CONDITIONS OF THE PRIZE TALE COMPETITION.
No tale to exceed 3000 words in length,
While Colonial Subjects will have tho preference, the Plot need not necessarily have a Colonial Foundation.
Each tale lo bo accompanied by a speciallywritten description of the chief characters or the chief incident, which will ba placed by the publishers iv the hands of a competent artist t.-i be sketched for reproduction as a half-tone engraving. As an alternative to this a sketch oE the character or incident would be acceptable.
The judging will be placed in the hands of a thoroughly competent and independent authority, and the announcement of the awards will, ii possible, be made a month after tho close of the competition.
All MS. to have a noni de plume attached, and to he accompanied by a- scaled envelope addiesscd to the Editor of the Otago Witness, containing the writer's name and address, the name ot the tale, and the norn de plume attached to the MS. This envelope will remain unopened until the receipt of the awards from the judge.
All tales to be original, and the bona fide work of the writer.
MS. to be in the Editor's hands not later than
FRIDAY, 30th JUNE, 1899.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11399, 17 April 1899, Page 4
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