Community News - Last chance to enter!

Don’t forget this is the final month to enter your short story to the Hinterland Times Young Writer of the Year competition! For 2024, the subject is…. CONNECTION. Fact or fiction, humorous or serious, any genre of prose is acceptable. Age limit: 10 – 17 years, word limit: 600 words (a little leeway given), please send submissions to editor@hinterlandtimes.com.au with your name, contact details, age and story title on page 1, and the submission on page 2 onwards.

The closing date for entries is August 31, with the winner announced in the October edition. Prizes include $300 sponsored by Rosetta Books, Maleny, for the winner, and a $100 voucher from Forest Heart Nursery; $100 gift voucher from the Maleny Blackall Range Lions Club, and voucher from The Little Book Nook, Palmwoods. The two runners up receive $250 each, from The Falls, Montville and an anonymous donor, plus a Little Book Nook voucher.

The winner and runners up will be on the October front cover with their stories printed inside. Good luck!