We are delighted to publish, with their permission, the 2023 Short Story Competition Winners.
Gr 3-4
1st Isabella Campbell - “A Point of View”
2nd Indigo Hern - “The Hunt for Eternalia”
3rd Ashley Van Nunen - “The Enchanted Forest”
HC Jayden Wong - “The Tragic Injury”
HC Uday Singh - “The World War Heroes”
Gr 5-6
1st Henry Maitland - “War with the Humans”
2nd Kobe Kemp - “The Search for Home”
3rd Lisa Ford - “The Purple Curse”
HC Addison Plath - “The Figure”
Gr 7-8
1st Isaac Williamson - “A Swashbuckling Tale”
2nd Alessa Penglase Fortunato - “The Shoes”
3rd Misha Palod - “No Escape”
HC Lily Manning - “Small Lives Count”
HC Shamiso Mawondo - “The Gift”
Gr 9-10
1st Sathutu Kulathunga - “The Horrors of War”
2nd Akeelah Batton - “Through the Reeds”
3rd Darci-Jayne Shelley - “My Life”
HC Olivia Downes - “The Eerie Footsteps of Death”
HC Miriam Clout - “Go No Further”
Gr 11-12
1st Isabel Spence - “A Wilting Tree, Uninhabitable Soil”
2ndStella Henry - “Bananas and Marigolds”
3rd Lily Paul - “A Flower of Hope”
HC Isabel Spence - “A House Safe from Everything but Death”
HC Noah Faa - “Big Bluey”