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Call out to all writers

Quesnel and District Arts Council is sponsoring a writing contest for youth and adults

Let your literary creative juices start flowing.

The third annual Writing Contest, is sponsored

by Friends of the Library, Wordspinners, Literacy

Quesnel, Quesnel and District Community

Arts Council, B.C. Arts Council and the

Province of B.C.

This year’s topic is “Roots” in whatever incarnation

you, the writer, sees that subject.

There is only one entry per person and the

essay must be typed and no more than 500 words.

The contest is open to Quesnel and area residents

with two categories, youth, 12 – 18 and

adult, 19 – 110.

Registration forms, which contain the judging

criteria, are available for download from Quesnel

and District Community Arts Council website

or Facebook page, www.quesnelarts.ca or www.

quesnelchildrensconcert.ca.

You may also pick up a registration form at the

Arts and Recreation Centre or the Arts Council

Bulletin board, Quesnel Library, Visitor’s Centre

and Literacy Quesnel.

Deadline for entries is April 1, 2017.

If you email your entry, be sure you get confirmation

from Bernice Heinzelman that she

received it by phoning 250-747-1727 if you didn’t

receive confirmation by email.

Entries may also be dropped off at the front

desk at the Arts and Recreation Centre or mailed

to Community Arts Council Writing Contest,

500 North Star Road, Quesnel B.C., V2J 5P6.

Three winners will be selected in each category

and they will received their winnings at a special

event April 20, 7 p.m. in the Quesnel Library.

Refreshments will be served and the event is

open to the public.