Ongoing International Children's Writing Contest

Get ready to read! Our One Story a Day collection now includes monthly reading trackers for each series: Beginners, Early Readers, Intermediate, Science, Débutants, and Jeunes lecteurs. Download them here!

Simply download and fill in the tracker (download here), check off every day after reading its story, and send us your finished month at info@dc-canada.ca to receive a certificate! At the end of one year’s worth of daily reading, you’ll receive a Program Completion Certificate and become eligible for this contest.

Contest Details

Deadline: Ongoing
Word Count:

• Grades 1 and 2: 50 to 100 words
  
• Grades 3 and 4: 100 to 200 words
  
• Grades 5 and 6: 200 to 350 words

Awards

Once we have enough stories, our team of judges will decide which are the best. The top 30 or so will be published in an illustrated storybook. We reserve the right to wait as long as needed to collect enough great stories for publication.

The Technical Stuff

ELIGIBLITY: International participants who have completed a year's worth of reading of our One Story a Day collection and received their year-end certificate are eligible to participate. Canadian readers should instead participate in our Canadian Children's Writing Contest that takes place every second year.

CONSENT: Participants who will be published (and their legal guardians) will have to sign a form before we proceed with publication.

AI POLICY: Absolutely no artificial intelligence (AI) is permitted - your story will be eliminated if AI is detected.

If you're having difficulties with the submission form, please contact submissions@dc-canada.ca.