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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