Writing4Fun is a unique competition that showcases some of the finest young writing talent in the world today.
Entry is NOW OPEN in the 2010 Schools Writing Competition! Students all over Australia are invited to enter their short stories OR poems, and battle it out for the great cash prizes on offer.
This year – there is no theme! Entrants are encouraged to let their imaginations run wild and get their creative juices flowing to write on ANY TOPIC and ANY STYLE.
Where to start:
- Read some of the winning entries from last year -Why do you think they won?
- Read the rules and other information about the competition
- Brainstorm ideas for your topic
- Plan your work if writing a story
- Begin writing your story or poem
- Make sure that you reread and edit your work
- Copy and paste it to the comments section of our blog by 31st March.
Once you have put your work into the comments I will then enter them into the competition.
Someone has taken my tennis racket and i need it back a.s.a.p. it is red and white stripes around the edge.
hey my mum found this huge stick insect and he’s not really moving much. I think it might be sleeping because its quarter to 10 pm. We don’t have a good thing to keep him/her in, we dont have a eucalyptus tree but we’ve got a bucket and apples,carrots and stuff. Its pretty big so I think it might be a titan or a giant walking stick
WHAT DO I DO WITH IT???!!!
A bucket with a a couple of branches for him to hang on will be fine. Cover the bucket with something with a lot of holes and then put it in a place that doesn’t get too hot. Add a couple of balls of wet paper towel to the bottom of the bucket, and make sure to keep them wet. It can go without eating for a few days, though it would be best to find some gum/eucalyptus on the weekend. Bring it on Monday and I will be happy to look after it.
Or you can let it go.
good we have a gum tree in the backyard thanks for the advice I’ll see if I can bring it because I will be on the bus
Fantastic
now mum wants me to go to bed.
(its Lucys b-day tomorrow)
the stick insect that I found on Friday night was moving in the dark so I picked it up and we’ve got a few photos of it on me but then we ended up letting it go because everyone was scared of it.
Lucys b-day was great
When they get big like that they can be a bit scary. Bring your photos in so we can identify it, most likely a titan. Glad you let it go.
Ewan and some friends found another female violet stick insect on Friday afternoon and brought it to me to look after. Everyone seems to be finding them.
Happy Birthday Lucy!
i finally got into my acount
Fantastic!
i cant get the avatar up though
Try uploading it again or use a different image.
state national park answers 1.areas 2.care 3.bushwalking 4.camping 5.1879 6.only 32 km from Sydney 7.fish sharks whales kangaroos and emus 8.it was once a place of confinement 9.Royal National Park 10.there are lots of animals in the Royal National Park and camp there 11.
Tas rocky cape NSW Royal National Park QLD cape york VIC MT buffulow WA margaret river SA outback NT kakadua DONE
Fantastic Haydyn, though you do need to make sure it is commented on the National Parks post. Ask me if you are not sure.
haydyen go to the pets page and scroll/shortcut to the bottom n play with the pet hamster hes sooo cute/and plushy (i called my hamster hammy
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tomorrow ill do the next one
im RRREEEAAALLLYYY addicted to commenting (its sooooooooooooo much fun)
I know im commenting at 8:54
Commenting about what?
hey mr rees, how do u do that face with the sunnies?
Remove the spaces
These are all the ones that are available for you to use.
sick man
here are my fav emotions thingymogigymothingymob things
i also like
totally
Mrrees wheres the national park post. Thx
You will need to scroll almost to the bottom of this page.
could i entre my sisters entry for a short story or a poem in this coments box or does she just enter it at the writing for fun website
She can do it here too.
thanks:!:
hi mrrees
do we have to do it???
No!
thats awesome those face things:twisted
hello is anyone on now its great to write comment to each other and it was pretty smart too
comments sorry
The bad Thief
It was a hot summer’s day and only two of my friends and I was outside playing.
We were very hungry so went to go inside but… we were locked outside and there was standing a man and my friends and I were very scared.
We were screaming as loud as we could but no one could here us.
He took off his hat and said what’s wrong in a deep dark scary voice and my friend’s and I said where locked out here and we can’t get in.
He came in a secret gate that we didn’t know about and he had a key in his hand and twisted it around the lock and these entire different colour’s came around us and we didn’t know what was happening.
We ended up in a mysterious house and were locked in it and we couldn’t get out like we were in my house.
Something was lurking in the village so we looked for clues in the house.
We saw the man in a van with crying children in it and all together we said it’s a thief and we all screamed with fear.
The man had a smile on his face we had to stop him.
We felt just terrible.
We snuck outside and got perfect view.
We felt sorry for the kids so we would never give up.
We tied a rope from the back of the car and onto the tree next to it so if it drove he wouldn’t be able to.
He couldn’t drive so he went outside and checked he saw the rope and tried to undo it but he couldn’t because we tied it extra extra tight.
He went back inside the car and tried to pull with all his might hoping that the rope would rip apart but nothing happened.
Suddenly with a gust of wind the tree fell onto the van and we all herd a noise it was the lock it had unlocked by a tree branch falling onto it and all the colours came again and we found ourselves back where we belong.
The kids said thankyou and ran home to there parents.
That is a awesome story!:)
i agree with jannani (its really cool
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wow its amazing
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hey Janani and Sean that was nice of you to say that it was good
do we have to do writing for!!!!!!!!!!!!
No you don’t Lily.
what do you mean by remove the spaces?
Don’t put a space between : ) and then it will look like
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Hi Mr Rees,
I heard you were sick thats not good hope your feeling better soon to come to school, Did you send my story to wherever it’s meant to go?
Zoe
Thank you Zoe, it is much appreciated.
Yes I have submitted your story. Good Luck!
thanks Mr Rees
You’re welcome.
I’m stuck at mums work meeting till 8:00 and I’m soooooooooooooooooooo bored
Click here for something to keep you amused.
Hope you are feeling better Mr Rees
We had the Zone swimming carnival yesturday witch was tuesday the 9th.
Me and olivia got to Regional and i also go to reginal for backstroke.
Nathan had a try and came 5th in his freestyle race
witch was very Fantastic and he had a verry good try.
Hope you feel much better tomorrow.
+ I MIGHT BE AWAY TOMORROW THE 11TH BECAUSE I’M NOT
100% TODAY AFTER THE SWIMMING CARNIVAL.
See you on friday!!!
You all did a fantastic job.
I am feeling better, though I am not getting much sleep. I should be at school tomorrow. Hope you are feeling better after all that swimming.
Thats good i’m having a nap now because i can’t seep aswell as i could before my ear started aching.
See you on friday hope you get lots of sleep tonight!!
Thanks:)
Thankyou i’m abit bettter today!!
Lost in the Distance
Walking down the dark misty Polluted streets l heard a rustle in the distance.
It went on for seven minutes in counting.
A dark shadow arose from the behind the scruffy dirty newspaper carriers.
It was a dirty old boy with a syringe in his finger. He was six and his name was Benjamin. His finger was pouring out with red and yellow vanes.
Suddenly his vanes popped and blood came pouring out.
He was in hysterics until he was in hospital with the surgeon. The surgeons name was Magenta White. She was a lovely young lady who was stitching his finger back up.
She was chatting to him about what he has to do to recover like
Lie in bed,
Don’t wet his fingers,
Don’t swim and don’t play with syringes.
And had recovered within two months.
Lucky for that little boy out in the misty streets he didn’t have to visit hospital again except for when he was Seventeen.
cool story tara REALLY cool
TOTTALLY
Can you entre it into the compotition for me please Mr Rees?
Thankyou!!
No Problem
i hope u win (my fav face is mrgreen)
hi mrrees u said there was mathletics homwork but i went on but there wasnt any work to do
im addicted to commenting
SAME
Sorry Sean, I have not had much time, though you can still do three tasks).
not enough time oh thx for replying (yes no homework an math ya
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Hi Mrrees
How are you??
Do we have to do it??
Lauz
Nope
The Magic Watch
It is 9.00 in the morning and I was on my way to school, I hate school because when the teacher calls me up I’m always embarrassed because lately something always goes wrong. Like one time when I was walking up to the teacher’s desk my black hair stood up my brown eyes turned blue and I suddenly had a different personality. This only happens for a split second but I suppose it deserves a mention. For a second I feel lost, sucked out of reality then return to reality, weird huh.
This all started a week ago on my 11th birthday. I got a watch that allows me to go back in time but someone stole it and ever since that happened strange things have been happening in town. At school today I found a clue to these strange happenings a secret note, must have been dropped.
“Meet me at the side alley on Main Street at 12:00 we must complete the ritual
P.s don’t tell anyone our secret.”
I became suspicious I wanted to go there tonight but it feels like a trap plus if you’ve read any mystery books you should know a thing or two about uncovering mysteries.
It’s 12:00 and I’m at the side alley I heard voices but they were faint it went something like this
Boss: we are almost done, soon I will have what I want
Servant: and I will get the boy. The boy is mine he will die in pain and agony
Boss: the gold gainers won’t know what hit them
Boss: meet here at 6.00
Then they walked away into the misty shadows of the night. Who is the Boss? The gold gainers, who are they? What boy does he want? So many questions unanswered but there it was, the watch! I need to get it back.
I searched the net and found something on the gold gainers.
The gold gainers are said to be a group of people with many unusual powers all triggered by a special watch. They have had an ongoing rival for over 20 years with no knowledge of the vilan he is only known as the Boss. The members of the Gold Gainers are
• Paul(controller of space)
• George (controller of time)
• Nicholas(controller of electricity
• Charlotte (controller of the elements)
• Darquesse(controller of darkness)
I know that dad and grandpa are special but this. This is just breathtaking Paul (my dad) and George (my grandpa) gold gainers!
The people that stole the watch must be stopped they will not kill my family they will have to get through me first.
The next meeting is at 6:00 and I’m going to stop them.
At 6:00 I was ready, I had to stop the people that stole the watch tonight. Sure enough they were there I had a stinging feeling behind my eyes but that didn’t stop me. As soon as the meeting was over I sprang onto the boss but he was fast, he shot me, the last thing I remember was darkness.
I woke to find myself in a cage I walked out and in, out and in, out and in. So easy then It struck me grandpa is dad’s father and both of them had a power dad that may have been passed onto me. Something else I remembered was I got knocked out by a bullet then there was darkness, must have been made by Darquesse, controller of darkness, I thought Darquesse was a Gold Gainer but she worked for the Boss man!
Next thing I knew I was in an arena, Darquesse on one side of me and on the other I heard a horn and then I was down, knocked by shadows. Suddenly I moved my hand and I was amazed at what I saw. The shadows were summoned by me not Darquesse I realised I had just gained all the powers of the Gold Gainers
• I increased the arenas size by using the power of space
• Electricity sizzled around me
• Used time to make darquesse older
• Used the element earth to cause a earthquake
• Summoned shadows
Darquesse is dead, defeated by her own magic. This adventure was over. Sometimes I still feel that tingling behind my eyes and remember all these magical events.
Now all I need to do is get that watch back so my hair doesn’t stand on end!
by Jack
well done!
Congratulations to those who put the extra effort in to enter the writing competition. Good Luck!
thanks for the good luck Mr Rees
Zoe
Zoe, you are welcome. You are always so polite Zoe.
hi i loved your story but they were a bit to long but if you were in a comp you would come first
ashlee
Hi
I like writing.
WOW!!!!! THAT IS REAL GOOD. GREAT WORK!!!!!!!!!!!
:) 
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No spaces between the word and the colons.
it didnt work. : cry :
Leave a space at the end. This:D should turn into this
Mr Rees,
Do you know the results for the competition?
No I don’t.
They will send me an email when they are ready.
how do you get those cool photos up when you have finished the sentence.
Holly (Jasmine’s Sister)
p.s this portal is the best
I assume you mean the smilies.
Leave a space after your comment and then type the appropriate 
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