OTAGO DAILY TIMES AND

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11401, 19 April 1899, Page 3

OTAGO DAILY TIMES AND

WITNESS CHRISTMAS ANNUAL., 1899.

PRIZE TALE COMPETITION,

The Proprietors of the Otago, Daily Times anfl Witness . beg io announce that a Prize Tale Competition on the same lines as that of last year will be hold in connection with their Christinas Annual, to be" published at the end of the current year.

The Tales will again be profusely illustrated, a fact which necessitates,the MS. boing in our hands somewhat earlier'tlian would otherwise be necessary. The illustrating will be placed iii competent bands, and as the whole issue will be printed on super-calendar paper, this feature of the Christmas Anuual may again be looked forward to as one of special interest. Ten prizes will be awarded, ranging from -.5 to 10s, and totalling £27 10s.

THE PRIZE TALE COMPETITION will extend from April 1 to June 30, and FRIZES TO THE VALUE OF £27 10s will be offered as below:—■

Aud the proprietors reserve to themselves the right to use any other tale in the competition ut the same rate of remuneration as the 10th prize.

CONDITIONS OP THE PRIZE TALE COMPETITION. No talc to exceed 3000 words in length. While Colonial Subjects will have the preference, the Plot need not necessarily have a Colonial Foundation. Each tale to be accompanied by a speciallywritten description of the chief characters or the chief incident, which will be placed by the publishers in the hands of a competent artist to be sketched for reproduction as a half-tone, engraving. As an alternative to this a sketch of 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, if'possible, be made a month' after the close of the competition. All MS. to have a norn de plume attached, and to be accompanied hy a sealed' envelope addressed to the Editor of the Otago Witness, containing the writer's name and address, the name of 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. AU tales to be original, and the bona fide work of the writer. MS. to be in the Editor's hands not later FRIDAY, 30th JUNE, 1899.

First Prize Second Prize .. I'liird Prize .. ., Fourth Prize .. Fifth Prize .. .. Sixth Prize .. ,. Seventh Prize .. .. Eighth. Prize .. _-.iiith Prize lentil Prize £5 0 0 4 10 0 4 0 0 3 10 0 3 0 0 2 10 0 2 0 0"-. 1 10 0 10 0 0' 10 0