  • Writing and illustration top entries are published in Tell Me a Story  yearly anthology;
  • Top stories and illustrations are exhibited at the Awards Event;
  • Funds are raised in the local community, raising awareness and gaining support from the community;
  • There is one Awards Event for Tell Me a Story writing and illustration competition.

Tell Me a Story competition logos are copyright protected.   

Competition logos:

 

 

 

Artist:     Monika Maria Klenner   Monika Maria Klenner (monikaklenner.com)  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artist:  Nyaree Donnelly

 

 

 

Competition Founders:   Teresa Siminska and Monika Maria Klenner