Win your share of R8 000 by writing your story

Caxton Local Newspapers and Hirsch’s are giving teenagers in the City of Joburg an opportunity to win their share of R8 000.

This year, Caxton Joburg North has partnered with Hirschs Homestore to give school children in Joburg an opportunity to let their talent shine.

To be part of this amazing competition, all you need to do is write a story about yourself.

Your story must be 600 words or less.

The topic of your story should be, You are 90 years old and sitting on your front porch looking back on your life. Work back from where you are at 90 to when you were 80, to 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20 right down to today, the day you read about the creative writing competition.

Hirsch’s will be awarding a prize of R 5000 for the best essay, R 2000 for the second place and R 1000 for the third place from all entries received via Caxton Creative Writing websites.

To enter go to www.caxtoncreativewriting.co.za, click on the ‘Entry Form’, enter your details and attach your essay to the form. Alternatively you can drop your essays at the Caxton Joburg North offices.

The winners will be chosen via a judging panel.

The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

The competition will end on 30 October.

The top five essays will be published on the Caxton Creative Writing website.

Go for it! Get creative and write down your story and you could win a share of R8 000 in the process.