Congratulations to the winning entries for the 2024 Young Writers Festival
CATEGORY K-2 - judge robyn goodwin
First Prize Jonty Allen “The Silver Serpent”
Second Prize Deliah Kain “Haunted House”
Encouragement awards: Jasmine Rezaelan and River Clarke
CATEGORY 3-4 - Judge Cate whittle
Joint First Prize Leo Di Maio “Snowboarding”
Lucy Linder “Karma Will Get You”
Second Prize Raphael Fuhrer “The Alien and the Haunted House”
Encouragement awards: Betty Krout, Blaze Johnson and Henty Noye
CATEGORY 5-6 - Judge Harry Laing
First Prize William Robinson “Corrupted”
Second Prize Elias Ciolomic (EC) “Wood”
Encouragement award: Chenoa Williams
CATEGORY 7-8 - judge jackie french
First Prize Bridie Gleeson “I Am Safe”
Second Prize Jay Moore “The Waking”
Encouragement awards: Meckenzie Hoban and Skelton Pharaoh
CATEGORY 9-10 - judge julian davies
First Prize Layla Stuart “Richie”
Second Prize Sana Ernst “The Walking Dead of Baker Street”
Encouragement awards: Alelia Blinco and Theodore Munnings
CATEGORY 11-12
First Prize Eric Moore “Woke”
Second Prize Jade Andreata “A Love Letter”
Encouragement awards: Kyra Bell, Reegan Saunders and Romany Gleeson