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Senior · Grades 8–10
Story Connect Challenge
Connect Ideas, Create Stories
Entry limit: 1 participant per school
What this event involves
Participants drop eight marbles into the Linkia board. Each marble lands in a numbered box and delivers a random story prompt.
All eight prompts must then be woven into one meaningful essay.
The key facts
- Date
- Thursday, 3rd September 2026
- Time slot
- Slot 1 · 10:00 AM
- Studio
- Linkia
- Individual
- 1 participant
- Duration
- 20 minutes
- Entry limit
- 1 participant per school
Format and rounds
- 1Instructions & setup5 minutes
- 2Story prompt collection3–5 minutes
- 3Story writing15–20 minutes
Key rules
- 1Each participant receives 8 marbles and may drop each into any hole on the Linkia board.
- 2All 8 prompts must be noted down and used in the essay; prompts cannot be exchanged.
- 3The timer starts once writing begins.
- 4Books, notes, phones, electronic devices and outside assistance are prohibited.
Judges' decisions shall be final and binding. See general rules
Judging criteria
- Creativity & originality5
- Logical connection of all 8 prompts5
- Grammar, spelling & sentence formation4
- Story flow & organisation3
- Completion within the given time3
- Total20
Entering this event?
Each registration form covers up to three events. Entries close 29th August 2026.