Read the 2019 Winning Entries

In 2019, we received a range of wonderful stories across many genres. The judges were impressed by the quality of the stories submitted and the range of interesting issues and scenarios the writers addressed including racism, aging, disability, past and future, refugees, self esteem, fantasy and reality.

The ACTATE Executive team congratulates all the writers who participated this year.

Click on the images below to browse the winning entries!

Click here to read about the 2019 Awards Ceremony.

Link: Finding Peace by Giorgia Dixon. Image: Southwell Family Graves, Weetangera. Sourced from Wikimedia
Link: Wolf by Brianna Udovisi. Image: In a forest, a grey wolf advances, while a white wolf watches from a distance.
Link: Pepel Van Winkel by Remington Darling. Image: Napoleon - Bataille de Wagram. Sourced from Wikimedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Napoleon_Wagram.jpg
Link: The Outsider by Michael McKellar. Image: A girl with flag standing on ruins of city looking the red sky.
Link: The Whales by Penelope Robson. Image: Sand Sculptures - A mother whale and her calf
Link: The Family Over the Fence by Colette Paterson. Image: A group of kids play in their back yard.
Link: The Exam by Julia Murphy. Image: A young druid woman in the forest.
Link: The Hunting of the Hart by Saskia Meir. Image: Steampunk Man with various cogs, gears and machines.
Link: The Chankiri Tree by Poppy Volk-Loone. Image: Image: The Killing Tree - In the Killing Fields, life and death were cheap - this is the tree where they killed the children, to save bullets. Sourced from Wikimedia:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Killing_Tree_(15446480934).jpg
Link: The Last of Diego Hernandez by Monique Eaton. Image: A Man stands on top of a cliff, looking out at the ocean.
Link: Can I get a flat white please? by Alissa Yuen. Image: A young man serving a flat white coffee in a cafe.
Link: Escape from Eternity by Amy Theakston. Image: The double exposure image of the businessman overlayed with the galaxy - imagination, technology, future and dystopia.
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