OVERVIEW The John McKenzie Writing Competition, open to students in years 11, 12 and 13, is held by the HBETA every year to encourage and celebrate our best student writers in both prose and poetry. All current and past information is being migrated to the new site Address enquiries to wls@hnhs.school.nz. Latest Poster
MPORTANTDATES Competition entries close in the last week of Term 3 (September) and are judged in Term 4 of every year. The judge is to be a published writer and, if possible, available for prizegiving which is held in November as part of the HBETA Term 4 meeting, Winning students and their English teachers are to be informed via email of their success. Winners are no longer announced here but rather on the new site.
HASHTAG
#JMKwc
PRIZES
To be confirmed each year by HBETA:
Overall Winner (prose or poetry)
$250
Runner-up Prose
$75
Runner-up Poetry
$75
Highly Commended (up to three)
$0
CERTIFICATES Templates for certificates used in 2015.
RULES For the latest information, go to the new site.
INSPIRATION
Check out the 'Starters' page on the new site as well as South Auckland Poets Collective's Onehou Strickland's '17 Again'
You can access winning entries via the new website. For previous winning entries there is a button at the end of the page.
OVERVIEW
The John McKenzie Writing Competition, open to students in years 11, 12 and 13, is held by the HBETA every year to encourage and celebrate our best student writers in both prose and poetry. All current and past information is being migrated to the new site Address enquiries to wls@hnhs.school.nz.
Latest Poster
MPORTANT DATES
Competition entries close in the last week of Term 3 (September) and are judged in Term 4 of every year. The judge is to be a published writer and, if possible, available for prizegiving which is held in November as part of the HBETA Term 4 meeting, Winning students and their English teachers are to be informed via email of their success. Winners are no longer announced here but rather on the new site.
HASHTAG
#JMKwc
PRIZES
To be confirmed each year by HBETA:
CERTIFICATES
Templates for certificates used in 2015.
RULES
For the latest information, go to the new site.
INSPIRATION
Check out the 'Starters' page on the new site as well as South Auckland Poets Collective's Onehou Strickland's '17 Again'
You can access winning entries via the new website. For previous winning entries there is a button at the end of the page.
Read a note from Marty regarding the competition.