Junior Short Story Finalists
WINNER
The Abominable Hairball
Author: Nina Samalca
2nd Place
Denise The Menace
Author: Ariana Kutrolli
3rd Place
Dead Girl Walking
Author: Heidi Gilbert
Highly Commended: We Had Two Cockies – Merryn Ford
Highly Commended: The Important Letter – Poppy Wilson
Commended: Trapped Inside – Shriani Mukera
Commended: The Cat and the Clover – Gabrielle Elford
Commended: Aray, the Golden Brumby – Octavia Ford
Commended: Escape – Teagan Roberts
Commended: 3:30 – Jaime Miles
Youth Short Story Finalists
WINNER
Here
Author: Imogen Templeton
2nd Place
Her
Author: Layla O’Callaghan
3rd Place
The Taxi Man
Author: Charlotte Seddon
Highly Commended: A small bump – Charlotte Seddon
Highly Commended: Plague – Jyotis Jo
Highly Commended: Sandcastles – Denise McCarthy
Commended: Trapped – Denise McCarthy
Commended: The Wonders Of The Waves – Chloe Andonoudis
Youth Poetry Finalists
WINNER
Ravens Bring Lavender
Poet: Sharanya Senthil Kumar
2nd Place
Spun Through Time
Poet: Jenna Birchall
3rd Place
The last confession
Poet: Dorothy Lune
Highly Commended: A Desperate Silence – Darcy Mintern
Highly Commended: Fall and Rise: A Baby Bird’s Flight – Bonnie Carver
Highly Commended: The Sky’s Tears – Layla O’Callaghan
Highly Commended: pain without physicality – Denise McCarthy
Commended: Grandpa Glynne – Grace Davies
Commended: An underrated colour – Cody Fairless
Junior Poetry Finalists
WINNER
Ode to my Mum’s Spaghetti Bolognese
Poet: Milo Rose
2nd Place
Heavens Above
Poet: Riley Wooster
Equal 3rd Place
Floods
Poet: Mollie Chambers
Highly Commended: Patience Riley – Wooster
Highly Commended: Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo – Errol Rose
Highly Commended: Race Day – Idylla Damien
Highly Commended: Tranquil Chaos – Lilliana Stapleton
Commended: My Frankie Girl – Ted Stapleton
Commended: Our Beautiful World – Ayra Fatima