Unfortunately, entry is only open to primary and secondary students through their schools. So any teachers or educators out there, listen up :D

Anyway, here are some of the rules:

• Only one entry per student is allowed; students can work alone or in groups
• Must be illustrated; illustrations must be drawn on A3 paper
• Each entry must come with a completed entry form
• Each entry must be bound together in a book form, and should include:
  • Original hard copy
  • Typewritten text (in case it’s handwritten, I guess)
  • Color photocopy of original illustrations

Closing date for entries is 25 September 2009. More rules and regulations can be found on their flyer, which you can download on their website. You can also download entry forms from the site.

Time: 2.15pm to 6pm (it’s long, but there are five talks in total)
Place: Play Den, The Arts House (1 Old Parliament Lane)
Admission is free

The talks for that day are:

• The Diary of Amos Lee – I Sit, I Write, I Flush! by Adeline Foo and Stephanie Wong (book launch)
• Poetry Demystified by Amos Lee
• Terrorism and Tweens by Felix Cheong
• Monsters in the Mind – A Look at Asian Influence in Picture Books by Joshua Chiang, Christine Lim Simpson & Lee Kowling
• Meet the authors, book-signing and browse at fringe activities organised by Monsters Under The Bed

To register for the talks, sign up at www.mutb.com.sg, email info@mutb.com.sg or call 6100 4363.

Click through for more details on the talks.

Join us for an engaging afternoon of Enriching Minds & Igniting A Writer’s Spark for authors and illustrators young and old, or those with a story to tell. Meet seven speakers, all friends who are getting together to share their stories from concept to print, in a first of a series of programmes reaching out to writing for children.

2.15pm – 2.45 pm
The Diary of Amos Lee – I Sit, I Write, I Flush!
by Adeline Foo & Stephanie Wong

An invitation to a book launch by two recipients of the inaugural 2006 First-Time Writers & Illustrators Publishing Initiative Award. Adeline Foo and Stephanie Wong will share their musings from the toilet… on school, relationships and secret desires.

2.45pm – 3.15 pm
Poetry Demystified
by Aaron Lee

A finalist of the Singapore Literature Prize 2008 and author of the poetry collections A Visitation of Sunlight (1998) and Five Right Angles (2007), Aaron Lee will speak on enjoying poetry from 8 to 80.

3.15pm – 3.45 pm
Terrorism and Tweens
by Felix Cheong
Hear from award-winning poet and author Felix Cheong on how he spun tales of intrigue in The Call from Crying House, and its sequel, The Woman in the Last Carriage. The first book, targeted at 9 to 14 years old, is now being used as an English Literature text in secondary schools.

4pm – 5 pm
Monsters in the Mind – A Look at Asian Influence in Picture Books
by Joshua Chiang, Christine Lim Simpson & Lee Kowling
Three of Singapore’s emerging illustrators – self-taught, free-spirited and deeply passionate about Asian art and children’s books. Meet Joshua, Christine and Kowling and understand what moves an artist and touch the hearts of children in a picture book.

5pm – 6 pm
Meet the authors, book-signing and browse at fringe activities organised by Monsters Under The Bed, School of Literacy, at the Blue Room.

Speaker 1: Dyanna Goh. She will be talking about sourcing out vintage books and selecting books that are interesting yet obscure.

Speaker 2: Shao Han. He’ll be talking about the effects of role-playing on creative writing.

Speaker 3: Jerry Hinds. Comics, Graphic Novels and the importance of having an open mind.

Speaker 4: Ryan Ong. He’ll be talking about classic books and canons in comparison to the books that kids are reading today.

Info taken from the Singapore Writers Festival website.