The Jan Andrews Literary Award

MASC’s Teen Creative writing competition

This award was created to honour MASC’s co-founder Jan Andrews. Jan was a storyteller and children’s author who inspired many with her stories and belief in the importance of the arts to young people. We invite students to submit a piece of creative writing to be considered by a jury and the winner would receive 20 hours of mentorship with a professional author.
Deadline for submission for the 2019 Jan Andrews Literary Award is Thursday March 21st and the winner will be announced in early May.

Application Form



We are delighted to announce that the first winner of the Jan Andrews Award was Brennan Massey. Brennan is being mentored by local award winning author Alan Cumyn.

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Questions? Please contact Wendy Hartley
The winning student’s name, photograph and entry may be considered for publication on the MASC website, unless specifically declined by the applicant.

All entries will be checked for plagiarism.