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New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 30, 23 July 1892, Page 742

THIRD Christmas Story COMPETITION. HE COMPETITION for the short stories for the last Christmas Number of the New Zealand Graphic was so entirely successful, resulting in the introduction to the editor of writers hitherto unknown to him, that it has been deemed advisable to follow so excellent a precedent. Therefore the editor, in offering prizes for a similar competition this year, trusts that many fresh writers will enter the field. (See rule 2.) Owing to the immense labour involved in reading the competitions, designing the illustrations, and producing this The stories must not be less than 4000, or more than 6500 words in length, suitable for use in the New Zealand Graphic. Each story must be accompanied by a short outline (about 500 words in length) of its plot. SPECIAL NUMBER OF THE New Zealand Graphic it is imperative that the stories should be in the Editor’s hands as per rule 5. THREE PRIZES will be given in the following order for the best selected tales :— FIRST PRIZE --£5OO SECOND PRIZE -£3OO THIRD PRIZE - £2 0 0 RULE S. In writing, these conditions, must be observed : 1. The Graphic is at liberty to publish any of the stories sent in other than the prize-takers. 2. Every reader of t.he New Zealand Graphic not being a member of the literary staff or the winner of a first prize in previous years, is eligible to enter the competition. 3. The Editor cannot undertake to answer inquiries having reference to the treatment of the stories in detail. The particulars given are sufficient for the purposes of the competition, and everything else is left to the Judgment and discretion of the competitors. The award of the Judges will be published as soon after the close of the Competition as possible, and no information respecting the award will be given to any competitor before this publication. 4 Each MSS. should be prepaid, and if left open at the ends will be carried at book post rates. It should be addressed to the ‘Editor. New Zealand Graphic, .Shortlandstreet, Auckland. A motto instead of the writer's name must be written under the title ot the story. The author's real name must be enclosed in an envelope addressed to the editor, bearing the motto and the words, •Story Competition ’on the top left corner. This envelope must not be placed in the MSS. packet, but must be posted separately. It must also contain a declaration that the work is original and entirely the sender's own. 5. All contributions must reach the office before August 16th. 6. The incidents and general features of the story must, refer to life or adventure in New Zealand as typified in the cities, the country, on the gold Holds or gum-fields, on a sheen run, in a wealthy home, or a struggling farm. The stories must be bright, original, and suitable for family reading. Purely imaginative stories are not of course inadmissible if the scone is laid in New Zealand. 7. Writing on one side of the paper only.