Sydney Writers' Festival

Over 4,600 students entered the 2009 writenow! competition - the most entries ever received in the competition's history.

You can read the winning stories below.

The 2009 winners in each year were:

Year 7
Claire Armstrong, St Leo's
 Last_Supper 54 KB

Year 8
Carol Azzam, Danebank Anglican School for Girls
 Word_Lock 45.21 KB

Year 9
Erin Mangan, Henry Kendall High School
 Welcome_to_Moon_Street 52.83 KB

The 2009 runners up in each year are: 

Year 7
Rachel Tyers, Tara Anglican School for Girls
 Call_it_a_Day's_Work 36.57 KB

Year 8
Miriam Hansford, Oxley High School, Tamworth
 There_Were_No_Witnesses 72.32 KB

 A_Licence_to_Teach 74.56 KB

Highly commended certificates were also awarded to outstanding stories in each year. Here are the students whose stories were awarded as highly commended:
 2009 writenow_Highly_Commended_Entries 53.28 Kb