Laura Chan for “Winter Fruit’ - winner of the Alun Leach-Jones Poetry Prize, senior.

Naomi Gibson for “Heard” - winner of the Alun Leach-Jones Poetry Prize, junior.

Bill Coppell Young Writer’s Award:

James Archer for “The Escape” - winner 16-18 years category.

Ben Latham for “Beyond Borders” - winner 15 years category.

Rebecca Malloy for “Johnny in the Night” - winner 14 years category.

Jessica Croker for “Walking Wollstonecraft - Sorry Day” - winner 13 years category.

Teresa Urwin for “Kawarau Bridge Bungy” - winner 11-12 years category.

Congratulations to you all!          If you’d like to read their stories, looky here.

Congratulations certainly also go to all the following:

Alun Leach-Jones Poetry Prize

Merit Certificates

‘Summer Simmers’ By Anna Church               

‘0.02 seconds apart’ by Emily Deegan            

Junior Prize:

Merit Certificates

‘Sisters’ by Emma Leask                                       

‘Mr Wynn Taylor’ by William Boyd   

Bill Coppell Young Writers Award

11-12 years

Highly Commended:             “The Life of One ANZAC”             Kieren Kresevic

Commended:             “The Star Inside My Apple”                         Sophie Brown             

Merit Certificates:

“Fragile Crystal”                                                Isaac Chia

“Chased by the Enemy”                                    Oonagh Macken           

“Water Dancer”                                                Eloise Croker            

“A Wind Change”                                               Emily Malek             

“The Poem”                                                      Lucy Wills                

“My Country”                                                  Kate Delaney                       

“An Afternoon Fishing”                                    Anna Sindone                       

“Don’t Look Behind You”                               Hannah Nicholson        

“When She Woke Up and Couldn’t Remember” Emily McLennan       

“A Change of Heart”                                      Sophie Wood             

13 years

Highly Commended: Albert Zhou, for My Home                

Commended: Rose Marel, for On the Way Home. 

Merit Certificates

Sarah Fitzgerald, Soccer Boots              

Kate O’Mara, untitled poem                           

Giorgia Collins, No Place                                 

Catherine Storr, Those Who Dare                   

Samantha Talas, Lost and Found                         

Evie Fox Koob, untitled prose                 

Jane Machart, untitled story                            

Jessica Davis, Leo was here                           

Rose de Kantzow, untitled prose               

 

14 years

Highly Commended: ‘Modesty’ by Raphaelle Mady              

Commended: ‘Eye Can Do This’ by Kelia Yan

Merit Certificates:

‘Where’ by Lauren Winton

‘The Netball Game’ by Georgia Geldens                       

‘High School Flashback’ by Emma Falzon               

‘A Life’s Achievement’ by Amelia Halley                          

‘Magnets for Danger’ by Mollie Matthews                                

‘Anchor’ by Francesca Scutella                                                           

‘Sisters’ by Emma Leask                                                               

 

15 years
Highly Commended: Benjamin and the Baby Sitter - Caitlin Still
Commended: Swimming in Dresses - Timothy Gao
Merit certificates:
Evie’s Story -                            Faye Hurwitz           
How Shameful -                       Emily Carpenter        
Adelaide -                                Sarah Evans              
Life Away From Home -             Francesca Lucas          
I Have a Spot -                                     Abby Ross                
The Train -                               Simone Fox Koob       
It Was the Moment -                     Elizabeth Jones
English Assessment -                Emma Hulse   
How To Get Home -                        Paige McNamee       

16 – 18 years

Highly Commended:    Our Lives Are in Their Hands   by Rosalynde Gray    

Commended: The Council                  by Keegan Thomson         

Merit Certificates:

Paloma Brierley Newton                        When She Goes Home  

Anna Cuthill                              The End of the Road   

Jessica Di Blasio                                  The Safehouse        

Lauren Dixon                           Floating                                   

Leah Fitzgerald                                 Kottonmouth  

Jessica Long                                         Destiny                        

Cameron Nacson                                All for a Smile

Marina Pavlovic                                   Untitled                                   

Jack Scott                                        The Jump                           

Mudabbir Sittisak                                Cruisin’                       

Our thanks go the the following fantastic people for the time and effort they spent in judging these awards…

Poet, Marjorie Pizer, Author, Duncan BallWriter, Deborah GreenEditor, Lachlan Jobbins

Renowned playwright, Justin Fleming

Playwright and actor, Linden Wilkinson