Capricorn Coast Writers Festival (CCWF) is excited to be continuing our Schools' Program for Livingstone Shire students.
We want to share our love of all things reading and writing and give students the chance to develop and indulge their love of creativity.
This year, students will get the chance to rub shoulders with published authors at live appearances, take part in interesting workshops and discover inspiration to feed their curiosity and help them create great stories.
To foster that passion, we’re running another Student Short Story Competition, and adding a workshop for school students with award-winning author Aleesah Darlison on Friday 30th May. More details of the workshop will be posted soon.
We want to share our love of all things reading and writing and give students the chance to develop and indulge their love of creativity.
This year, students will get the chance to rub shoulders with published authors at live appearances, take part in interesting workshops and discover inspiration to feed their curiosity and help them create great stories.
To foster that passion, we’re running another Student Short Story Competition, and adding a workshop for school students with award-winning author Aleesah Darlison on Friday 30th May. More details of the workshop will be posted soon.
Student Short Story Competition
Students, crank up your creativity, pull out your pen, fire up your laptop. We’re running a short story competition exclusively for you, and the theme is Beach and Bush.
The 2025 CCWF Student Short Story Competition is open to all school students enrolled in schools within the Livingstone Shire.
Students living in the Livingstone Shire enrolled in HEU (Home Education Unit) through the QLD Government or DE (Distance Education) are also encouraged to participate.
There are four age categories:
The 2025 Theme for all students is Beach and Bush.
Entries for the CCWF 2025 Short Story competition close April 30th, 2025.
Winners will be announced Saturday, May 31st, 2025, during the Capricorn Coast Writers Festival opening session.
The 2025 CCWF Student Short Story Competition is open to all school students enrolled in schools within the Livingstone Shire.
Students living in the Livingstone Shire enrolled in HEU (Home Education Unit) through the QLD Government or DE (Distance Education) are also encouraged to participate.
There are four age categories:
- Prep – Year 3 (< 200 words)
- Year 4 – Year 6 (200 – 400 words)
- Junior secondary Years 7 -10 (400 – 800 words)
- Senior secondary Years 11 – 12 (800 – 1200 words)
The 2025 Theme for all students is Beach and Bush.
Entries for the CCWF 2025 Short Story competition close April 30th, 2025.
Winners will be announced Saturday, May 31st, 2025, during the Capricorn Coast Writers Festival opening session.
Prizes:
Thanks to the generosity of Rotary Club Yeppoon, the winner of each category will receive a certificate signed by the official judges and other special prizes. Their story will be published in the Capricorn Coast Student Writers’ Anthology 2025.
The winners will also receive a copy of the Capricorn Coast Student Writers’ Anthology 2025. All runners-up (up to 5 per age group) will receive a signed certificate by the official judges. Their short story will also be published in the Capricorn Coast Student Writers’ Anthology 2025, and they will be gifted a copy.
The Capricorn Coast Student Writers’ Anthology 2025 will be compiled and published after the festival concludes and made available as soon as possible.
The winners will also receive a copy of the Capricorn Coast Student Writers’ Anthology 2025. All runners-up (up to 5 per age group) will receive a signed certificate by the official judges. Their short story will also be published in the Capricorn Coast Student Writers’ Anthology 2025, and they will be gifted a copy.
The Capricorn Coast Student Writers’ Anthology 2025 will be compiled and published after the festival concludes and made available as soon as possible.
Conditions of Entry
- You must be a current student of a school in the Livingstone Shire.
- The story must be fictional.
- Your story must incorporate the theme, Beach and Bush.
- The story must be typed in Times New Roman 12pt font and double-spaced using Microsoft Word.
- Stories that exceed the word limit for their category will be deemed ineligible.
- The story must use single speech marks (quotation marks) for dialogue.
- Writers may only submit one entry each.
- The title must appear at the top of your story on a separate line. Identifying names of the student or school should only appear on the entry form, not on the work itself.
- All work must be that of the individual author, as it may be checked for plagiarism or AI use.
- The finished story must be submitted by the entry form which is accessed via the 'Enter competition here' button below. Entries close 10:00 PM April 30th, 2025.
- The decision of the judges is final.
- Entries that fail to comply with all the conditions will not be considered. The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- Winners and runners-up will have their stories published in the Capricorn Coast Student Writers’ Anthology 2023.
- Winners and runners-up may be required to participate in media opportunities. Media consent details are found on entry form.
- Judges are not required to provide feedback.
- Any concerns should be directed via email to [email protected]
Note: To protect the privacy of students, their first name and the first initial of their last name will identify the displayed or published work of students, unless otherwise directed by their entry form.
Please email [email protected] if you have any questions about your entry. We can’t wait to read your stories!
Request a school visit:
If you would like us to visit your school and share tips on how to write a great short story incorporating the theme “Beach and Bush” please contact our Schools Program Coordinator James Manning by emailing: [email protected]
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Yeppoon Rotary Club generously support the Schools' Program.
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