Jewish Family Matters Contest
CATEGORY: Early Childhood Contest
JUDGE: Yaacov Peterseil
MAXIMUM LENGTH: 2,000 words
DATES: May 10 through August 30, 2013
WINNER ANNOUNCED: September 9, 2013
PRIZES: $2,500 1ST Prize, $250 2nd Prize, $150 3rd Prize
First place will also get his/ her story illustrated and published (1000 copies minimum)!!!!
FEES
GUIDELINES
Charity begins at home, and so does caring for one another. Family members will do almost anything for each other just because they’re family. The Jewish concept for this interconnectedness is called areyvut, feeling and caring for other Jews.
Write a story geared to children 3-6 that will help them, and perhaps their parents, understand that the caring they feel for their immediate family can and should be expanded to other Jews, even those they may not know; a story that will help them understand that kol Yisrael areyvim ze lazeh – All Jews are connected to each other and affect each other.
Your story can be about a mitzvah, a commandment which transcends the individual and spills over into the Jewish community – locally and/ or worldwide. Your story can be about anything that will show a Jewish child how he or she can affect the Jewish world.
ELIGIBILITY
Stories must be previously unpublished and contain Jewish Content. By submitting a story the author grants JewishStoryWriting.com first publication rights for 18 months. However, after the contest that an author enters is finished and the winners announced, the author may request first publication or simultaneous publication rights from JewishStoryWriting.com. In all events, the author retains copyright at all times. Multiple submissions accepted.
If you wish to submit a story please click below.
