Term 4 2024 Winners Announced!

Happy New Year and welcome to 2025. We hope you all had a fabulous break and are now refreshed and ready to attack the new school year with renewed energy.

Congrats to our Term 4 ‘War’ Competition Winners 👏👏👏👏 and for those who entered but were not included on the winners’ list, we say it every term and we mean it…

The greatest prize is to have written a story that is yours and yours alone!

A big thanks to our wonderful sponsors at Express Media, VentraIP Australia, and StoryCraft Creative Writing Workshops for your generosity and supporting our next generation of writers.

To view all our winners and honourable mentions, please check out the Judges Report by clicking here.

Little Stories Big Ideas is set to undergo a format change for 2025 with some huge news to hit your feeds soon. So stay tuned and we can’t wait to have another year of reading your fabulous stories.

Thanks for your ongoing support, we’ll be contacting our winners in the next few weeks to organise delivery of prizes and certificates.

Sincerely
Joe and Sarah

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Term 3 2024 Winners Announced!

Congrats to our Term 3 ‘Approval’ Competition Winners 👏👏👏👏 and for those who entered but were not included on the winners’ list, we say it every term and we mean it…

The greatest prize is to have written a story that is yours and yours alone!

A big thanks to our wonderful sponsors at Express Media, VentraIP Australia, and StoryCraft Creative Writing Workshops for your generosity and supporting our next generation of writers.

Year 10 – 12 Winners

🥇1st place, Emily Kirkpatrick, Blaxland High School, NSW, Precipice
🥈2nd place, Anwesha Poddar, Baulkham Hills High School, NSW, Eleven-year-old me
🥉3rd place, Scarlett Wightley, St Thomas More College, Queensland, Simon Says

Year 10 – 12 Honourable Mentions

Finnley Walsh, St. Patrick’s College Ballarat, Victoria, If Only
Angelina Sok, Arthur Phillip High School, NSW, You don’t need someone to tell you that you’re beautiful to be beautiful
Sophie McDonell, Quakers Hill High School, NSW, Approval
Scarlett Wightley (also the 3rd place winner!), St Thomas More College, Queensland, Doubts
Alexandria Belle, Broadford Secondary College, Victoria, Hitting send
Helena Farley, Luther College, Victoria, First-class Approval
Emily Brown, Home Education Unit, Queensland, The Lies I Tell Myself
Sarah Loie, Box Hill High School, Victoria, I told them today

Year 7 – 9 Winners

🥇1st place, Izel Briones, Frankston High School, Victoria, Obedient Generation
🥈2nd place, Ivy-Rose Ilijic, Our Lady Of Mercy College Parramatta, NSW, A Silent Lover
🥉3rd place, Anonymous, The Knot

Year 7-9 Honourable Mentions

Sienna Coleman, Hillcrest Christian College, Queensland, Totally
Brodie Stephenson, St Aloysius College Cronulla, NSW, The Game
Scarlett Currie, Box Hill High School, Victoria, The Unforeseen Praise
Yifang Tang, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW, The Other Me
Molly Jones, St Johns College Dubbo, NSW, The Archway
Dulara Jayasekara (two honourable mention entries!), Mount Waverley Secondary School, Victoria, Life Is But A Game and also Need to Be Liked
Poppy Newell, Avila College, Victoria, Hidden
Amber Lim, St Catherine’s School, Victoria, Well, I Tried

Congratulations to everyone who entered, you should be proud of your achievement. We will do our best to publish all winning entries over the course of the term.

We will be publishing all our winning entries over the coming days and weeks. We also encourage you to read our Judges Report by clicking here.

Please take the time to read our Judges Report for further insight AND…*drum roll*

We’ve just opened entries for our Term 4 2024 comp with the theme of “War” which you can enter at https://littlestoriesbigideas.com.au/entry-form/

Thanks for your ongoing support, we’ll be contacting our winners in the next few weeks to organise delivery of prizes and certificates.

Please spread the word to your students, friends, membership base, children, social networks, and anyone you think would be interested in submitting their work for the chance to win terrific prizes while flexing their creative muscle. We’d love to read their entries!

And if you’re a parent, writer, business or organisation that is able to contribute to our prize pool, we would welcome your support in helping to encourage our students to be creative.

Sincerely
Joe and Sarah

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Term 2 2024 Winners Announced!

Greetings fabulous LSBI crew. No preamble, no messing about, we’ve kept you all waiting longer than usual so it’s straight to the point.

So congrats to our Term 2 ‘Tomorrow’ Competition Winners 👏👏👏👏 and keep in mind…

The greatest prize is to have written a story that is yours and yours alone!

A big thanks to our wonderful sponsors at Express Media, VentraIP Australia, and StoryCraft Creative Writing Workshops for your generosity and supporting our next generation of writers.

Year 10 – 12 Winners

First Place – Enough Time by Finnley Walsh, St. Patrick’s College Ballarat, VIC
Second Place – Erased by Nadhira K, Minaret College, VIC
Third Place – Frozen In the Now by Parami Illeperuma, Lowther Hall, VIC

Year 7 – 9 Winners

First Place – Her by Lucinda Man, Fort Street High School, NSW
Second Place – Mother’s Words by Kira Pringori, St George Girls High School, NSW
Third Place – Always Coming, Never Comes by Sarai Ades, Abbotsleigh, NSW

Honourable Mentions

Congratulations to the writers receiving Honourable Mentions for their stories in Term 2’s ‘Tomorrow’ comp, you should be proud of your achievement. We will do our best to publish all winning entries over the course of the term.

📣 Honourable Mentions – Senior Division (Years 10 – 12)

• Tomorrow’s Palestine by Umair Hassan, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW
• The Timerot by Munim Bhadiar, ames Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW
• I Left Flowers Resting Against Her Headstone by Charlize Van Buren Lensinck, St Thomas More College, QLD
• Gaza by Anonymous, St Margaret’s Anglican Girls’ School, QLD
• To all the People I did not Kill by Braithe Hollister, NTSDE, NT
• Nest by Charlotte Brown, Ravenswood School for Girls, NSW
• The Ruthless Fidus Achates by Amelia Thomassen, Coolum State High School, QLD
• I’ll Meet You in Heaven by Helena Farley, Luther College, VIC
• A tomorrow without you by Tahlia Reed, Moonta Area School, SA

📣 Honourable Mentions – Junior Division (Years 7 – 9)

• The Test by Ngan Nguyen, The Lakes College, QLD
• I’ll wait by Martha Condie, St Scholastica’s College Glebe, NSW
• Sunflowers by Stephanie Spark, Smith’s Hill High School, NSW
• The race against time by Sky Jung, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW
• Procrastination by Dylan Hanley, St Patrick’s College Ballarat, VIC
• A Moment Forever by Anonymous, The Gap State High School, QLD
• Daffodils by Sarah Azad, Edgars Creek Secondary College, VIC
• No promises by Riya Khamar, St John’s College Dubbo, NSW
• th3.n3xt.m0rn1ng by Dulara Jayasekara, Mount Waverley Secondary College, VIC
• I am tomorrow by Sofia M, Macarthur Girls High School, NSW

We will be publishing all our winning entries over the coming days and weeks. We also encourage you to read our Judges Report by clicking here.

Please take the time to read our Judges Report for further insight AND…*drum roll*

We’ve just opened entries for our Term 3 2024 comp with the theme of “Approval” which you can enter at https://littlestoriesbigideas.com.au/entry-form/

Thanks for your ongoing support, we’ll be contacting our winners in the next few weeks to organise delivery of prizes and certificates.

Please spread the word to your students, friends, membership base, children, social networks, and anyone you think would be interested in submitting their work for the chance to win terrific prizes while flexing their creative muscle. We’d love to read their entries!

And if you’re a parent, writer, business or organisation that is able to contribute to our prize pool, we would welcome your support in helping to encourage our students to be creative.

Sincerely
Joe and Sarah

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Term 1 2024 Winners Announced!

Welcome to 2024 and wow, where did term 1 go? The good news is, with term 1 done and dusted, it is time to announce our winners of our term 1 ‘Addicted’ comp. We received a record total of entries for term 1, so thanks so much for your support, the only downside being it makes judging even more challenging with so many great entries from all over this big brown land of ours.

So congrats to our Term 1 ‘Addicted’ Competition Winners 👏👏👏👏. We say it every year and every term, it’s not just the winners that deserve the accolades, congratulations go to everyone who entered because to write a story is a victory in itself, regardless of whether you are named in the winning entries or not.

The greatest prize is to have written a story that is yours and yours alone!

A big thanks to our wonderful sponsors at Express Media, VentraIP Australia, and StoryCraft Creative Writing Workshops and Bing Lee for your generosity and supporting our next generation of writers.

Without further ado, it is an honour to present to you our winners.

Year 10 – 12 Winners

First Place – Pantry by Emily Ford, Box Hill High School, VIC
Second Place – Miss Ocean by Charlotte Peacock, St Francis de Sales College, SA
Third Place – Empty Flicks by Darcy Lynn, Wahroonga Adventist School, NSW

Year 7 – 9 Winners

First Place – Likes and Lies by Emily Dukeson, Kawana Waters State College, QLD
Second Place – The (Generic Phone Brand) 16 by Victoria Golz, The Mac.Robertson’s Girls’ High School, VIC
Third Place – Fat Cat by Anonymous, Bunbury Catholic College, WA

Honourable Mentions

Congratulations to the writers receiving Honourable Mentions for their stories in Term 1’s ‘Addicted’ comp, you should be proud of your achievement. We will do our best to publish all winning entries over the course of the term.

📣 Honourable Mentions – Senior Division (Years 10 – 12)

Scarred Souls by Anonymous, Flinders Christian Community College, VIC
Siren by Eva Gately, St Pauls Catholic Secondary College Kempsey, NSW
Illuminating Realisation by Jason Ly, Glenala State High School, QLD
Clandestine Tendrils of Toxic Dreams by Anonymous, Mount Eliza Secondary College, VIC
Introduction by Trang Nguyen, Buckley Park College, VIC
Look Up by Anonymous, Toorak College, VIC
Help Us by Elise Nikkinen, Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School, NSW

📣 Honourable Mentions – Junior Division (Years 7 – 9)

Words by Autumn Winchester, Cape Byron Ruldolph Steiner School, NSW
Muted Compliments by Helen Li, Fort St High School, NSW
Digital Refuge by Nico Palstra, Balwyn High School, VIC
Digital Echoes by Amber Brar, Illawarra Christian School, NSW
A Sick Love by Ana Ruiz Davila, Mary Mackillop Catholic College Wakely,NSW
Digital Dusk by Kaavya Gupta, Abbotsleigh, NSW

We will be publishing all our winning entries over the coming days and weeks. We also encourage you to read our Judges Report by clicking the link https://littlestoriesbigideas.com.au/…/Judges-Report…

Please take the time to read our Judges Report for further insight AND…*drum roll*

We’ve just opened entries for our Term 2 2024 comp with the theme of “Tomorrow” which you can enter at https://littlestoriesbigideas.com.au/entry-form/

Thanks for your ongoing support, we’ll be contacting our winners in the next few weeks to organise delivery of prizes and certificates.

Please spread the word to your students, friends, membership base, children, social networks, and anyone you think would be interested in submitting their work for the chance to win terrific prizes while flexing their creative muscle. We’d love to read their entries!

And if you’re a parent, writer, business or organisation that is able to contribute to our prize pool, we would welcome your support in helping to encourage our students to be creative.

Sincerely
Joe and Sarah

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Term 4 2023 Winners Announced!

Congrats to our Term 4 ‘Magic’ Competition Winners 👏👏👏👏. We say it every year and every term but the fact remains that you guys make it so difficult for us to choose winning entries but choose we must.

Congratulations go to everyone who entered, to write a story is a victory in itself and regardless of whether you are named in the winning entries or not, the greatest prize is to have written a story that is yours and yours alone.

A big thanks to our wonderful sponsors at Express Media, VentraIP Australia, StoryCraft Creative Writing Workshops and Bing Lee for your generosity and supporting our next generation of writers.

Without further ado, it is an honour to present to you our winners.

Year 10 – 12 Winners

First Place – Australia’s Golden Magic by Tya Dhayaparan, Hornsby Girls’ High, NSW
Second Place – Locked Out by Sophia Poole, Catherine McAuley Westmead, NSW
Third Place – A Dance Only For Two by Anonymous, Bob Hawke College, WA

Year 7 – 9 Winners

First Place – Chronicles of a Mother by Hannah Hemmings, Sydney Girls High School, NSW
Second Place – Preparing! by Matilda Shen, Intuition Educational Support, WA
Third Place – Rip-off Gucci and A Vivid Tale by Dulara Jayasekara, Mount Waverley Secondary School, VIC

We will be publishing all our winning entries over the coming days and weeks. We also encourage you to read our Judges Report by clicking the link https://littlestoriesbigideas.com.au/…/Judges-Report…

Please take the time to read our Judges Report for further insight AND…*drum roll*

We’ve just opened entries for our Term 1 2024 comp with the theme of “Addicted” which you can enter at https://littlestoriesbigideas.com.au/entry-form/

Thanks for your ongoing support, we’ll be contacting our winners in the next few weeks to organise delivery of prizes and certificates.

Please spread the word to your students, friends, membership base, children, social networks, and anyone you think would be interested in submitting their work for the chance to win terrific prizes while flexing their creative muscle. We’d love to read their entries!

Sincerely

Joe and Bec

📣 Honourable Mentions – Senior Division (Years 10 – 12)

Congratulations to the writers receiving Honourable Mentions for their stories in our Senior Division of Term 4’s ‘Magic’ comp, you should be proud of your achievement. We will do our best to publish all winning entries over the course of the term.

Down the Rabbit Hole by Charlize Van Buren Lensinck, St Thomas More College, QLD
True Magic by Bob Smith, Eastwood Heights Public School, NSW
The Turk (A man-made magic machine) by Amelia Tu, Shalom College, QLD
Poker Face by Emily Brown, Home Education Unit, QLD
Dragon or Animal by Trang Nguyen, Buckley Park College, VIC
Truth of Magic by Eve McDonald, Armidale Secondary College, NSW
Stellar Choreography by Emily Hague, All Saints’ College, Saint Peter’s Campus, NSW
The Magic of Four and Five and Six O’clock by Isabella Watson, Pymble Ladies College, NSW
The Exuberance of Youth by Marlo Fegent, Ulladulla High School, NSW
The Perfect Dance by Bella Milicevic, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School, VI

📣 Honourable Mentions – Junior Division (Years 7 – 9)

Congratulations to the writers receiving Honourable Mentions for their stories in our Junior Division of Term 4’s ‘Magic’ comp, great work, you and your school community should be very proud of your work. We will do our best to publish all winning entries over the course of the term.

Potions Making by Taesha Korsten, Emerald Secondary College, VIC
The Pulls of Publicity by Grace Green, Riverton and District High School, NSW
The Magic of a Smile by Elise Nikkinen, Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School, NSW
Shadow Ruler by Lillian King, GRC Peakhurst, NSW
My Magic by Sarai Ades, Abbotsleigh School, NSW
The Botanical Dictionary of Fungus Species With the Exception of Microfungus and Foot Fungus – A Foreword by Anonymous, Hornsby Girls High School, NSW
Highlight Reel by Chloe Zhou, Meriden School, NSW

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Term 3 2023 Winners Announced!

Congrats to our Term 3 ‘Voice’ Competition Winners 👏👏👏👏. Wow what an amazing bunch of writers we have in our community! We say it every year and every term but the fact remains that you guys make it so difficult for us to choose winning entries but choose we must.

This term we have familiar names return to the winners’ circle including past winners which is something to celebrate. Congratulations go to everyone who entered, to write a story is a victory in itself and regardless of whether you are named in the winning entries or not, the greatest prize is to have written a story that is yours and yours alone.

A big thanks to our wonderful sponsors at Express Media, VentraIP Australia, StoryCraft Creative Writing Workshops Mornington Peninsula News Group and Bing Lee for your generosity and supporting our next generation of writers.

Without further ado, it is an honour to present to you our winners.

Year 10 – 12 Winners

🥇First Place – To Dance on Air in the Heart of Cuba by Amelia Tu, Shalom College, QLD
🥈Second Place – Boy’s Club  by Kierah Hayward, Homeschooled
🥉Third Place – Rope by Nigella Gillard, Kolbe Catholic College, WA

Year 7 – 9 Winners

🥇First Place – , etc. by Adrita Saha, James Ruse Agricultural School, NSW
🥈Second Place – A Lime-green Jacket and a Second Chance by Dulara Jayasekara, Mount Waverley Secondary School, VIC
🥉Third Place – I Was Once a Teen Girl Too by Shenaya Sinah, Tara Anglican School for Girls, NSW

📢 Mornington Peninsula Local Writer’s Award

🌟 The Starling and the Fairywren  by Jocia Power, Mount Eliza Secondary College

📣 Honourable Mentions – Senior Division (Years 10 – 12)

Congratulations to the writers receiving Honourable Mentions for their stories in our Senior Division of Term 3’s ‘Voice’ comp, you should be proud of your achievement. We will do our best to publish all winning entries over the course of the term.

• Our Way Forward by Zara Lawrence, All Hallows’ School, QLD
• Dear Sapling by Mia James, Mount St Benedict College, NSW
• You by Olivia Luu, Cerdon College, NSW
• Noise by Jeremy Rusli, Mansfield State High School, QLD
• The Colour of Violence by Anonymous, Alia College, VIC
• The Inbetween by Anonymous, St Bede’s College, VIC
• Revolution by Emily Brown, Home Education Unit, QLD
• Breaking Anxiety’s Silence by Grace Boutros, St Charbel’s College, NSW
• A Coward’s Move by Lily Turbill, Albany Senior High School, WA
• Voice by Pen by Doris Wei, Mansfield State High School, QLD
• The Melodramatic Poet by Veronica Keelan-Slight, Mackillop College, NSW

Congratulations to the writers receiving Honourable Mentions for their stories in our Junior Division of Term 3’s ‘Voice’ comp, great work, you and your school community should be very proud of your work. We will do our best to publish all winning entries over the course of the term.

• Echoes of Unity by Jack Blaney, Brisbane State High School, QLD
• Forest Song by Karunamuni Sanuli Karunaratne, Marist Regional College, TAS
• Sincerely, the Voice in Your Head by Charlotte Brown, Ravenswood School for Girls, NSW
• Voices by Dev Raval, Churchie School, QLD
• Straitjacket by Hannah Yu, Abbotsleigh School, NSW
• Silent or BOLD. You pick by Anwesha Poddar, Baulkham Hills High School, NSW
• Blacked Out Praise by Annabelle Djaja, Hornsby Girls’ High School, NSW
• Dystopia by Isabella Chalker, Bunbury Senior High School, WA
• The Voice of Music by Indigo Leyland, St Mary’s Catholic College. QLD
• The Sad Voice of Society by Chloe Tabet, Tara Anglican School for Girls, NSW
• Red Thread by Mythri Sarker, Hurlstone Agricultural School, NSW

We will be publishing all our winning entries over the coming days and weeks. We also encourage you to read our Judges Report by clicking the link below:

Please take the time to read our Judges Report here for further insight AND…

We’ve just opened entries for our Term 4 comp with the  theme of “Magic” 🎤🎙

Please spread the word to your students, friends, membership base, children, social networks, and anyone you think would be interested in submitting their work for the chance to win terrific prizes while flexing their creative muscle. We’d love to read their entries!

Thanks for your ongoing support, we’ll be contacting our winners in the next few weeks to organise delivery of prizes and certificates.

Sincerely

Joe and Bec

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Term 2 2023 Winners Announced!

Congrats to our Term 2 ‘Mask’ Competition Winners 👏👏👏👏. We say it every year and every term but the fact remains that you guys make it so difficult for us to choose winning entries but choose we must.

So, to the following fantastic writers, well done, we are proud of you and hope your school, family and friends are as well. To all of you who entered, we are proud of you too. Just because your story was not selected as a winner does not make it any less special, it will find its audience so KEEP WRITING.

A big thanks to our wonderful sponsors at Express Media, VentraIP Australia, StoryCraft Creative Writing WorkshopsMornington Peninsula News Group and Bing Lee for your generosity and supporting our next generation of writers.

Without further ado, it is an honour to present to you our winners. (Stay tuned for more announcements on our Honourable Mentions and Local Writer’s Award winner.)

Year 10 – 12 Winners

🥇First Place – White Face / Red Face by Anne Fo, Mount Waverley Secondary College, VIC
🥈Second Place – The Masquerade by Saskia de Leeuw Kyle, Fitzroy High School, VIC
🥉Third Place – Green Nostalgia by Fire Chicken Noodles, Shalom Catholic College, QLD

Year 7 – 9 Winners

🥇First Place – A Masked Man by Yihan Zhang, Meridien School, NSW
🥈Second Place – Broken Glass by Adrita Saha, James Ruse Agricultural School, NSW
🥉Third Place – Sugar and Spice by Anonymous, Lyneham High School, ACT

📢 Mornington Peninsula Local Writer’s Award

🌟 Manners by Anonymous, Woodleigh School, VIC

📣 Honourable Mentions – Senior Division (Years 10 – 12)

Congratulations to the writers receiving Honourable Mentions for their stories in our Senior Division of Term 2’s ‘Mask’ comp, you should be proud of your achievement. We will do our best to publish all winning entries over the course of the term.

• The Empress’s Golden Veil by Tahj Dimmer, Batemans Bay High School, NSW
• Wearing the Willow (my wooden mask of ignorance) by Amelia Tu, Shalom College, QLD
• M for Mask by Alexia Kavellaris, Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak, VIC
• Masked for Eternity by Taanvi Deenadayaalu, St Monica’s College, QLD
• Broken Plasterine by Kiro Vanderwacht, Alta-1 Merriwa, WA
• Helter Skelter by Syazwana Saifudin, Suzanne Cory High School, VIC
• The Anxious Android Affair by Eliott Bidstrup, Birchip School, VIC
• A Photon in Double Split by Ria Saini, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW
• Floating Message by Alicia Warhurst, Bray Park High School, QLD
• What Am I? by Molly Menzies, Loreto Kirribilli, NSW
• Untitled by Ian Cao, Hurlstone Agricultural School, NSW
• Progression by James Crowle, Waverley College, VIC
• Concealed by Anonymous, Mount Waverley Secondary College, VIC
• Together til the End by Maulee Jain, James Ruse Agricultural School, NSW

Congratulations to the writers receiving Honourable Mentions for their stories in our Junior Division of Term 2’s ‘Mask’ comp, great work, you and your school community should be very proud of your work. We will do our best to publish all winning entries over the course of the term.

• Behind Closed Doors (Your Mask Falls Off)  by Ivanka Welsh, Shalom College, QLD
• Breaking News by Tyler Pitt, Shalom College, QLD
• Woman In a Man’s Ring by Jess Cooling, Kinross College, WA
• Light of Hope by Nicholas Jorgensen, Bendigo south East College, VIC
• Day of My Diagnosis by Neve Welsh, Tombolo Academy, VIC
• Veiled Essence by Benedict Akbarzadeh-Haendel, Tombolo Academy, VIC
• A House in Flames by Isla Attard, Magdalene Catholic College, NSW
• The Worm Within by Harper Baker, Maryborough State High School, QLD
• I Just Want to Fit In by Amy Jochheim, ACEN Chanel College, QLD
• Free by Manaia Bolger, Trinity College, Beenleigh QLD
• I Want the Mask to Fall by Kaavya Gupta, Abbotsleigh Anglican School for Girls, NSW
• Loud Laughter by Katherine Lam, Presbyterian Ladies’ College, VIC
• Spotlight by Aiden McCaffrey, Sandringham College, VIC
• Two Eyes by Lincoln Brown, Mansfield State High School, QLD

We will be publishing all our winning entries over the coming days and weeks. We also encourage you to read our Judges Report by clicking the link below:

Please take the time to read our Judges Report here for further insight AND…

We’ve just opened entries for our Term 3 comp with the  theme of “Voice” 🎤🎙

Please spread the word to your students, friends, membership base, children, social networks, and anyone you think would be interested in submitting their work for the chance to win terrific prizes while flexing their creative muscle. We’d love to read their entries!

Thanks for your ongoing support, we’ll be contacting our winners in the next few weeks to organise delivery of prizes and certificates.

Sincerely

Joe and Bec

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Term 1 2023 Winners Announced!

A HUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE Congrats to our Term 1 ‘Love’ Competition Winners. You guys make it so difficult for us to choose winning entries but choose we must. So, to the following fantastic writers, well done, we are proud of you and hope your school, family and friends are as well. To all of you who entered, we are proud of you too. Just because your story was not selected as a winner does not make it any less special, it will find its audience. For all writers, and you are all writers, it is nice to be recognised but it is more important to keep writing. A big thanks to our wonderful sponsors at Express Media, Officeworks, VentraIP Australia and StoryCraft Creative Writing WorkshopsMornington Peninsula News Group. Without further ado, it is an honour to present to you our winners. (Stay tuned for more announcements on our Honourable Mentions and Local Writer’s Award winner.)

Year 10 – 12 Winners

First Place – Candle-wick Man and I by Anonymous, McKinnon Secondary College, VIC

Second Place – Self Love by Carla Stanojevic, Ave Maria College Aberfeldie, VIC

Third Place – All That is Love by Syazwana Saifudin, Suzanne Cory High School VIC

Year 7 – 9 Winners

First Place – The Truth of Love by Dulara Jayasekara, Mount Waverley Secondary College, VIC

Second Place – Love Yourself by Jimin Jeon, Homeschooled, NSW

Third Place – Too Heavy by Dominique Zamora, Mercy Catholic College, Chatswood, NSW

Mornington Peninsula Local Writer’s Award

Piano Boy by Sophia van Zanten, Mount Eliza Secondary College, VIC

A big thank you also to our sponsors – @ventraip , @express_media , @storycraftworkshops and @officeworks @mornington peninsula new group and a BIG LSBI welcome to our newest prize sponsor @bing lee – who will be providing $50 gift vouchers for both Senior and Junior division winners for Terms 2,3 and 4.

Honourable Mentions Years 7 – 9
• Winter’s Aubade by Indigo Leyland, Saint Mary’s Catholic College, QLD
• Stray Cat by Sumayyah Deen, Homeschooled, QLD
• Your Golden Hour by Adrita Saha, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW
• Quiet Evenings by Karunamuni Sanuli Karunaratne, Marist Regional College, TAS
• Made for Love by Emma Zhang, Meridien School, NSW
• Flowers Fall in Winter by Lillian King, GRC Peakhurst, NSW
• Imagine by Olivia Cameron, North Albany Senior High School, WA
• I Love Cricket by Anonymous, Scotch College, WA
• A Gamble of Love by Anonymous, Lyneham High School, ACT
• Silver Knives by Isla Attard, Magdalene Catholic College, NSW
• To You Who I Would Wait Forever For by Sarah Qi, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW
• A Red Field Sways In a Winter’s Breeze by Claire Li, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW
• Someone To Come Home To by Adrita Saha, James Ruse Agricultural High School, NSW
• Undying Love by Esther Li, Neutral Bay Public School, NSW
• Self-love by Annabel Li, Queenwood School for Girls, QLD

Honourable Mentions Year 10 – 12• Mirage by Madeleine Watson, Pymble Ladies College, NSW
• The Heart and It’s Herald by Harvey Lam, Nossal High School, VIC
• Love hate: Hate love by Kira Heffernan, Mansfield State High School, QLD
• Circuit Breaker by Ben McLean, Sandringham College, VIC
• Waiting by Xavier Hynes, St Ignatius College Riverview, NSW
• She and He by Lily Makin, Macarthur Anglican School, NSW
• Lost Love by Jacqueline Tran, Hurlstone Agricultural High School, NSW
• Meraki by Ariana Sim, Abbotsleigh School, NSW
• Vista on the Alicante by Ryan McCaffrey, Sandringham College, VIC
• A Lesson, I Listen, I Lessen by Amelia Tu, Shalom College, QLD
• Our Glass House by Georgia Harris, Sandringham College, VIC
• Simple Love by Grace Morgan, Tenison Woods College, SA
• Outgrown Love by Karina Lee, Darwin High School, NT
• Unsatisfied by Zoe Copeland, St Josephs Regional College, NSW
• In the Name of Love by Veronica Keelan-Slight, Mackillop College, NSW

We will be publishing all our winning entries over the coming days and weeks. We also encourage you to read our Judges Report by clicking the link below:

Please take the time to read our Judges Report here for further insight AND…

We’ve just opened entries for our Term 2 comp with the  theme of “MASK”  😷👺👹

Please spread the word to your students, friends, membership base, children, social networks, and anyone you think would be interested in submitting their work for the chance to win terrific prizes while flexing their creative muscle. We’d love to read their entries!

Thanks for your ongoing support, we’ll be contacting our winners in the next few weeks to organise delivery of prizes and certificates.

Sincerely

Joe and Bec

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