500 Words Story Telling Competition

This Story Telling Competition is another first for Smithsonian’s H2O Today! Celebrate Water Week from March 16th – 22nd 2020 at Sci-Bono Discovery Centre with a story tell!

Water theme 

For kids & teens 6-18yrs old

Awesome prizes for the winner & their school

The five best stories will be read at a special event at Sci-Bono Discovery Centre on International Water Day, 22nd March 2020.

Great Prizes to be won

Don’t miss this chance to win some great prizes. Spend the day with your family at Sci-Bono, and get to hear your stories read by celebrities. Imagine That! But wait, there’s more:

Schools are in the win too! 

There’s an awesome line-up of prizes for schools. So, teachers, get your learners to write, write, write!

Gold Winners: A Tablet for the winner & a Desktop Computer for the school that the winner attends.

Silver Winners: A Kindle Reader for the winner & 100 Books for the school library

Bronze Winners: A R500 Exclusive Books voucher for the winner & 50 Books for the school library

How to enter

Tick off these requirements and you’re ready to go. It is very easy to enter.

Requirements:

• • • Pen an original story, no more than 500 words in length
    • In ANY South African Language
    • It can be set anywhere, BUT,  it must have Water in its theme.
    • Check your age category:
             5 to 8 years,
             9 to 13 years,
             14 to 18 years.

Submit your entry

• • • Write, scan and email your story OR
    • hand it in at the reception at Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Newtown, Jhb
    • Note: stories are judged anonymously, without regard to grammar, punctuation or spelling.

Closing Date 

Friday, 6^th March 2020.

Finalists will be notified and will spend International Water Day at Sci-Bono.

NB! Getting to Sci-Bono Discovery Centre will be the finalists own responsibility.

Contact: 

For further information contact

Colin Law on 0713457276 or

Email your entry or enquiry.