These winners were announced at the FAW Awards Luncheon held in Sydney on Saturday 3rd November 2018.
The 2018 Walter Stone Biennial Award for Life Writing:
Winner: ‘Saving Sergeant Harlock’
by Nichole Overall, Queanbeyan
The 2018 Jean Stone Biennial Award for Poetry:
Winner: ‘The Inescapable Car’
by Helen Swain, FAW Tasmania
The 2018 Hilarie Lindsay Young Writers Poetry Competition for Australian School Children:
- Section 1 (Senior High School)
Winner: Elena Hoyt for ‘Hark’ - Section 2 (Junior High School)
Winner: Maisy Bell for ‘Innocent’ - Section 3 (Senior Primary School)
Winner: Brooke Chapman for ‘Bush Dance’ - Section 4 (Junior Primary School)
Winner: Georgia Thurling for ‘The Zoo’