The Competition
Your Mission: To write a fantastical short story or poem on the theme of "out of this world". Think cosmic thoughts, blast off with stellar words and bring us your stories or poems from the stars. We are looking for entries no longer than 300 words that will send us soaring into the stratosphere!
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Your Deadline: Entries to the competition close on August 1st, 2025.
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The Prizes: All entries will be published in an anthology, with prizes for the winning entry in each age category.
The winning entry in each category (6-9, 10-12 and 13-17) will receive a $100 Better Read Than Dead voucher and two runners up in each category will receive a $50 voucher.
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How to Enter: Follow the link below to submit your entry. Entries are limited to one per person. Please submit your entry as a WORD DOCUMENT. If you need assistance with how to do so, please email us at kids@betterread.com.au.
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The Terms and Conditions
Please click the button below to access our Terms and Conditions.
Ready to Submit?!
Wahoooo, let's go! Please click the button below to submit your short story or poem. It'll take you to a separate webpage where we'll ask for your details and show you where to upload your piece. Please remember to submit it as a WORD DOCUMENT!