#1: Illustrators' Competition: May 2024
𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏
2024 Illustrations Awardees...
Bernice Odhiambo: Senior Artist (16 votes)
Amani Muringi: Senior Artist (15 votes)
Adorah Odhiambo: Junior Artist (12 votes)
Tiffany Mwandiki: Junior Artist (11 votes)
#2: Group Writing (Co-Authoring) 2024
Unity Group 7-8 years
The Story of Clare and Jayson (Unity Group)
Clare and Jayson, a pair of adventurous siblings, were born in the Swahili country of Tanzania. Since they were little, they have always dreamed of moving to Kenya, a place full of exciting possibilities. Although Clare and Jayson used to fight quite a bit, they both deeply wish to become the best of friends. They […]
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Honesty Group 9-10 years
The Story of Rita (Honesty Group)
Rita is a young girl born in Nyeri with a passion for singing. She dreams of becoming the greatest artist ever, sharing her uplifting music with the world. However, Rita finds it hard to express herself because she was bullied and body-shamed in school, which made her feel insecure. Despite these challenges, Rita holds onto […]
Read MoreWinners Group 11-12 years
The Story of Vanilla Milkshake (Winners Group)
Vanilla Milkshake is a bunny who was born in a dumpster in California. She finds it hard to find food and water, but she loves to braid leaves to pass the time. Vanilla Milkshake lost her parents when they were taken by an animal rescue team, leaving her all alone. Ever since, she has been […]
Read More#3: The Four Cousins Book Competition 2024
This month, we aim to help children explore their creativity and imagination by writing a book or contributing to a book. Encourage your writer child to write and your designer or illustrator child to illustrate, or even do both.
We will carefully consider every entry. While only one book cover and one story will be selected for this competition, your child’s work can be further developed and published as their own book.
After reading the story of the four cousins, what your child can do:
a. Complete the second part of the story ie the ending.
The best story ending will be published and your child will be Dr. Muthoni Omukhango’s co-author.
b. For designers/illustrators, decide on the title of the book and:
(i) Do a front cover digital design or illustrations. The best will be adopted to be the cover of the book.
(ii) Do the illustrations of the book, one per chapter. The best will be adopted.
(iii) Do bookmarks designs for the book. The best will be adopted.
Competition Guidelines
- What is the question to answer?
Read the story of the four cousins and complete the ending. It can be one or more chapters.
2. What are the categories?
- Children 0-4 years
- Children 5-8 years
- Children 9-12 years
- Tenagers 13-20 years
3. What are the writing timelines?
Writing: August 2024 for the children to write/design and submit the write-ups.
September – October 2024 the editorial and other processes will follow thereafter.
November 2024 launch, marketing and distribution through CLC Kenya and Kore Africa Magazine to celebrate Children’s World Day.
4. Benefits to you
a. This is a good opportunity to use your calling to bring hope to children during the uncertain times we are living in.
b. This is an opportunity to get additional exposure to a wider (and sometimes, a new) audience once the anthology is published. There will be a dedicated section to highlight contributing authors and their other published works.
c. The anthology will be published and distributed by CLC Kenya and its partners, which is an endorsement of the contributing authors.
d. There is no submission, publishing or any other fee to you. CLC Kenya and its partners will cater for the publishing and distribution costs including but not limited to: Compiling, Editng, Proofreading, Illustrations (where needed), ISBN, Cover Design, Layout, Copyrighting, Printing, Marketing and Distribution of the Anthology.
e. You will also get the opportunity to network with fellow shortlisted authors in collaborative writing – a skill you can adopt in your future writing and book projects.
Terms and Conditions (for all competitions)
(Fine Print)
a. The entries should be between 1,000 - 5,000 words per author.
b. All entries must be your original work and not published elsewhere. You may borrow concepts from your published works but may not duplicate (cut and paste) towards this competition.
c. Once the compilation is done, the copyright will belong to CLC Kenya.
d. Once published, the author's contribution cannot be published elsewhere.
e. CLC Kenya will retain the right to edit the entries as needed to ensure the cohesiveness and flow of all the entries into making one book.
f. Being a community outreach towards children, the published book will be distributed in paperback, e-copy, audio and any other format for free, at a subsidised cost or at a commercial RRP. The contributing authors will not claim any royalties or monetary gain from any sales or other revenues that might be generated in the lifetime of the publication's sales, distribution or awards.
g. The contributing authors will receive 2 printed copies of the published book for their records; gifting to others or distribution at their discretion.
h. The contributing authors can acquire more copies of the book at print cost + 20% administrative fees and may distribute the acquired copies for free or for commercial gains within their networks and platforms. This excludes e-commerce platforms and commercial bookshops.
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