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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