MVO Creative Writing Competition Information Sheet
for Judges
Theme
This Volcano Is
Mine
Challenge
Create a
narrative, an illustrated poem or a performance piece
Length
Stories are
expected to be short format. We are not imposing word count or page length
limits, but the best stories will be well-developed and complete.
Categories
There are 7
categories: Grades 1&2, Grades 3&4, Grades 5&6, Form 1,2&3,
Form 5&6 Community College, Adult
Deadline
The competition
deadline is Friday October 25, 2019
Judging
Efforts are being made to
create a judging pool so that no one individual has a burdensome number of
entries to mark. It is proposed that teachers from MSS mark MCC entries,
teachers from MCC mark MSS entries, a mixed pool of primary school teachers
mark primary school entries that are not in the grade category that they
currently teach and another group mark the adults.
Entries and
judging criteria/ point system will be delivered to judges by Friday 1st November
1, 2019. Please submit points by Friday 8th November.
Award Ceremony
Winners are
awarded certificates on Saturday 16th November at 1:00pm at
Montserrat Cultural Centre. All judges are invited.
Judging Sheet
Categories:
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1 - Grades 1 - 2
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2 - Grades 3-4
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3 - Grades 5-6
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4 – Forms 1,2,3
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5 – Forms 4,5
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6 – MCC students
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7 - Adult
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Judging
Criteria
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Points
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*Beginning: Does writer engage the
reader's attention immediately? Is tone, setting and character
established quickly? (for categories 3-7)
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1-5
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*Style: Does the writer reveal
their own vision and attitude (for categories 3-7)
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1-5
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*Descriptive Language (for categories 3-7)
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1-5
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Adherence to
theme:
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1-5
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Interpretation
of theme:
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1-5
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Flow: Does progression make
sense without being too predictable?
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1-5
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Originality:
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1-5
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Believability: Does the story work? Did
you find it interesting? Was it believable?
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1-5
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Mechanics: Grammar,
Punctuation and Spelling
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1-5
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