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Otago Witness, Issue 2168, 12 September 1895, Page 40

OTAGO WITNESS CHRISTMAS • NUMBER, PRIZE TALE COMPETITION. The conductors of the Otago Witness have decided to offer prizes for the best three tales specially written for the Witness Christinas Number of the current year. The amount offered fox competition will be EIGHTEEN GUINEAS, Divided into three prizes, thus :-< FIRST PRIZE.. Ten Guineas SECOND „ ..Fnve<2uSueas THIItD „ . .Three tiufiueas. 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. keturned to them as sooa as the awards are announced. RULES OF THE COMPETITH3N. The competition will conclude on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, all tales to be sent in not later than that date. Competing talcs 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 clao being equal a preference would probably be given to a tale of New Zealand or Australian life. All M.B. 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 bona Ude work of the writer. MS. to be in the Editor's hands nof latter than Thursday, October 31, I£Bs.