Jack Lasenby Award results

The WCBA is delighted to announce the results of the 2013 Jack Lasenby Award.


Winner: 'A choice to make' by Ben Espiner

Highly commended:

'Bird flyers' by Emma-Kate Coleman

'The old man' by Eva Albiston

'In the garden' by Ella Underhill

'Luna' by Niamh Vaughan and 'Rocky' by Mia Yule


We thank judge Eirlys Hunter. Her judge's report is here.

Calling For Entries for 2013 Jack Lasenby Award

Every year The Wellington Children's Book Association sponsors THE JACK LASENBY WRITING AWARD.
In Even years for Adult writers of children's stories and in Odd years for Junior (Year 7and 8 ) children to write a  500 word story.

This year is Junior year and so we are calling for stories from Year 7 and 8 children.

This writing competition is open to children residing in the Wellington region and must be clearly set in the Wellington region.
Entries close November 29th 2013

Check out the Jack Lasenby Award details on the above tab.

Good Luck

Help save the School Journal

New on the Save Our School Journal facebook page:

We can now confirm that Government is acting with irresponsible haste in privatising the School Journal with no public scrutiny. Business cases from bidders for the contract are due today and the new arrangements to be confirmed by mid-October. We need to take urgent action to halt this process now. Share our petition on your page today and let's get over 5000 signatures. Email your local National MP (firsname.lastname@parliament.govt.nz) telling them you want the School Journal kept in public hands.

Please share the word and try to get as many signatures as possible on the online petition. Thanks to those who have already signed our press release, blogged about this or written to their MP.  

Save the School Journal

Thanks to those WCBA members who signed the recent press release written by a group of children's authors and illustrators who are concerned about the closure of Learning Media and the uncertain future of the School Journal. 

The Save Our School Journal campaign (organised by NZEI) is up and running today, with a facebook page and an online petition. Once you 'like' the facebook page, you're in the system and will be kept up-to-date with events and actions as they unfold.

  

Please circulate the links through your networks and encourage people to post their thoughts and stories on the facebook page. The more noise, traffic and action - the more energy - we can generate, the more successful this campaign is likely to be.

Reminder: panel discussion this Wednesday evening!

For children: after-school creative writing classses

Brainbunny has been running fun and friendly creative writing classes for children since 2011. Tutors Helen Fletcher (a WCBA member) and Mary Dennis are writers who are passionate about their craft, and about sharing it with kids.

If you have a budding writer in your life, visit Brainbunny at http://www.brainbunny.co.nz/ for information about their term 3 classes.

BOOK LAUNCHES...ILLUSTRATORS...MAL PEET...

It is all happening in MAY for the Wellington Children's Book Association!

Members...Information about the Mal Peet event is in your email inbox. 

Johanna Knox (children's author and committee member) has a book launch coming up but not for a children's book. If you have heard Johanna on National Radio talking about foraging edible plants...