OTAGO DAILY TIMES AND WITNESS CHRISTMAS ANNUAL, 1899.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11403, 21 April 1899, Page 3

OTAGO DAILY TIMES AND WITNESS CHRISTMAS ANNUAL, 1899.

■ PRIZE TALK 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 witli their Christnias Annual, to be published at the end of'the current year.

The 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, mid as the whole issue will be printed on super-calendar paper, this feature of the Christmas Animal may agair. be looked forward to as one of special interest. Ten prizes will be awarded, ranging from £5 to 10a, and totalling £27 10s.

THE PKIZETALE COMPETITION will extend from1 April.. 1 to June 30, and PHIZES TO THE VAtUE OF £27 10,s will be-offered as below: — First Prize .. .. "..£SOO Second Prize '.. .. .. 110 0 Third Prize ' .. .. ..400 Fcrartli Prize 3 10 0 Fifth Prize 3 0 0 Sixth Prize '~ .. " .. 210 0 Seventh Prize .. .. .. 2 0 0 Eighth Prize .. .. .. 110 0 Ninth Prize. .. .. .. 10 0 Tenth Prize .. .. .. 010 0 And the proprietors reserve to themselves the right to use any other talc in the competition at the same rate of remuneration as the 10th prize.

CONDITIONS OF THE PEIZE TALE

COMPETITION. No tale to exceed 8000 words in length. While Colonial' Subjects will have the preference, the Plot need not necessarily have a Cclcnial Foundation. .. Each tale to be accompanied by a speciallywritten description of the chief characters or tlio chief incident, which will be placed by the publishers in the hands of a competent artist to be sketched for reproduction1 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 willj 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 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 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 FRIDAY. 30th JUNE, 1899. tUT Contributors are particularly requested to write 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 tales 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 bo considered at all, as it is impossible to send such copy to the linotype operators.