Kids Lit Stars at the Cross

Well it was a great Quiz night at the Southern Cross with spot prizes, much laughter and scratching of heads to find the right answers and a huge amount of creativity as shown by the results of Limerick competition. We gave everyone the first line:

There was a keen writer from Taita….

We thought they were such fun that they should be published. You should note that none of the authors are identifiable by their team’s name and there was a fair amount of wine involved in the creative process.

The winning limerick team Where the Wild Hair Is channelled alcohol:

There was a keen writer from Taita

He drank as he wrote and got tighter

He drank gin, he drank wine

He ate grapes off the vine

And his writing got shiter and shiter.

Les Blancs knew what desperation is:

There was a keen writer from Taita

Who set fire to his tale with a lighter,

The manuscript burned

No money was earned

So his purse strings got tighter and tighter.

Edward and the Cullenary Delights aimed for literary success:

There was a keen writer from Taita

With his eye on the Pulitzer Prizer

But where talent lacked

His punch it did pack

He found victory; he was a fighter!

The Cherubs penned an important lesson on the value of editing:

There was a keen writer from Taita

Who suffered a heavy all-nighter

As she stumbled on home

She was struck by a tome

Which she wished was a few chapters lighter.

The T.Team went for a bodice ripper approach:

There was a keen writer from Taita

Who found fairytales could excite her

She loved Humpty, Prince Charming

But oh, ‘twas alarming

When the Dragon and George did ignite her!

And the Quizlits were ever mindful of the hips.

There was a keen writer from Taita

Who wanted to be slightly lighter

She gave up on food, which ruined her mood

And made her manuscript triter.

So on that note, we’d like to say thank you to everyone who came to the night and made it such a lot of fun and huge thanks to Johanna Knox, Margaret Cahill and Dylan Owen for coming up with the questions and to Louise Davies for organising the room and the food. The Southern Cross is a great venue and they generously donated a dinner voucher as part of the prize pack. The committee members of the WCBA all worked together to make this a great evening and now it is over we are working on the Conference plans.

We will be making an announcement here on Monday, so check back in then and open your diary to pencil in a weekend in September you won’t want to miss.