ACTATE held the 2020 LitLinks Awards Ceremony at the Hedley Beare Centre for Teaching and Learning on Monday 9 November 2020. We were excited to see student writers and their families come together to celebrate their success.

During the ceremony, George Line spoke on behalf of students while judge, Dennis Flannery, spoke on behalf of the LitLinks judges. Click on the links below to read their speeches.

Thanks also to our award presenters, Katy Haire, Director-General, ACT Education Directorate, and Kath Morwitch, Senior Manager, Curriculum and Professional Learning, Association of Independent Schools of ACT.

Judges’ Comments:

The judges’ comments were presented in a speech by Dennis Flannery, who was one of the judges for the Years 11 & 12 Category.

Click here to read Dennis’ speech.

Student Speaker

The student speaker this year was George Line, year 12 student from Narrabundah College, who won the Judges’ Choice Award in the Year 11 and 12 Category. George also won the Speculative Fiction Award in the Year 9 and 10 Category in 2018.

Click here to read George’s speech.

Special thanks to Roger and Maxeme from Paperchain Books Manuka and Paul Donohoe from Canberra Writers Festival, who have kindly sponsored LitLinks again this year.

We also thank the family of Viviane Gerardu, Tony Jeffery and his daughters Claudine and Adeline, who attended the ceremony and presented the inaugural Viviane Gerardu Writing Encouragement Award.