The Witness True Stories of
KwaZulu-Natal Competition 2012
(R10,000 top prize | South Africa)
Deadline: 31 August 2012
The 13th annual True Stories of KwaZulu-Natal competition has been launched and there are categories for everyone.
Your story must be true and have a strong link to KZN, and whether it’s an epic event or just a remarkable moment, we’d love to hear about it.
Your subject should bring something new to the discussion about how we are living and where we should be going as a society. Articles should not be longer than 900 words and the winning entry will take home R3 000.
- There’s a category for schoolchildren.
- In the Open category, the limit for stories is 1 500 words, with the winning entry bagging the grand prize of R10 000 and the runner-up receiving R3 000.
- In our Snapshot and Schools categories, we will award R3 000 each for the best tale written in under 800 words.
- And this year we’ve created a special space for social commentators.
- In the new Opinion category, we’re looking for an original, crisply written, thought-provoking point of view that fits this brief.
RULES:
- State clearly what category you are entering — Open, Snapshot, Schools or Opinion;
- Stories may be submitted via e-mail or post. Send your entries to The Witness True Stories of KwaZulu-Natal Competition, P.O. Box 362, Pietermaritzburg, 3200, or e-mail features@witness.co.za;
- Do not enclose visuals;
- If you send an e-mail attachment, include your contact details in the same document as the story, not just in the e-mail message field;
- Be sure of your entry before you send it — “improved” versions won’t be accepted;
- Editing is at the discretion of The Witness;
- Manuscripts will not be returned;
- The competition is not open to full-time employees of The Witness.
CONTACT INFORMATION:For queries/ submissions: features@witness.co.za
Website: http://www.witness.co.za