Who’s inside the chrysalis?
Ava and Ella, the American Butterfly Girls.
Ella and Ava the Butterfly Girls love playing outdoors, just like all the Little Humbugs.
The little Humbugs visit the cities when humans are fast asleep to spread their magic by planting seeds and checking on urban wildlife. The Little Humbugs are curious of the humans whom they observe from a distance. For many years they have watched the human children and are growing concerned that they are not playing outdoors as much as they used to do. They have decided it is time to call upon some human children who love nature to SHOUT OUT about how cool it is to play outdoors.
CONTEST
I am passionate about nature and my mission in life is to help reconnect children with nature with the help from my book characters the Little Humbugs. I know there are many children who are just as passionate about nature and the outdoors as I am, so I have decided to run a competition to let children share their story with other children about how cool nature is with the help from Ava and Ella the Butterfly Girls.
Deadline extended to 1st September 2010.
How To Enter
Leave a comment or email info@littlehumbugs.com and you’ll be automatically registered. Then submit your short story via email: info@littlehumbugs.com or by sending me a recording of your child’s ideas. For young ones too young to write, you can record their story idea on a recording device.
PRIZES
First Prize: The winner will receive a USA Butterfly Girl Doll and Chrysalis. (These dolls are very unique-only 5 were ever made).
The winning story will be illustrated by Marghanita Hughes and published on the Little Humbugs website.
Runner Up Prize: The winner will receive a signed print of Ava and Ella the Butterfly Girls and their story will be published on the Little Humbugs website. Please note: the runner-up story will not be illustrated.
The Rules
Subject : “Let’s Go Outside”
The whole point of this competition is to get children thinking about what they love about nature and the outdoors. Drawing on their own experiences and imagination to create a short story that would involve Ava and Ella in their magical outdoor adventure.
- The deadline for the submission is the 1st of Sept 2010 (midnight). Submissions must be made via email to info@littlehumbugs.com
- Remember to add your age and contact details along with your short story submission.
- Send your story either in the body of the email, or as a word doc attachment or recorded message.
- Age: 12 years and under.
- The stories must be in English, original, and must not have been published in the past.
- Your story can be as simple as four sentences or as many as 500 words.
- By taking part in the competition you allow Marghanita Hughes to publish your story online.
- Marghanita Hughes will be choosing only one winner and one runner up. The runner up story will be published on the Little Humbugs website the following month but will not be illustrated.
- Parents are permitted to help young ones but the story idea has to be the child’s own.
- When children and nature mix, something magical happens. I want to read about the children and the “magic” they discover.
- The winner and runner-up will be notified by email on 20th August 2010.
Did you know:
The Butterfly Girls from all around the world communicate with Jasmine by sending messages which are carried by the ancient whispering trees, across the vast grasslands and over the crashing waves. So the next time you see a tree swaying in the wind, you never know, it may be one of the Butterfly Girls sending Jasmine a message…
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE-I can’t wait to read (and listen) to your stories.
Thank you to all who entered. What a delight it was to read all your little Humbug adventures.
I am thrilled to announce the winners :
CONGRATULATIONS to the WINNING story by Erica Whiteaker (age 4) The Little Humbugs Lava Adventure.
This charming little adventure will be illustrated and posted on the Little Humbugs website in January 2011. Your USA doll will be flying out to meet you very shortly. I hope you have as fun fun with her as I have had creating her. Thank you for sharing your wonderful imagination with me-I feel honored Erica.
Runner up : Hannah Seal age 7
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FYI- I posted about this here: http://www.examiner.com/x-53796-Billings-Family-Recreation-Examiner~y2010m7d6-American-Butterfly-Girl-Competition
Oh Mel, your so wonderful!! Big hugs and wishing you lot’s of joy and happiness outdoors this summer. Much appreciated my nature friend. xx
I made the mistake of telling my kids about this competition at bedtime. Ooooo – the wheels are spinning and stories are swirling. I think it might be hard to catch some winks tonight. Maybe they can dream about Ava and Ella? The video is a great idea! The “Play Parks” kids are in. I don’t know if it’s one, the other, or both – but we’ll have our entries in by the 30th.
Love, love, love it, Michele!! Can’t wait to watch or read…………..very, very excited.