pKIZE TALE COMPETITIONS OTAGO DAILY TIMES AND WITNESS CHRISTMAS ANNUAL, 1898, The Proprietors of the Otago Daily Times and Witness .beg to announce that one of the features of their Christmas Annual for 1898 will be A SERIES OF TEN SPECIALLY • WRITTEN SHOUT TALES. These tales will be profusely illustrated, and as tbe O.D.T. and W. Annual will be printed on specially imported paper similar to that used for their last Christmas Annual, it i 3 confidently anticipated that in the Illustration of the Tales a highly appreciated feature of the issue will be the result. THE PEIZE TALE COMPETITION will extend from April 1 to June 30, and PHIZES TO THE VALUE OF £27 will be offered as below :—: — : First Prize ff ... £5 0 0' Second Prize ... ,fi „. 410 0 Third Prize... . £. ,i 40 0 Fourth Prize % 310 0 Fifth Prize... * 3 0 0 Sixth Prize... .$ ... ;;, 210 0 ' Seventh Prize ,j». 2 0 0' Eighth Prize &. 110 0 Ninth Prize .fo .^ ... 10 0 Tenth Prize ... f "«j •<* 010 0 And the proprietors reserve to themselves tha 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 Coloiiial subjects will have the preference, tbe plot need not necessarily have a Colonial foundation. Each tale to be accompanied by a specially, written 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 repioduction as a half-tone en graving. 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 by a sealed envelope addressed to the Editor of the Otago Witness, containing tbe writer's name and address, the name of the tale, and tbe 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 originial, and the bona fide work of the writer. MS. to ba in the Editor's bands not later than THURSDAY, 30th JUNE, 1898.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2303, 21 April 1898, Page 37
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