SECTION 1: SENIOR SECONDARY
Winner:
Sienna Graziani, ‘The Mortician’s Lament’, Central Coast Adventist College NSW
Highly Commended:
Adrian Zeckendorf, ‘Consumption’, St Michaels Collegiate TAS.
Commended:
Lily Ward,
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Results: FAW Hilarie Lindsay Short Story Competition 2023
Judge’s Report: Hilarie Lindsay Short Story Competition 2023
SECTION 1: Senior Secondary
General comments
Whilst plot lines were often imaginative and the themes had a moral twist, too many stories appeared to be first drafts with no revision.
Often there was an excessive use of adjectives and similes that seemed cliched or forced.
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Normal Competition Conditions
Unless stated otherwise, these conditions apply to ALL WRITING COMPETITIONS
- Entries should be submitted in English, using one side of A4 paper, typed double-spaced (except poetry) in a standard typeface (12 pt min.), using generous margins. No fancy fonts, clip art or decorations of any kind.
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Competition Results: Lambing Flat FAW
National Cherry Festival Writing Competition 2022
Celebrating 40 years at Young 1982–1922
Categories were:
- Short Story Adult Section
- Poetry Adult Section
- Short Story School Students Section Yrs 7-8-9
- Short Story School Students Section Yrs 10-11-12
- Poetry School Students Section Yrs 7-8-9
- Poetry School Students Section Yrs 10-11-12
- Short Story Junior Primary Section Yrs 1-2-3
- Short Story Junior Primary Section Yrs 4-5-6
- Poetry Junior Primary Section Yrs 1-2-3
- Poetry Junior Primary Section Yrs 4-5-6
The full
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Results: FAW NSW Competitions 2022
2022 FAW Jean Stone Poetry Award
Winner:
‘From Impermanence’, David Atkinson, Beecroft NSW.
Short listed:
‘Under Opal Skies‘, Nola Vickery, Frenchs Forest NSW
‘Beauty in the Breeze‘, Rod Fransisco, Ooralea, QLD
‘Lewis (1934 – )‘, Allan Lake, Elwood VIC
‘The Writing on the Sea’,
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Judge’s Report: Marjorie Barnard Award 2021
There were 125 entries in this year’s Marjorie Barnard Award and I enjoyed reading them all. I expected many would have the pandemic either as the focus of the story or at least in the background, but there were only three, and only one in which COVID 19 was central to the action of the story.
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Judge’s Comments: Hilarie Lindsay Short Story Competition 2021
The quality of the entries was very good. The winner and the commended stories were of a very high standard. I found difficulty in choosing a commended story. Those whose stories are shortlisted have high potential as creative writers.
Many writers had an imaginative story line and fell down when they didn’t deliver with tight writing.
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2021 Marjorie Barnard Award Prizewinning Story
Good People
by Jodie Kewley, Red Hill South, Victoria
His mother hardly spoke on the long drive home, which suited him. She asked if he wanted the radio on and he said no. She asked if he wanted to stop at Maccas and he said no.
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2021 Hilarie Lindsay Prizewinning Story: Section 1
The Voice of Nothing
by Nathan Mackrill, Year 11, Barker College
Is it the sea you hear in me?
Its dissatisfactions?
Or the voice of nothing, that was your madness?
~ ‘Elm’, by Sylvia Plath
The only word I could find to describe the silence between us was ‘crushing’.
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2021 Hilarie Lindsay Prizewinning Story: Section 2
Decomposition
by Amelie Jenkins, Year 8, St. Scholastica’s College
My heart has begun to blister, it too giving in to death. Would it be selfish that a small part of me wishes it had fought harder?
To know that you weren’t enough,
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2021 Hilarie Lindsay Prizewinning Story: Section 3
To a Better Future
by Rachel Theresia, Year 5, Abbotsleigh Junior School
There I was, as a wax statue. I was in the History of Famous Inventors Museum which was built in 2040, staring at my sculpture while children in their school uniforms tried to take photos of themselves with it.
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2021 Hilarie Lindsay Prizewinning Story: Section 4
When He Was Here
by Astrid Esslinger, Year 4, Austinmer Public School.
When he was here it was brilliant, magical in fact. But when he was called to go to war, sadness drowned me. He marched boldly to fight for his country.
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Results: Lambing Flat Competition 2021
RESULTS SHEET (3-page PDF 164K)
From the Competition Co-ordinator…
Thank you to the teachers and parents who encouraged the students to enter. They came from distant parts and all states and territories of Australia, as did local schools who supported our competition. All told, we had 225 entries in the school section and in the adult sections,
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FAW NSW 2021 Competitions Report
By Cate Plink, Competition Convenor
Well, what a year we’ve had with our competitions this year.
There were 125 entries in the Marjorie Barnard competition, far more than in recent years. The standard of the entries was also high as well.
Hilarie Lindsay competition drew 215 entries.
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Results: Lambing Flat Competition 2020
National Cherry Festival Writing Competition
Lambing Flat FAW branch – celebrating 38 years at Young 1982 – 2020
ADULT SHORT STORY SECTION
First Place: Mad Molly Jenny McLoughlin Arundel, QLD Second Place: Menopaws David DoddSapphire Beach, NSW Highly Commended: I Mean Colin CampbellHolt, ACT Highly Commended: How Did That HappenJanice Williams Stawell, VICCommended: Layers Of Conflict Janice WilliamsStawell,…