Young Writers Competition
Congratulations to the finalists of the Northern Beaches Young Writers' Competition 2022. This year's theme was 'Rise'.
2022 Winners and finalists
Category 1: Kindergarten - Year 2
- Winner: New Life Rising by Neve Morris, Balgowlah North Public School in Year 2
- Runner Up: Bird Girl by Ashley Smith, Our Lady of Good Counsel Forestville in Year 2
- Highly Commended: A Mixed Up World by Darcy Richmond, Manly Vale Public School in Year 2
- Highly Commended: Halloween Night by Grace Smith, Our Lady of Good Counsel Forestville in Year 2
Category 2: Year 3 - 4
- Winner: Rise by Frankie Boulter, Newport Public School in Year 4
- Runner Up: Rise by Rebecca Liu, John Colet School in Year 4
- Highly Commended: Rise, Frannie, Rise! by Eva Vasilangos, Brookvale Public School in Year 4
- Highly Commended: Loveable by Matisse Hayes Black, Curl Curl North Public School in Year 4
Category 3: Years 5 - 6
- Winner: The Limping Lady by Anouk Hayes Black, Curl Curl North Public School in Year 6
- Runner Up: Into the Grave by Dylan Yoon, Dee Why Public School in Year 5
- Highly Commended: Vision of Fear by Georgia Snape, St John the Baptist, Freshwater in Year 6
- Highly Commended: Rising Together by Jennifer Delohery, St Luke's Grammar School in Year 5
Category 4: Years 7 - 8
- Winner: She is Risen by Lauren Kuiper, Oxford Falls Grammar in Year 7
- Runner Up: Rising Dough by Alice Surace, St Luke's Grammar School in Year 7
- Highly Commended: Birds of A Feather by Carla Anderson, NBSC Manly Campus in Year 8
- Highly Commended: Finding My Purpose by Emily Euers, St Luke's Grammar School in Year 7
Category 5: Years 9 - 10
- Winner: The Bread by Lillian Hamilton, NBSC Manly Campus in Year 9
- Runner Up: Resilience the Lesson by Jeremy Lee, Oxford Falls Grammar in Year 10
- Highly Commended: The Last Dance by Sappho Appel, Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School in Year 9
- Highly Commended: The Daily Life of a Carbon Atom by Tara Banks, Oxford Falls Grammar in Year 10
Category 6: Years 11 - 12
- Winner: Notes of Summer by Ruby Mascarenhas, NBSC Mackellar Girls Campus in Year 11
- Runner Up: Last Man Standing by Rommi Cleaves, Oxford Falls Grammar in Year 11
- Highly Commended: Million Tribes of Man by Jared Kimpton, Barrenjoey High School in Year 11
- Highly Commended: Her Home by Maeve Cox, Queenwood School for Girls in Year 12
Hear advice from the finalists and their tips on how to write award-winning stories.
2022 Young Writers' Finalist eBook
Finalists have their name and story published on our library website and in an eBook included in the Northern Beaches Library collection.
About the Young Writers' Competition
Open to students from Kindergarten to Year 12 who live or go to school on the Northern Beaches, the competition invites students to write an original work of creative writing using a special hero word.
Entries are judged according to characterisation, plot, originality, and use of language and arranged into six different age group categories with four finalists in each category.