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Animal Services Tails of Hope Short Story Writing Contest
Do you have a dog, cat, hamster or friendly neighbourhood squirrel that you want to share with the world?
Join us, the Pickering Public Library and Hifive Kids Dental & Braces and write a story about your furry friend. If you don't have a furry friend, that's okay, use your imagination and create an animal related story of your own. Select stories will be professionally published with one copy going to the child, and another becoming part of a permanent collection that will be used at the library and future animal related programming.
Once registered, children will be invited to a special "How to Workshop" with award-winning Canadian author of Weekend Dad and the Ira Crumb series, Naseen Hrab. During the session Naseen will walk each participant through how to write a successful book while discussing the importance of kindness for all.
Contest runs from July 14 to August 6th
3 Age Categories
- 5 - 7 yrs
- 8 - 10 yrs
- 11-12 yrs
Book Checklist
- The book should be created on 8.5 x 11 (can be hand drawn/written, pictures, cartoons or done on a computer)
- Each book should be between 14 - 20 pages in total (including the cover).
- Each book should have a dedication page (to my cat Frank or to my dog Shadow)
- Each book should have an author bio (write a line about yourself or draw a picture)
Registration opens July 5th
Once registered you will receive an email inviting you to register for the How to Workshop with Naseen Hrab.
Sponsors
A big thank you to Hifive Dental & Braces for sponsoring this initiative.
