OTAGO WITNESS CHRISTMAS - NUMBER.

Otago Witness, Issue 2161, 25 July 1895, Page 46

OTAGO WITNESS CHRISTMAS - NUMBER.

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PRIZE TALE COMPETITION.

The conductors of the Otago Witness have decided to offer prizes for the best three talcs specially written for the Witness Christmas Number of the current year. The amount offered fos

competition will be

EIGHTEEN GUINEAS,

Divided into three prizes, thus :: — • FIEST PRIZE . . Ten G&aificas SECOND „ . . Five Guineas THIRD „ ..Three Guineas.

The competing tales will be submitted to a well-known local literary man who has undertaken to act as judge, and the awards will be published 'as soon after the close of the competition as possible.

Unsuccessful competitors- will have their MS. detubned to them as sooa as the awards are announced.

RULES OF THE COMPETITION.

The competition will conclude on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, all tales to be sent in not later than that date.

Competing tales to contain not less than 10 nor more than 20 columns of the Witness, or, say, from 12,000 to 24,000 words.

All MS. to be-legibly written in ink, on one side of the paper only.

No restriction whatever is made as to the selection of the plot, but all else being equal a preference would probably be given to a tale of New Zealand or Australian life.

All MS. to have a norn, de plume attached, and to be accompanied with the name and address of the writer in a sealed envelope addressed to the Editor, the envelopes to remain unopened until the receipt of the awards from the judge.

All tales to be original, and the Ima fide work of the writer.

MS. to be in the Editor's hands not latter than Thursday, October 31,