SUMMER FUN IDEA WRITING CONTEST
Calling all parents and grandparents on facebook and beyond…
Please encourage your child, grandchild, or neighbor’s child to put their thinking caps on and participate in the “Summer Fun Idea Writing Contest.” I encourage you to forward this message to your friends, family, and neighbors. Beginning today, June 10th, I will be taking submissions for a bedtime story idea for children.
The winning idea will be incorporated into a future book that I will write.
- The first name of the child who has skillfully come up with the idea that I will use, will become the name of a character in the story.
- Upon publication, the winner will also receive a “free” autographed copy of the book.
- The winner will also win an autographed copy of one of my other published books of the winners choosing.
This is a great way to encourage writing creativity in children. This must be a unique idea; it absolutely cannot be taken from another book. When discussing this contest with children, ask them what they think
would be a good bedtime story? What would they like to be read before falling
asleep? Where would their story begin? Would it address a fear about bedtime? Such as being scared of the dark? Where would
that fear take them in the story, would adventures ensue because of the fear? Would their fear be solved in the story? How? What would happen in the end?
The submission could be a couple hundred words or just a
couple of words, just as long as the main premise gets translated into those
few lines. A story should have a beginning, middle, and an end. I would like
your idea to have a beginning, middle, and an end.
If a suggestion comes up that has been written before,
explain to your child I want to write a “new” bedtime story. Not one that has been written before. The example of a bedtime fear, was only a
suggestion, your child’s suggestion could be anything that would make a nice
bedtime story.
Deadline for submissions will be August 31st,
2011. The winner will be announced in October. Send submissions to info@virginiawright.com in the
subject area write: “Summer Idea Writing Contest.”
COMPENSATION – TERMS AND CONDITIONS
There is no monetary compensation for the idea. However,
there will be recognition—the winner’s full name will be place in the acknowledgements. The first name of the winner will also be
incorporated into a story character, and he or she, will receive a “free” copy
of the published book. Parents will sign Compensation, Terms and Conditions of the contest rules when winner is chosen.
When your child begins telling you their idea, remember to
tell them that if they win the contest with the best idea, that they will
become part of the story. So when thinking about a bedtime story imagining
themselves as a character may help with the creative process.
