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Submissions for the Elsie Locke Writing Prize 2022 have now closed.
We are now in the process of reading and selecting submissions. The winner will be announced in Term 4 and their work published in Toitoi 29!
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This is an amazing chance for Toitoi writers to have a piece of work published in the world's longest-running serial publication for children, alongside established and celebrated writers from Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Tukuna mai, imērahia mai tō tuhinga, (me) tō mahi toi rānei ki submit@toitoi.nz āpitingia tō ingoa, tō pakeke, tō kura me te ingoa o tō matua/kaitiaki, tō kaiako rānei me ngā kōrero whakapā atu ki a koe.
Hiamo katoa ana mātou kia whakapā mai koe.
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