Part 3 — OUR SUPPLEMENT STORY COMPETITION.

SELF OR FRIEND?

A STORY IN MINIATURE.

First Prize (£2 2s.).

Margaret A. Fish, 49, Foregate Street, Worcester.

Second Prize (£1 1s.).

Rose Cook, 2, South Cliff, Lowestoft.

Third Prize (10s. 6d.).

Edith Ivens, Mayfield, Station Road, Llandaff, nr. Cardiff.

Very Highly Commended.

Emily M. P. Wood, Woodbank, Southport.

Honourable Mention.

Mary Adamson, Eastbourne; Lucy H. Chapman, Weston-super-Mare; "Conor," Bonchurch, I.W.; Rose L. Connor, Greenock, N.B.; "Editha," Birmingham; Kate Collins Ensor, Atherstone; "Excelsior," North Bow, E.; Annie F. Hepple, N. Shields; E. Marian Jupe, Warminster; "Mignonette," New Cross, S.E.; Edith Miller, Judd St., W.C.; Agnes Osborne, Sidcup; Minnie Reeves, Twyford; Lucy Richardson, York; Enid G. St. Aubyn, Retford; Mary Adéle Venn, West Kensington Park; L. M. Willis, Harrogate; Mabel Wilson, Bedford Park.

To the Competitors.

My dear Girls,—To the prize winners and to those of you also who failed to gain prizes, I offer my hearty congratulations on the excellent papers you sent in. The work of selecting the very best was much less difficult than that of choosing a few for "Honourable Mention," out of hundreds of really good ones.

It may interest you to know why some of you failed to obtain a place in the list of honours. Twenty-eight competitors were disqualified by breaking the rule as to size of paper and space to be filled. Then there were several charming essays on the story which were not miniatures of it. In a considerable number necessary parts of the outline were omitted, hence the work was incomplete.

It gave me true pleasure to note how thoroughly most of you grasped the lesson which the story was intended to convey.

Do not be disheartened. Try again. Such good papers cannot be called failures, and the exercise will benefit you whether you gain prizes or not.

Your affectionate old friend, Ruth Lamb.

OUR NEXT STORY COMPETITION.

STORIES IN MINIATURE.

Subject:—"The G. O. P. Supplement for January."

WHEN MY SHIP COMES HOME.

By SARAH DOUDNEY, Author of "A Cluster of Roses," "A Flower of Light," etc.

We offer three prizes of Two Guineas, One Guinea, and Half-a-Guinea for the three best papers on our "Story Supplement" for this month. The essays are to give a brief account of the plot and action of the story in the Competitor's own words; in fact, each paper should be a carefully-constructed Story in Miniature, telling the reader in a few bright words what The Girl's Own Story Supplement for the month is all about.

One page of foolscap only is to be written upon, and is to be signed by the writer, followed by her full address, and posted to The Editor, Girl's Own Paper, in an unsealed envelope, with the words "Stories in Miniature" written on the left-hand top corner.

The last day for receiving the papers is January 20th; and no papers can in any case be returned.

Examiners:—The Author of the Story (Sarah Doudney), and the Editor of The Girl's Own Paper.

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