2012 FOBISSEA Short Story Competition
All students from
year 3 and up can enter
37 participating schools
The winner and two runners-up in each category will recieve trophies and have their stories published on the FOBISSEA website
Entries must...
have a TITLE
be TYPED
be DOUBLE-SPACED
on one side of each page
be in TIMES NEW ROMAN font
PAGES must be NUMBERED
NO illustrations or
identifying marks to
appear other than
page numbers
Entries MUST NOT
EXCEED 600 words (Primary students) or 1000 words (Secondary students)
Final word count
MUST BE STATED
A COVER PAGE must be included which lists:
The TITLE of the submission
The STUDENT's NAME
The NAME of the SCHOOL
The school telephone/fax number
The email address of the teacher in charge
ALL ENTRIES must:
be in ENGLISH
be ORIGINAL
be UNPUBLISHED
NOT be SUBMITTED anywhere else simultaneously
STUDENTS MUST be currently attending a FOBISSEA school
Good luck...
this shortlist will be by  judged by John Marsden
the
author
of...
12 stories will make it to the final shortlist - 6 Primary & 6 Secondary