Voices on the Coast Writing Competition
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History

The Voices on the Coast writing competition accepted entries of up to 30,000 words from previously unpublished authors. Stories were to be aimed at children aged eight to 13 years. First prize was $1500

Notes

  • This competition, begun in 2007, is sponsored by Maroochy Shire Council and is open to previously unpublished authors who are writing for children aged 8-13. It is part of the regional youth literature festival, Voices on the Coast, Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2007

inaugural winner y separately published work icon Kumiko and the Dragon Briony Stewart , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2007 Z1423101 2007 single work children's fiction children's fantasy adventure (taught in 1 units) 'Kumiko doesn't like going to bed. She can't sleep. The reason she can't sleep is the giant dragon that sits outside her bedroom window every single night. So one night she plucks up the courage to ask the dragon to leave, not knowing that the truth she is about to discover is more thrilling than anything she could ever have imagined.' (Publisher's blurb)
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