Tumut, Batlow and Tumbarumba Libraries
Unleash your creativity and spark your imagination with our writing competition!
To celebrate Library and Information Week, we invite all Snowy Valley’s children aged 6 to 12 to write a short story and enter it in our competition.
Children’s author, Katrina Roe, author of picture book Lily’s Balloon, will judge the entries.
She will be looking for:
-A strong, clear, authentic voice (Tip: Be yourself! Don’t try to write like somebody else.)
-An original and compelling story that keeps the reader interested. (Hint: make the reader care about your character and their world.)
-Inclusion of the key phrase, to be released at 10am, Monday 2 June, 2025.
Stories should be no longer than 500 words.
Stories will be judged in two age categories, 6-8 and 9-12 years.
Prizes will be awarded to the winning entry and runner up, with honourable mentions receiving a certificate.
Entry forms are available online here or from any of our libraries and can be returned to Batlow, Tumbarumba and Tumut Libraries, at outreach services in Adelong and Talbingo or to the mobile library at Jingellic, Khancoban and Tooma. Alternatively, you may email your entry to tumut@svc.nsw.gov.au, but you must include the subject line ‘SVC Libraries Writing Competition’.
Cost: FREE
Entries open on Monday 2 June and close on Friday 18 July, 2025.
