# IV F l ash F i c ti o n C o n te st

Contain a Title, Student Name, Grade, School name and City/town Typed in Arial, size 12 font and double-spaced as a PDF documentA minimum of 150 words and a maximum of 300.Must be original, written by the submitter. Plagiarized work will result indisqualification.Entries must be submitted by December 17th, 2021.

Participants who enter the Flash Fiction Contest will be given a writing prompt. Theparticipants will have until the contest deadline to brainstorm, create and proofreadtheir short story for submission.

They must submit the final copy of their work following these guidelines:

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PARTICIPANTSAny student that is enrolled in AMCO programs currently in their 5th & 6th year ofPrimary.

OBJECTIVESTo develop creative and analytical thinking skills through a written task.To develop technical writing skills.To encourage creativity and develop students’ unique writing style. To offer a safe environment for self-expression, reflection and personal growththrough a written task.To provide a community and audience to showcase participant’s work.

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GUIDELINES

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All entries must be submitted by December 17th 2021 before midnight on ourwebsite:

SUBMIT YOUR STORY

Please ensure that your entry follows this outline before submitting it:

DEADLINE

1. Story Format

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Check here for things to avoid. If your story contains any of them, you will bedisqualified.

Before you submit your story, make sure you have completed all of these tasks!

2. Checklist

3. Grounds for Disqualification

I brainstormed some ideas, characters, plots, etc, for my story.

I wrote my rough draft.I checked for correct spelling and punctuation.

I used descriptive adjectives to develop my ideas.I have a clear beginning, middle and end to my story.

REMINDER: All entries must be submitted by December 17th 2021 before midnight on our website.

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Participants are asked to write a Creative Short Story using our Amco Digital StoryCubes.

WRITING PROMPTS

Students will find five digital Story Cubes with different Settings, Characters, Objects,Actions, and Problems. All contexts are related to the Sustainable Development Goals. All problems are related to the environmental issues the world is facing today.

◆ Setting

Atlantis Rabbit HoleAmusement Park Factory TreehouseIce Cave

◆ Main Character

2 siblings Friends Animal Students CelebritiesAlien

◆ Object

UmbrellaMobile Phone Head Phones Pencil Basketball Sneakers Chewing Gum

◆ Action

Catapult Glide Wiggle Zoom Tiptoe Stretch

◆ Problem

Air Pollution Polluting Energy Plastic in oceans Global Warming Poverty

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Press on "Click to start" to roll the dice. Now, create your story using the Setting,Main Character, Object, Action and Problem that appeared on your dice. It ismandatory to use the 5 elements that you rolled on your dice.

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Example:

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Category 1: 5th Grade participantsCategory 2: 6th Grade participants

Once participants have submitted their entries, the judging panel chosen from AMCOpersonnel, will read and assess all entries. Entries will be divided into two categories:

Each entry will be graded using the following rubric:

EVALUATION CRITERIA

4 POINTS 3 POINTS 2 POINTS 1 POINT

Creativity andOriginality

Character andSetting

development

Text Structure

SentenceStructure

Language Use

Spelling andPunctuation

Student effortlesslyexpresses creativity andtheir idea has originalitythat has not been seen

before.

Student expressescreativity and brings

unique perspective tothe theme of the story.

Student expressescreativity but the overall

theme of the story isunoriginal.

Student expresses littleto no creativity and has

copied many ideasfrom commonly read

stories.

Reader can fullyvisualize the characters

and setting due to acomplete description.

Reader can visualize thecharacters and settingdue to description but

not fully.

Reader has someinformation about the

characters and setting butcan not visualize themdue to the description.

Reader is given littleinformation about thecharacters and settingand therefore can not

visualize them.

Story has a clearbeginning, middle and

end that are fullydeveloped.

Story has 2 fullydeveloped parts of the

text structure.

Story has 1 fullydeveloped part of the

text structure.

Story lacks structureand does not have a

clear beginning, middleor end.

Most sentences arecorrectly constructed with

the proper level ofdifficulty. Any errors found

do NOT inhibit thecomprehension of the

story.

Most sentences arecorrectly constructed with

the proper level ofdifficulty but these errors

make it difficult tounderstand the story.

Most sentences arecorrectly constructedwith a lower level of

difficulty but the errorsmake it difficult to

understand the story.

Most sentences are notcorrectly constructedwith a lower level ofdifficulty and make it

difficult to understandthe story.

The writer mostly uses avariety of vocabulary,adjectives, synonyms,pronouns, verbs, etc.

The writer uses a smallvariety of vocabulary,adjectives, synonyms,pronouns, verbs, etc.

The writer uses thesame vocabulary,

adjectives, synonyms,pronouns, verbs, etc.

The writer uses novariety of vocabulary,adjectives, synonyms,pronouns, verbs, etc.

Between 0 and 7 errorsfound in the text that

do NOT inhibit thecomprehension of the

text.

Between 0 and 7 errorsfound in the text thatdo slightly inhibit the

comprehension of thestory.

Between 8 and 14errors found in the text

that inhibit thecomprehension of the

story.

More than 14 errorsfound in the text that

makes it very difficult tocomprehend the story.

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SUBMIT YOUR STORY

After carefully reading and assessing all entries using the mentioned rubric, the judgingpanel will select three winners from each Category.

They will receive the following prizes:

All entries must be submitted by December 17th 2021 before midnight on our website:

SUBMISSION PROCESS

PRIZES

First place:Asus Chromebook

Second place:Samsung Galaxy Tab

Third place:Amazon Kindle Paperwhite

The winners from each Category will be announced on January 31st.

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