litlinks 2018

A creative writing competition for ACT school students and their teachers

Year 11 & 12 Category, 2018

Image: A college student, sitting outside under a tree, working on a laptop.

Years 11 and 12 writers enjoyed imaginative forays into futuristic worlds whilst also exploring contemporary issues. In addition, the judges acknowledge the skilful way that writers responded to their experiences as readers of good literature.

Click on the images and links below to explore the winners in the Years 11 & 12 Category:

Click here to read A Nice Sandwich (with apologies to George Orwell) by Kassandra Stewart
Click here to read Faultless Flaws by Bella Volk-Loone
Click here to read Mors Vincit Omnia by Wilbur Nelson
Click here to read Numbers and Figures by Oscar Edwards

Winners:

LitLinks Achievement Awards:

  • Nicholas Arthur, Canberra Grammar – School The Crash
  • Hannah Coppell, Radford College – Ocean Eyes
  • Sarah Drew, Merici College – The Dreamer
  • Thomas Evans, Canberra College  – Love Lily
  • Claire Findle, Daramalan College – Barani Yesterday
  • Sophie Genn, Radford College – Flight of Birds
  • Matthew Godfrey, Canberra College – Stone, Time and the Pyres of Kindness
  • Larissa Liow, Daramalan College – The Sonata
  • Leah Morberger, St Clare’s College – An Act to Provide for the Protection and Care of Aborigines
  • Lauren Paterson, Merici College – Turning to Dust
  • Tayla Reynolds, Lake Tuggeranong College – The Mute and The Muse
  • Olivia Young, Radford College – Decisions Made

Judges

ACTATE thanks the years 11 and 12 category judges, Christina Cochrane and Sandra Lambert, for their time and expertise.

Both are English teachers who also worked as educational consultants in the USA. Christina is a former ACTATE executive member and Sandra was a principal of an ACT college.