Writers, Young Writer, Writing Courses, Creative Writing

The Write Across Victoria competition recognises outstanding creative writing from students in years 7 to 9, offering over $3,000 in cash and prizes to six young writers across the three year levels.

Announcing our Winners (click the story links to read them now)!

Ella Cahill, Year 7 (Female), St Catherine’s School – The Secret Recipe

Git Garm (Jimmy) Choy, Year 7 (Male), Balwyn High School – Malicious Intentions

Raffiela Garcia, Year 8 (Female), St Margaret’s School – Decay

Harrison Shanley, Year 8 (Male), Lilydale High School – Pipeline Nostaglia

Briana Davis, Year 9 (Female), Shepparton High School – Forget

Keirnan McGrory-Perich, Year 9 (Male), Suzanne Cory High School – This is who I am

Overall Winner: Ella Cahill, Year 7 (Female), St Catherine’s School – The Secret Recipe

Presented in partnership with the Melbourne Writers’ Festival, as well as being published here, the finalists will also be published online at The Age, with overall winner published in the forthcoming edition of Voiceworks, “V” to be released on September 23 2011.

Thank you to all of the 558 young writers who entered in 2011! We look forward to reading more of your work soon.