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The Children's Book Council of Australia Queensland Branch
Welcome to the Readers Cup for 2017

What is it?

Readers Cup is organised by the Qld Branch of the Children's Book Council of Australia. It is a state wide competition for young readers. Teams of four students together read a set of books, and then compete with other school or public library teams to answer quiz questions from the books.

Why do it?

Readers Cup competitions challenge students to read widely, work collaboratively in a team and continue developing a love of reading. It allows readers to compete at a regional and state level similar to sporting competitions and to meet other students with an equal passion for books.

When does it take place?

Term 1
Schools and public libraries may run their own Readers Cup competitions in Term 1 to assist in the selection of a team; however, schools must not use their Regional Cup titles for school competitions. Teams need to register before the Easter school holidays.
Registrations are now open for the Year 9-10 Wide Bay Region competition to be held August 2017.

Term 2
Regional competitions are held near the end of Term 2. Regional coordinators will tell teams when to begin reading. This is usually just prior to or just after the Easter vacation, depending on the date of the regional finals.

Term 3
Winning teams from each region will compete at the CBCA Qld Readers Cup State Finals to be held in the evening of 6 September 2017 with Year 7-8 at the Edge, State Library of Queensland as part of the Brisbane Writers Festival and the Year 5-6 at the Metro Hotel Ipswich International as part of StoryArts Festival Ipswich.

What does it look like?

We are frequently asked what a competition looks like, so this year we created a film that will give people who have never participated, an idea of how it works. It can also be viewed by teams to show them how other teams prepare. Here is a short trailer to show what it is like and the full video which is about 20 mins .

The film was funded by CBCA Qld Branch and the Ipswich District Teacher-Librarian Network. CBCA Qld received funds from Creative Partnerships Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund. Thank you to the many people who donated to this fund.

You can also follow some of the stories posted on our Facebook page.

Who can take part?

From 2017 there will be three categories: Year 5/6 and Year 7/8 for most regions and Year 9/10 for Wide Bay. Most regions will accept only one team per school or public library per category. Check the Regional Information on the website for details of your region or email your regional coordinator. A team of up to 4 readers (plus one optional reserve) may be registered per school/public library. Teams choosing to have more than one reserve cannot be catered for at the regional and state finals. Some regions allow more than one team to enter. For details check the Regional Information page first.

Mountain Creek State High School team

What does it cost?

For Corporate members of CBCA
Corporate members of CBCA Qld Branch can enter for free provided they have received confirmation of membership before registering their team. This is an offer to Corporate members not personal members.

Apply to be a corporate member now!

Step 1: If your school has never participated before, register your school and wait to receive your password. Once you have the password, apply for corporate membership before you try to register a team.

Step 2: Wait until you receive acknowledgement that this has been processed before you attempt to register your team/s. (We have to manually add your membership number to the Readers Cup site to prevent it issuing an invoice. The invoice is generated at the point of registering a team.

If you register a team before receiving notification that your CBCA membership has been processed, then the website will automatically generate an invoice.

For non-members of CBCA
From 2015 it will be $35 to register a team. An invoice will be emailed when you register online. This is an automatic function so if you do not receive an invoice, contact the Readers Cup State Finals coordinator.