Hello May! We are super excited for this month: there are just so many things happening! Mothers Day, Star Wars Day, The Writers Festival, World Turtle Day (yay!!) and the last month of Autumn!! With so many things to do, you'll be needing a bit of inspiration, so check out these Inspirational Star Wars Quotes we've picked in honour of the series, or check out the latest Writing Competitions Australia. Also scroll to the bottom of this post for some beautiful pictures of turtles - and read on to find out how you can help save them!!
Inspirational Star Wars Quotes:
In honour of the much-loved series that we are celebrating this month, we've picked the top 9 inspirational Star Wars quotes to help kick off the month. (Or you can steal these lines instead...)
"Do or do not - there is no try." - Yoda
"All mentors have a way of seeing more of our faults than we would like. It's the only way we grow." - Padme Amidala
"Don't everyone thank me at once." - Han Solo
"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent." - Qui-Gon Jinn
"Who's the more foolish, the fool? Or the fool who follows him?" - Ben Kanobi
"So this is how liberty dies... With thunderous applause." - Padme Amidala
"I think I can handle myself." - Rey
"Somebody has to save our skins." - Princess Leia
"I'd tell you but you wouldn't like it." - Han Solo
Writing Competitions: Upcoming
2018 KSP Short Fiction Competition
CLOSES: 7th September 2018
ENTRY: Free
PRIZES: Youth first prize (prose): $100
Youth second prize (prose): $50
All winning entries offered publication in Swan Magazine.
Select entrants invited to read their story at KSP’s End of Year Awards Ceremony
Check out the details here: http://www.kspwriterscentre.com/short-fiction-competition
The Get Writing Prize 2018
LINKS: https://www.usq.edu.au/bela/school-of-arts-and-communication/get-writing-prize AGE: Year 7 to 9 students and year 10 to 12 students. PRIZES: Non-cash prizes including Express Media memberships, Writers Tool Kits and Mentoring Sessions. ENTRY: Free DEADLINE: 15th June 2018. WINNERS PUBLISHED: On the University of Southern Queensland website.
WORLD TURTLE DAY:
World Day is coming up: in fact, it's the 23rd of May! We've collected a few of our favourite turtle photographs, such as this one, by Pete Leong. Its a Young Okinawan Sea Turtle. Or this next one by Carey Chen. Its a photo of a sea turtle of the Cayman Islands.
However, the sea turtle population is being threatened by pollution - and humans have caused it. Why not take a look at how you can help save the sea turtles by helping causes such as Ban the Bag, or looking at http://www.saveourseaturtles.com.au/.
Happy World Turtle Day!!
Happy Star Wars Day! And go turtles! :)