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- Mona McKay, competition winner, 1906
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This photo of young Mona McKay, wearing an expression of quiet triumph, appeared in the Auckland Weekly Newsin 1906.McKay was the winner of an essay-writing competition sponsored by the organisers of the Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral (A & P) Show. Entrants were required to write an essay on the show itself. Small-scale literary competitions like this were the only opportunity for writers to win prizes for their work until the creation of national literary awards in the 1940s.
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- 26 March 2014
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- Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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- https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/44671/mona-mckay-competition-winner-1906
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