winners: 2022 kids’ writing competition

We are delighted to announce the winners of this year’s competition! What an absolute joy it was to be able to celebrate together in store, especially with the wonderful Danielle Binks to bestow the honours.

Thank you to every single one of you who put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard to create your wonderful stories. What amazing places we can go when we ‘dream with our eyes open’.

Each of our winning entries were standouts in their age groups, but for those of you who haven’t won a prize this year – we thoroughly enjoyed reading your creations too. Keep honing your skills and maybe 2023 will be your turn!

We hope you enjoy reading through and looking at the winning entries as much as we have.

Prep to Year 2

WINNER: Kate Goddard for Bilby and Baby Lorikeet

RUNNER UP: Mieke Kelly for What it’s Like to Daydream

Years 3 & 4

WINNER: Zoe Edmund for Fly

RUNNER UP: Erica Maxwell for Oak’s Big Dream

Years 5 & 6

WINNER: Ella Pleiter-Singleton for Raining Up

RUNNER UP: Sophia Van Zanten for Under the Moon

Years 7 to 9

WINNER: Ally Russo for Dreams

RUNNER UP: Camryn Small for Dreaming with Eyes Open

Years 10 to 12

WINNER (SHORT STORIES): Sylvia Mackie for Ethura: Birth of a Dragon

WINNER (POETRY): Zoe Richards for My Eyes are Open, Aren’t They?