Next week we will meet our three judges for Ples Singsing’s inaugural awards for short-biography writing.
The judges are professional writers and avid fiction readers, who are recognised as Wantok Blong Ples Singsing (Associate Members).
The judges will bring to bear their own wealth of knowledge and experience in writing, editing and publishing of fiction and non-fiction materials, including poetry, short-stories, drama and essays, journalism, editorials, opinion articles and advertising.
Their perspectives will be valuable to the young writers who have entered the contest.
As announced in the official launching poster, there are two categories in the competition for men’s and women’s writing. We received ten entries in the men’s division and five entries in the women’s division.
The criteria for judging include;
- Interesting – a story may be interesting even if it is poorly written
- Informative – a story may be informative or valuable history even if it is not very interesting
- Inspiring/Inspired – the story is inspiring or the writer seems genuinely inspired
- Well written – clear, concise but fully expressed, ordered
- I want to read more! – The Wow Factor that this story needs to be told
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