Re-Draft Writing Competition

Re-Draft Writing Competition Re-Draft is a nationally acclaimed collection of teenagers' writing, published yearly.

Time is running out! You have only one week to enter this year's Re-Draft writing competition! Entries close at 11:59pm ...
21/08/2025

Time is running out! You have only one week to enter this year's Re-Draft writing competition! Entries close at 11:59pm on Friday 29 August 2025. See all the details and fill out the entry form at https://clerestorypress.co.nz/enter

There are just two weeks left to enter this year's Re-Draft writing competition! Entries close at 11:59pm on Friday 29 A...
14/08/2025

There are just two weeks left to enter this year's Re-Draft writing competition! Entries close at 11:59pm on Friday 29 August 2025. See all the details and fill out the entry form at https://clerestorypress.co.nz/enter

With less than three weeks remaining to enter this year's competition, here is an update on this year's competition time...
11/08/2025

With less than three weeks remaining to enter this year's competition, here is an update on this year's competition timeline.

Entries will still close at 11:59pm on Friday 29 August 2025 and we expect to announce the results in late November/early December as usual. However, please note that because of the commitments of some of our editors, we may not have time to print & publish Re-Draft 25 until after Christmas.

We look forward to reading all of your entries in just a few weeks' time!

Looking to enter the Re-Draft Writing Competition this year? The entry form is now live!To enter, visit clerestorypress....
19/02/2025

Looking to enter the Re-Draft Writing Competition this year? The entry form is now live!

To enter, visit clerestorypress.co.nz/enter

This year's deadline is 29 August 2025.

Just out! Re-Draft 24: We Scream in Static.As you can see from the dramatic cover, this is a stunning book.Congratulatio...
17/02/2025

Just out! Re-Draft 24: We Scream in Static.

As you can see from the dramatic cover, this is a stunning book.
Congratulations to all our writers and everybody else involved!

“Thank you for sending me this new Re-Draft 24 edition. I see with satisfaction that your literary nursery is successfully continuing its growth, thus allowing the blossoming of new budding writing talents. So much the better if the younger generation continues the work of their elders and fuels the sacred fire of the art of writing other than that limited to 160 characters.”
— Pascal Dupin, Vendôme, France.

We know our prize winners are patiently waiting to receive their books! The books came back from the printer less than a...
31/12/2024

We know our prize winners are patiently waiting to receive their books! The books came back from the printer less than a week before Christmas and we raced to get them out the door as soon as we could. They will be arriving soon.

Happy reading in 2025!

Thank you to everyone that entered the Re-Draft Writing Competition this year! We had over 600 entries from more than 35...
09/09/2024

Thank you to everyone that entered the Re-Draft Writing Competition this year! We had over 600 entries from more than 350 participants, making this year's competition the biggest one yet!

Please note that this year the schedule is a little different to usual, with consultations on short-listed entries starting in mid-October. Final results will then be announced in mid-November.

There's just one week left to enter this year's Re-Draft writing competition! Entries close at 11:59pm on Friday 23 Augu...
15/08/2024

There's just one week left to enter this year's Re-Draft writing competition! Entries close at 11:59pm on Friday 23 August 2024. See all the details and fill out the entry form at https://clerestorypress.co.nz/enter

We've added a word limit to the Re-Draft entry guidelines:Entries must be a suitable length for publication in a collect...
13/08/2024

We've added a word limit to the Re-Draft entry guidelines:

Entries must be a suitable length for publication in a collection of many other works. The maximum is around 4000 words, but the story must be well sustained and well-shaped. Be economical with words. Instead of character backstory or setting descriptions, let the reader judge characters by what they say and do, and by what happens next.

4000 words is not a target!

For more entry guidelines, visit https://clerestorypress.co.nz/entry-guidelines

The deadline for Re-Draft entries is just over a week away! Entries close at 11:59pm on Friday 23 August 2024. See all t...
12/08/2024

The deadline for Re-Draft entries is just over a week away! Entries close at 11:59pm on Friday 23 August 2024. See all the details and fill out the entry form at https://clerestorypress.co.nz/enter

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