Young creatives awards
Young Creatives Awards 2019
Entries are now closed
Thank you to all who entered. The entries were of a very high standard, unique and full of imagination.
Winners will be notified by 31 August 2019.
Prize giving presentations will be held at:
Leichhardt Library
Italian Forum
23 Norton Street, Leichhardt
Wednesday, 25 September, 6:30pm
Categories and Prizes
Young Writers Award and Young Artists Award
Open to:
Ages 12-15
Ages 16-18
Prizes
First prize for each age group in each category:
$500 cash
Runner-up prize:
$250 cash
Closing date for submissions
Wednesday, 31 July, 2019
Opening date for submissions
Monday, 1 April, 2019.
You can register and submit your entry at:
Young Writers Award
Young Artists Award
Guidelines for entry
The awards are open to students aged between 12 -18 years who study, work or live in the Inner West Council area.
The source of inspiration for your work must be a title from the Inner West Library collection, this can be a book, magazine, movie or newspaper.
Young Writers Award
Your written piece can be a review, a fan fiction or a piece of prose responding to an item from the Inner west Council Libraries. Entries will be accepted +/- 10% of 1000 words. Poetry will not be accepted.
Young Artists Award
We’ve simplified the entry requirement this year and now you can enter a digital piece.
The entry for the Young Artist Award must consist of one piece that responds to a resource in the Library. For example you can provide a drawing or painting illustrating a scene in a novel/DVD, or a video re-creating a scene from a book or fan art.
Each award has two categories:
(12 – 15 years) and (16 -18 years)
(12 -15 years) and (16 – 18 years)
This link will take you to a PDF of the full guidelines and terms and conditions of entry. (PDF 221.5KB)
Music for our video courtesy of www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music