ACTATE held a special ceremony at Canberra College to celebrate all the writers who submitted stories in the 2019 competition. We were happy to welcome more than 170 students, parents, family members and teachers, and presented 12 major awards and 91 Achievement Awards.

Student Speaker

The student speaker this year was Julia Murphy, who won the Judges’ Award in the Year 9 & 10 Category. She gave an excellent speech about ‘The Importance of Creative Writing’.

Click here to read Julia’s speech. You can also watch her presentation on Youtube.

Judges’ Comments

The Judges’ comments were presented in a speech by Dennis Flannery, who gave a wonderful overview of the fantastic entries received this year.

Click here to read Dennis’ speech.

Special Thanks

Thank you to the staff and students at Canberra College, who allowed us to use their wonderful venue.

Thank you to our caterers CC Cares @ Canberra College, who provided a delicious afternoon tea.