litlinks 2018

A creative writing competition for ACT school students and their teachers

Year 9 & 10 Category, 2018

Image: A group of year 10 students chatting about writing.

The years 9 and 10  judges commend the writers for their diversity of structures and styles, subject matter, and refreshing and sophisticated use of language.

Click on the images and links below to explore the winners in the Years 9 & 10 Category:

Click here to read Silence by Lauren Moloney
Click here to read 小淘气 Little Rascal by Samantha Lawson
Click here to read สมน้ำหน้า (To get what one deserves) by Taylor Dawes
Click here to read The Cage by George Line

Winners:

LitLinks Achievement Awards:

  • Ursa Bennett, Lyneham High School – The Tunnel
  • Tayleah Burgmann, Lanyon High School – Song of Blood
  • Ahrian Clancy, Canberra High School – Nightmares among Nightmares
  • Jack Dalwood, Lanyon High School – The Darkness of Food
  • Serena Drury, Mt Stromlo High School – Red
  • Poppy Grosse, Daramalan College – Drug Smuggling
  • Briana Ha, Lanyon High School – The Girl Who Roams the Streets
  • Charlotte Horscroft, Amaroo School – Ultimate Despair
  • Fletcher Hull Hunter, Canberra High School – Safety of Cyberspace
  • Bianca Jooste, Namadgi School – Dear Victim Number 60, 904, 705
  • Andrew Kerr, Radford College – Going Over
  • Julia Murphy, Mt Stromlo High School – Waiting Room
  • Reba Nelson, Lyneham High School – Burnt Hands
  • Georgia Nicoll, Daramalan College – The Bookshop
  • Clare Pengrfynn, Namadgi School – Untitled
  • Georgina Ray, Daramalan College – The Boy across the River Nile
  • Arianna Scarvell, Canberra High School – They Found Us
  • Ha Tolam, Lyneham High School – Sehnsucht
  • Cindy Tran, Lanyon High School – Waves and Fireworks
  • Jessica Treloar, Canberra High School – Journey of the Optimist
  • Breanna Vanhala, Namadgi School – Untitled
  • William Vuckovic, Canberra High School – Choices

Judges

ACTATE thanks the years 9 and 10 category judges, Susan Barr and Beth Mitchell, for their time and expertise. 

Susan is an ACTATE life member, English teacher and former ACTATE president while Bethis an English teacher, former principal and ACTATE executive member.