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Today is Juneteenth and also the international day for the elimination of sexual violence in conflict

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[–] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wowww that's brutal. How old are the kids? That's a cool competition though! How will you select a winner?

[–] danwritesbooks@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago

Primary school age. I don't have any details on them aside from name (for obvious reasons) but I'd say they're grade 4 and up.

Well, picking winners was easy for 2 schools. There were going to be three winners from each school. One school submitted 3 stories and one submitted one so they win by default. I'm currently writing each a personal letter congratulating them and some thoughts and writing advice.

The other school submitted 10. I haven't read them yet but I'm gonna feel bad for the ones who don't win. I'm almost considering giving them all a copy.