Year 9 & 10 Writers

Year 9 and 10 writers covered a range of topical themes and subject matter, showing an awareness of the world around them.

There was some excellent descriptive writing in these four successful narratives and all show potential. In each piece the judges were impressed by the writers’ craft on display.

Thank you for trusting us in making your writing public; we enjoyed your compositions.

• Winner: The Cycle by Charlotte Orman, Namadgi School
• Highly Commended: Within The Ashes by Emily Rae-Brinsden, Canberra Girls Grammar School
• Judges’ Choice: Lavender and Gunpowder by Juliet Laughton, Canberra Grammar School
• Speculative Fiction: The Forest’s Dancer by Miah Crombie, Canberra High School

• Yasmine Africa Killeen, Namadgi School - Jim and Elle Spend an Afternoon Together
• Jana Ang, Canberra Girls Grammar School - Chrysanthemum
• Alex Ashurst, Mount Stromlo High School - Knives
• Mitchell Barton, Amaroo School - A Bullet To A Nation
• Jack Bashford, Canberra Grammar School - Roasted Acorns
• Skylar Bingwa, Amaroo School - The Sounds of Music
• Lachlan Canning, Mount Stromlo High School - The Storm Cloaks
• Marilla Cavenagh, Emmaus Christian School - The Chains of Poverty
• Sophie Dawe, Emmaus Christian School - The Man Who Never Knew
• Shantleen Dhanoa, Harrison School - The Movie That Consumed My Head
• Olivia Donohue, Trinity Christian School - Saved by the Box
• Nicola Efstathiou, Brindabella Christian College - Penelope’s Story
• Nungheena Gowland, Campbell High School - Finally
• Matilda Hanley, Merici College - Going Home
• Amy Herron, Namadgi School - How Cold the Sea
• Isiah Hind, Emmaus Christian School - The Lost Night
• Emily Holland, Mount Stromlo High School - Sick Boy/Sad Boy
• Tristan Huang, Daramalan College - The Butterfly Effect
• Zac Hudson, Harrison School - Only Wear Red
• Himara Jayasekera-Peiris, Canberra Girls Grammar School - The Tale of Asha and Sunari
• Lara Kennedy, Emmaus Christian School - The “Sick Girl”
• Simon Krupka, Daramalan College - Second Person Story
• Kavisha Kuruppu, Namadgi School - Deja Vu
• Virgil Lawrie, Daramalan College - When Fate Chances Upon a Dead Man's Bed
• Kane Lawson, Namadgi School - The Overthinker
• Angela Odoemena, Emmaus Christian School - Four Carton Walls
• Aryana Niyakan-Safy, Merici College - Three Poems about Migrants
• Jimi Parkes, Amaroo School - Massacre on 5th Avenue
• Hiba Rasheed, St Clare's College - A Trail of Lights
• Will Richards, Mount Stromlo High School - The Legend of King Arthur
• Oliver Sabella-Hobbs, Daramalan College - Australia
• Ellie Sanders, Melba Copland Secondary School - Money doesn’t grow on trees, you know
• Annabelle Smith, Radford College - Whole
• Brooke Smith, Amaroo School - Missing
• Jack Smith, Daramalan College - My Jessie Rose
• Ben Steele, Amaroo School - Where Is The Letter Of The Day?
• Lila White, Merici College - Home

ACTATE thanks the years 9 and 10 category judges, Christina Cochrane and Sandra Lambert, for their time and expertise. Both are English teachers who also worked as educational consultants in the USA. Christina is a former ACTATE executive member and Sandra was a principal of an ACT college.