Young Writers in focus in 2023
A huge round of applause to the 688 daring students who entered the 2023 Moorabool Young Writers Awards and congratulations to the 27 award winners, announced by local author and judge Allyse Near at Lerderderg Library on Saturday 3 June.
Allyse was impressed by the originality, imagination, and quality of the submissions and had a difficult task of selecting the winners. Allyse's selections are as follows:
Prize Winner Lola Hendrix
Prize Winner Harper Harris
Prize Winner Jake from Bungaree PS
Prize Winner Freddie O’Donnell
Prize Winner Meeka Booth
Winner: Photo Day by Evie Rose Jarrad
Runner Up: The scary photo by Scarlett Taylor Anderson
Third Place: The Photo by Grace Bonnici
Honourable Mention:
- The photo by Chloe Beardsley
- Camping by Chloe from Bungaree PS
Encouragement award:
- A missing photo and a camera by Areen Kaur
- The photo by Kendall Matautia
- The best birthday ever! By Jessica from Bungaree PS
Winner: The Artist by Matilda Elizabeth Marshall
Runner Up: The case of the missing photographer by Ivy Elizabeth Tyley-Miller
Third Place: The big book of recovered files by Harrison Malcolm Dean
Honourable Mention:
- The mystery by Amelie John
- Emotions in a Knot by Makanaka Mukundi
Encouragement Award
- The Majestics by Elise Victoria Holland
- The Photo by Lexie from Darley PS
- The wrong case by Blake Griffiths
- The Picture by Mason Kick
- The secret photo of nuclear labs by Liam Garth
- The photo monster by Jye Altay
Winner: Planetary Disorder by Isaac Tyley-Miller
Runner Up: Captured Memories by Katelynne Nicholson
Third Place: Thylacine ? by Freya Fox