To coincide with Pride each year, InsideOUT Kōaro runs Out on the Shelves, a nationwide young rainbow storytelling competition. It aims to celebrate budding rainbow, takatāpui and MVPFAFF+ storytellers and encourage them to share their work.

We allow young storytellers to submit stories in a wide range of formats and mediums, including text, audio, graphics and video. We want our competition to reflect the diverse ways we share stories with each other in Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa.

Age categories
Under 16
16 – 20
21- 27

Storytelling categories
Open (e.g. prose, short stories, essays, comics, zines, waiata)
Poetry (e.g. written, spoken-word)

Rainbow Māori and Pacific storytellers could also opt to have their work considered for the Māori and Pacific award category.

Enter online here! Entries close next Tuesday 30 June.

There is an amazing range of prizes on offer including books, vouchers and merchandise.