OTAGO DAILY TIMES AND WITNESS CHRISTMAS ANNUAL, 1899.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11402, 20 April 1899, Page 3

OTAGO DAILY TIMES AND WITNESS CHRISTMAS ANNUAL, 1899.

PRIZE TALE COMPETITION,

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

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

THE PBIZE TALE COMPETITION will extend froni April 1 to June 30, and PRIZES TO THE VALUE OP £27 10a will be offered as below: — First Pme .. .. ... £5 0 0 Second Prize ... .. .. 410 0 Third Prize 4 0 0 Fourth Prize .. ~ .. 310 0 Fifth Prize .. .. .. 3 0 0 Sixth Prize 2 10 0 Seventh Prize... „ .. 2 0 0 Eighth Prize 1 10 0 Ninth Prize 1 01 0 Tenth Prize 0 10 0 Ant! the proprietors reserve to themselves the right to use any other tale in the competition at the same rate of remuneration as the 10th prize. CONDITIONS OF THE PRIZE TALE COMPETITION. No tale to exceed 3000 words in length _ While Colonial Subjects will have "the preference, the Plot need not necessarily have a Cclcnial Foundation. Each tale to hi 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, a.vH to be accompanied by 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 ' 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. tJT Contributors are particularly requested to writs plainly and legibly, and on neat, clean paper, in the event of their tales not being typewritten. With so much MS. to go through carelessly-written talcs cannot possibly be given the same amount of consideration as easily-read MS. or typewritten copy. MS. written on paper printed on one side, or written in pencil, will not be considered at all, as it is impossible to send such copy to the linotype operators.