Write-a-Book-in-a-Day Guidelines & Rules

Write-a-Book-in-a-Day is a literary and fundraising initiative of the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre and Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation.

It is a writing marathon to write children's books in 12 hours in teams of 5-10 participants and raise funds for Children's Hospitals in each Australian State. A copy of each finished book is donated to the hospital library. You must also raise funds for these hospitals.

The teams must nominate a day between April 1 and August 31 to write a children's book. Each team will be sent three characters, a setting and an issue on which to base its book. Teams can compete from school, home, or anywhere else.

First register your school/group (New Registration) and set a login and password, then log in and record your teams and writing dates (Register Teams, etc) and then enter the names of the members of each team.

Please download the Write-a-Book-in-a-Day booklet containing the rules, hints and judging criteria. You can also download other useful documents here.