CREATIVE WRITING CONTEST

The Creative Writing Contest is a great chance for students to express their creativity, imagination, and love of writing. It is sponsored by the Samuel J. and Jean Sable Education Fund.

Teachers may submit the top 5 entries from their class no later than Friday, March 22nd, 2019.

Awards Ceremony

All winning submissions will be published in a Creative Writing Booklet, which is distributed to participants and families at the Awards Ceremony.

This year’s Awards Ceremony will take place at 10:30am on Sunday, May 26th, 2019  at UJA Lipa Green Centre  Tamari Hall – 4600 Bathurst (TBC)

Contest Guidelines:

Eligibility

All children studying in a day or part time Jewish school affiliated with The Julia & Henry Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Education are eligible. All entries must be original work.

Literary Style

Students’ work may be in the form of prose, poetry, play, fiction or non-fiction. Students should avoid summaries of historical or biographical information. Please limit all entries to four pages.

Format

• English and Hebrew Entries from students in grades 4 and up must be submitted in Word format, single-spaced (no PDF entries, please)
• Only students in grades 1-3 may submit in handwritten form.
• Please scan and submit handwritten entries in JPEG or PDF format.
• Artwork is welcomed! Please colour scan and submit along with a written entry

Topics

1. All Jews Are Responsible For One Another
2. My Jewish Education In My Life
3. A Jewish Person Special To Me or My Family
4. My Special Shabbat Guest
5. Israel at 100
6. My Jewish Start-up