Term 4 2022 Winners Announced!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! Welcome to 2023

A huge congratulations to our winners of Term 4 2022 ‘Fear’ comp. Well done to all of you!

We’d like to award every student that entered a prize but unfortunately we can’t (but we’d like to!) and so many of you were SOOOO close to being chosen as winners so don’t despair if your story wasn’t chosen as a winner this term because in our eyes you’re a WINNER for writing one in the first place. So keep entering, because we absolutely LOVE reading your stories.

We’d also like to say a BIG thank you to the school communities for supporting our competition and encouraging their students to enter, we’ve had multiple entries from loads of schools and we’re really grateful to teachers for encouraging your students to enter.

A big thank you also to our sponsors – @ventraip , @readingsbooks , @express_media , @storycraftworkshops and @officeworks

So please join Rebecca and I (Joe) on congratulating our winners.

Year 10 – 12 Winners

First Place
• Ten Minus Two (Tu) by Amelia Tu, Shalom College, QLD
Second Place
• For Fear of a Writer by Zara Perry, Ravenswood School for Girls, NSW
Third Place
• Under the Tree by Zoe Copeland, St Joseph’s Regional College, NSW

Honourable Mentions:
• I Fear by Carmel Bai, Ravenswood School for Girls, NSW
• The Fear by Abigail Barfield, Pymble Ladies college, NSW
• Tsunami’s Dance by Shreya Dutta, Hornsby Girls High School, NSW
• The Moment Before by Emily Brown, Home Education Unit, QLD
• Bundle of Cries by Aiesha Kilgannon, Willunga High School, SA
• Sleepless Night by Alphonsa Benjamin, The MacRoberston Girls High, VIC
• The Classroom by Alanna Lu, Trinity Catholic college, NSW
• Anxiety by Hana Wong, Modbury High School, SA
• The Trapped by James Hillier, Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, NSW
• My Birthday Present by ANONYMOUS, Hornsby Girls High School, NSW

Year 7 – 9 Winners

First Place
• Slipped by Noa Gomberg, Mount Scopus Memorial College, VIC
Second Place
• Fight, Flight or Fright by Alna George, Yeronga State High School, QLD
Third Place
• Memories Mourned by Sarah Morrow, Albany Senior High School, WA

Honourable Mentions:

• Ink by Harry Tong of Knox Grammar School, VIC
• In the Spotlight by Amy Parker, Gosford High School, NSW
• Walking on Eggshells by Charlotte Davis, St Patrick’s College, NSW
• The Fear of Failing by Lily Grant, St Mary’s College, NSW
• Kalubauf by Ren Howe of Mt Eliza Secondary College, VIC
• Once She Was Afraid Of by ANONYMOUS, Amity College, NSW
• 3050 by ANONYMOUS, Western Grammar School, NSW
• Neurodivergent Meltdown by Mikah Williamson, Bunbury High, WA
• The Tormentor by Meira Walsh, Aviation State High School, QLD
• City Loop by Zoe Morris, Melbourne Girls’ College, VIC
• What is Bravery Without Fear? by Saarim Qazi, Western Grammar School, NSW
• My Enemy, by ANONYMOUS, Mount Eliza High School, VIC
• – la lune, crains-la by Karunamuni Sanuli Karunaratne of Marist Regional College, TAS
• Fear by Ellen Wei, Taroona High School, TAS

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 first competition of 2023 with the multi-faceted, multi-layered theme of “LOVE”

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,

Joe and Beck.

Term 4 2022 Closed

Our Term 4 ‘Fear’ Comp has closed for entries. We’d like to congratulate every single one of you that entered the comp on your creativity and courage to share your words with the world. We had a record 431 entries for the term which is a great way to finish off 2022. A big thanks to our sponsors Readings , Officeworks , Express Media , VentraIP Australia and StoryCraft Creative Writing Workshops.

Winners will be announced during the week of the 23rd of January, 2023, as always we expect that to be a difficult task given just how awesome you guys are as writers. Term 1 2023 will be open for entries early in Jan 2023, so stay tuned.

So, from us to you, a happy and safe holiday season, time for a well-earned break from the books. If you graduated this year, or you’re finishing your secondary studies, then we wish you all the best in your tertiary education, the workforce, travel adventures or whatever you decide to do in 2023. For all of you returning, we hope to see your entries once again next year in 2023, we have loved reading all of them this year and witnessing first hand what a talented bunch of writers our generation next are.

Happy Writing in 2023

Have fun with your friends and loved ones over the break.

Sincerely,

Joe and Bec.

Term 3 2022 Winners Announced!

A huge congratulations to our winners of Term 3’s ‘Body’ comp. We’d like to extend our congratulations to every student who entered as that alone is an achievement worth celebrating, and a special mention to those students who entered multiple times.

We’d also like to say a BIG thank you to the school communities for supporting our competition and encouraging their students to enter.

A big thank you also to our sponsors – @ventraip , @readingsbooks , @express_media , @storycraftworkshops and @officeworks

We would love to give everyone who entered a prize but we can’t, choosing the winners is getting tougher and tougher due to the amazing young writers we have in Australia. If you didn’t win or receive an Honourable Mention, don’t despair, treat your entry as a stepping stone to becoming a writer, and keep writing. Just because your entry did not win does not mean it’s not worthy and rest assured we treasure every single entry.

So please join Rebecca and I (Joe) on congratulating our winners. We will be publishing all our winning entries over the coming days and weeks starting with our first prize winners later today. 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…

The theme for Term 4 “FEAR” has now opened for entries.

Please spread the word to your students, 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,

Term 2 2022 Winners Announced!

It is with great pleasure that we announce our winners for our Term 2 2022 ‘Ghost’ competition. Congratulations to the winners and the Honourable Mentions, but most of all congratulations to every student that entered our competition, we are very proud of you for sharing a bit of your creative soul with the world.

We would also like to take the opportunity to thank the school communities for their continued support of our competition including:

Bunbury Senior High, WA
Mansfield State High School QLD
Mount Eliza Secondary VIC
Riverton and District High School, SA
Robina State High School QLD
St Johns College Nambour QLD
St Thomas More College Sunnybank QLD
Dubbo Christian School NSW
Perth Modern School, WA
Tintern Grammar, VIC
And many more.

We will also take this opportunity to thank our wonderful sponsors for their generosity @ventraip @readingsbooks @storycraftworkshops @express_media

As our chief judge Bec says, “Every term it gets harder and harder to pick the winners’ but we’ve managed to do it and in the process unearth Australia’s best young writers.

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

Do Not Be Discouraged if you didn’t get a mention this time, keep writing and keep entering because we value every single one of your precious words.

The theme for Term 3 “BODY” has now opened for entries. A timely and topical word, we feel, and one we know Australia’s talented young writers will each apply their unique lens to.

Please spread the word to your students, 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,

Term 1 2022 Winners Announced!

It is with great pleasure that we announce our winners for our Term 1 2022 ‘Responsibility’ competition. Congratulations to everyone of our winners and Honourable Mentions and to their school communities and family units, and let us also extend our congratulations to every student that entered the competition for your bravery and creativity. If you were not a winner it does not mean you’re not worthy as the act of creating a story is a victory in itself. Keep writing and keep entering! Our Term 2 comp is already open with the haunting theme of ‘Ghost’.

As our chief Judge Rebecca Fraser commented: “You’d think now Little Stories, Big Ideas is firmly into its second year, we’d be accustomed to the imaginative and diverse scope of creativity and talent demonstrated by our nation’s young writers…but ‘Generation Next’ continues to impress and awe.”

Our Term 2 competition is now open for entries with the theme of ‘Ghost’, and we’re looking forward to reading your spooky stories.

To see the Judge’s Report Click Here

Term 1 Competition for 2022 NOW OPEN!

The holidays are over and it’s time to get that brain back into gear. Send us your story around the theme ‘Responsibility’ by 8th April and you could be crowned Australia’s best young writer (in our humble opinion). Join the hundreds of students that have already submitted their work. Entry is free.

Term 4 Winners Announced!

It’s a great pleasure to be able to announce all our winners and honourable mentions for our Term 4 edition of Little Stories Big Ideas fiction competition for secondary school students. 171 entries were received from all over Australia and the quality of those entries was astounding which made judging very tough. To everyone that entered we thank you for your effort and encourage you to keep entering whether you win or not. We are super proud of you all and excited by the next generation of talented writers finding their voice through our comp. Congrats to all the winners, we’ll be in touch soon with a digital certificate and details of how to get your prize. We will be publishing the winning entries over the course of the next few weeks and as many of the rest of the entries as we can. Please join us in congratulating our winners and a big thank you to our sponsors for their continued support. Peninsula Writers’ Club Rosebud Book Barn Express Media StoryCraft Creative Writing Workshops, Novella Group, Farrells Bookshop and The Choc Top Ice Cream Co

Our first competition for 2022 is now open for entries with the theme of ‘Responsibility’, and we’re looking forward to finding Australia’s next writing sensation and next Champion School.

To see the winners and the Judge’s Report Click Here