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.   

Writing competition logo:

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Artist:  Nyaree Donnelly

 

 

 

Competition Founders:   Teresa I. Siminska and Monika M. Klenner.