Timeless Tales III: The Portrayals

May 31, 2023 - 12:00am to May 31, 2023 - 11:59pm

Event Type

King Heritage and Culture Centre

Location

Online

The King Heritage & Cultural Centre in Partnership with Arts Society King Presents:

Timeless Tales III: The Portrayals Writing Contest

March 25 - May 31, 2013

Who is the person behind the face in that old photograph? What secrets are hiding behind those eyes? That scowl?

And that antique book with the strange title? What clues does it offer about life in bygone days?

Put the two together and tell your own story set in King Township’s past. Just mix and match one photo with any title of your choosing and let your imagination go wild.

The best of the best in each of 4 age categories, from children to adults, will be awarded a $50 Indigo gift card, a Heritage Book, and a copy of Timeless Tales -The Portrayals Anthology. So pull out your best verbs. Sprinkle us with a few delicious adjectives. Move us. Touch us. Make us laugh or cry or wonder what on earth you were thinking. Submission deadline: May 31, 2023. For the complete rules and the entry form to the TIMELESS TALES Writing Contest, please see below. Brought to you by ASK in partnership with The King Heritage & Cultural Centre.

Thank you to our sponsor:

TD Canada Trust
Nobleton
905-859-0871
13305 Hwy. 27, Nobleton, Ontario LOG 1N0

Contest Rules

Five portraits and five book titles from the King Heritage & Cultural Centre Archives are presented as writing prompts. Writers may mix-and-match any one portrait with any one book title to create their short story entry.
All entries must be:
- Submitted in PDF format
- Times New Roman 12-point font
- Double spaced
- Maximum 1500 words (less is fine)
- Grades 1-4 may include pictures to illustrate their story
- Spelling and Punctuation will be considered, so please check well
One entry per person
Open to all residents of any age within York Region who are not members of the ASK board, or directly associated with the contest committee or the judges.
Stories may be submitted until the closing date of May 31, 2023.
By entering, entrants grant permission for the posting of their stories in whole or part on the ASK website and on any ASK and KHCC social media platform and in local newspapers, and to publication in the Timeless Tales – The Portrayals Anthology.
Winners and Honourable Mentions are invited to feature at an author’s live reading evening, or may assign someone to read for them during Tale Tellers Night at Laskay Hall on Thursday, September 21 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Prize categories:

Grades 1-4
Grades 5-8
Grades 9-12
Adults aged 18 to 101!

Winning entries in each age category will be awarded a $50 Indigo Gift Card, a Heritage Book, and a copy of Timeless Tales -The Portrayals Anthology

Questions? Contact info@artssocietyking.ca