writenow! competition
writenow competition 2008 - winners announced!

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writenow! is Sydney Writers' Festival's creative writing competition for students in Years 7 to 9 in NSW and ACT.

Thank you to everyone who entered the 2008 competition. We were overwhelmed by over 3,800 fabulous entries this year! These have now been read and judged and the winners were presented with their prizes during Sydney Writers' Festival.

Here are the winners names and their stories, as well as the list of highly commended entries. Congratulations on your wonderful achievement!


Year 7

1st place: James Madden, Barker College
pdf James_Madden_-_Year_7_winner

2nd place: Emma Light, Richmond River High School
pdf Emma_Light_-_Year_7_runner-up

 

Year 8

1st place: Amy Cai, Willoughby Girls High School
pdf Amy_Cai_-_Year_8_winner

2nd place: Beth Horsburgh, Hornsby Girls High School
pdf Beth_Horsburgh_-_Year_8_runner-up

 

Year 9

1st place: Isabella Kwai, James Ruse Agricultural High School
pdf Isabella_Kwai_-_Year_9_winner

2nd place: Jamie Lee Macdonald, Masada College
pdf Jamie_Lee_Macdonald_-_Year_9_runner-up

 

Highly commended entries

Download the list of writenow! highly commended entries
pdf writenow_2008_highly_commended_list
 

 

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