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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 63, 15 March 1915, Page 8

PUBLIC NOTICES. TJHOTOGRAPHIC AND T ITEBABY /"■-OMPETITIONS FOB 1 Q1 X With a view to obtaining the most attractive matter .possible for Next Year's Issue, J i and at the same time encouraging Literary 1 and Artistic ability, the Proprietors of BRETT'S CHRISTMAS ANNUAL have resolved to offer a number of valuaoie Prizes for the best Photographs, Tales, and Sketches sent In by Competitors, as under: PHOTOGRAPHIC /COMPETITIONS. COMPETITION NO. 1. (BEST LANDSCAPE AND SEASCAPE, Rush Scene, or Picture of Farm or Country Life (with or without figures). Ist Prize, _4; 2nl Prise, £2: 3rd Prize, -1. COMPETITION NO. 2. STUDY OF CHILD LIFE; OB ANIMAL LIFE, wild or domesticated (with or ' without Human Figures). Ist Prize, _4; 2nd Prize, £2; 3rd Prize, fl. i RULES AND CONDITIONS. All the Competitions are open to Pro* fesslonuls and Amateurs alike. There is no entrance fee. Competitors must only submit their own bona lide work, which has not beeu pre- ' vlou3ly published or entered for auy other competition. Photographs of any size or style may be entered; but Half-plates or Full-plates, printed ou ordinary 1.0.P. paper, are preferred. These should, if possible, be scut in fiat aud unmounted, and must have the name and address of the Competitor and the Number of Competition, written in pencil ou the back of each print. Address, "l'hotographlc Competitions," BRETT'S CHRISTMAS ANNUAL, Aucklaud. The Competitions will close on 20th March. 1915, and the results will be announced as soon thereafter as possible. The Proprietors of BRETT S CHRISTMAS ANNUAL will be entitled to use any of the Photographs sent In, not awarded a prize, on payment to the Competitor of a sum of 5/- per print. All prints will be returned If not accepted. The declsiou of the Editor of BRETT'S CHRISTMAS ANNUAL shall be final. The sending in of -Prints by a Competitor shall be equivalent to an undertaking that suid Competitor is willing to abide by these conditions. T ITERARY /"IOMPETITIONS. I.—BEST XEW ZEALAND STORY, not exceeding 3,000 words. Ist Prize, £5; 2nd I'rlze, f_ 10/. 2.—BEST SKETCH OF * TRAVEL OR HOLIDAY ADVENTURE IX XEW ZEALAND, suituble for being lllus. trated; uot exceeding 2,000 words. Ist Prize, £5; 2nd Prize, £210/. RULES AND CONDITIONS. Stories may be cither Tragic, Comic, Domestic, or Uomantlc. The essential points are—They must be oilgiual, not previously published or eulcred lv acy other couipetitlou, aud they must -elate to life lv New Zealand. Sketches of Travel and Holiday Adventure iv Xew Zealand may be either Descriptive or Narrative, or both combined, aud may be Serious or Humorous. They must be original, aud not previously published or uttered lv uuy other competition. stories nud Sketches must be sent addressed to "Literary Competition, IiICTT'S CHRISTMAS ANNUAL, AUCKLAND." uot later than the 20th March. 1015. The results of the Competitions will be announced as soon thereafter as possible. The Copyright of ull Stories so purchased, as well as of the Prize Stories, shall vest in the proprietors of BRETT'S CHRISTMAS ANNUAL. The Proprietors ot BRETT'S CHRISTMAS ANNUAL shall be entitled to publish any of the Stories or -ketches sent in, on paying for the same at the rate of £1 per story or sketch. AU MSS. not accepted will be returned. All Competitive Tales or Sketches must be plainly written.or typed, on one side of the paper only, aud must be accompanied by tbe full name and address of the author. The decision or the Editor of BRETT'S CHRISTMAS ANNUAL shall lv every case be Dual. By the mere act of sending In Tales or I Sketches addressed to the Competitions i Editor, Competitors will be understond to have agreed to the foregoing conditions.

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