2020 Narrative Writing Competition winners
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Let’s start by saying a huge thank you to all the students who participated in our 2020 Narrative Writing Competition – the quality of writing was exceptional! And thank you to all of the teachers for organising their students’ entries.
We were amazed at how many entries we received – over 1900!
So, you can imagine how busy we’ve been over the past couple of months!
From Foundation to Year 8s, we’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading all of your stories, poems, graphic novels, scripts and cartoons – your students should be very proud!
It’s been a very tough decision in choosing the winners but these entries have really blown us away! A massive congratulations to you all!
Student Prizes
Winners each receive a $50 book voucher
Runners-up each receive a $25 book voucher
We received a huge number of entries from primary schools, and so in some cases we have taken the liberty of allocating an extra award for a primary runner-up. This allowed us to choose great writing in both upper and lower primary and share more of your students’ talent with the world!
They were so good that we’ve even added a highly commended section to honour the amazing shortlisted entries.
Here are the 2020 Narrative Writing Competition winners …
Category 1
The Astonishing Bicycle
Students were asked to write a story, poem or diary entry using Step 5: Show, Don’t Tell.
| Primary Winner | Secondary Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up |
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| Alice Surace Year 5 St Luke’s Grammar School |
Althea L. Enriquez Year 8 Lae International School |
Amina Khan Year 4 Harrington Park Public School |
Isabella Austen Year 5 St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School East Gosford |
Category 2
Mistaken Identity
Students were asked to write a short story or script for TV or radio using Step 4: Dynamic Dialogue
| Primary Winner | Secondary Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up |
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| Abelia Chung Year 3 Abbotsleigh Junior School |
Leah Jung Year 7 Mansfield State High School |
Jaden Teo Year 4 Great Ryrie Primary School |
Olivia Hansen Year 5 Nhulunbuy Primary School |
Category 3
A Visit to the Past
Students were asked to plot a story on the Narrative Story Graph template and then write a short story. Step 1: Plan for Success
| Primary Winner | Secondary Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up |
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| Eleanor Peterson Year 4 Belair Public School |
Lena Turner Year 7 Miami State High School |
Sebastian Rich Year 5 Ringrose Public School |
Lachlan Clubb Year 6 St Ignatius College, Riverview |
Category 4
A Curious Creature
Students were asked to create a comic strip or manga using Step 3: Tightening Tension
| Primary Winner | Secondary Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up |
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| Olivia Welsh Year 3 Holy Cross School |
Lieve Ludgate Year 6 Mundaring Christian College |
Indigo Hannah Year 4 MLC School, Burwood |
Felicity Le Year 4 Stretton State College |
Highly Commended
We had so many great entries in our shortlist, so we’d love to share with you the ones that we acknowledge as highly commended in the following categories:
| Crafting powerful writing that engages the audience’s emotions | Writing sensational settings in the past, present and fantasy world | Creating dialogue that dazzles and brings characters to life |
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| Aishwarya Sangeetha Menon, Great Ryrie Primary School
Alexander Kitto, Kincoppal Rose BayJunior School Beau Allman, Paracombe Primary School Benoit Dutry, East Fremantle Primary School Callie Paine-Burke, Ellison Public School Constance Liang, Newington Public School Devvin DeSilva, Newington Public School Eden Richardson, Parkview Public School Ellie Westerveld, Great Ryrie Primary School Emmy Lee & Daphne Palmerlee, Ascham Junior School Harry Brennan, St Columbas Primary School, Adamstown Ian Kang, Newington Public School Mitchell Brereton, St Joseph’s Primary School, Clare Olivia Ledlie, St Josephs Quarry Hill Summer Abboud, Ringrose Public School Tyler White, Our Lady of Fatima Caringbah Zoe Mauleon-Wells, Mansfield State High School |
Amanda Ho, Beverley Hills Primary School Annabelle Rundle, Mitcham Primary School Constance Liang, Newington Public School Eliza Ball, Kincoppal Rose Bay Junior School Emily Harris, Kincoppal Rose Bay Junior School Jemima Robinson, East Fremantle Primary School Julian Carr, St Ignatius College, Riverview Lauren Kim, Mansfield State High School Lily Verdich, Ringrose Public School Tyler White, Our Lady of Fatima Caringbah Yadi Wang, Beverly Hills Primary School |
Angus Crowe, Keithcot Farm Primary School Brady Gray, St Joseph’s Primary School Clare Harry Brennan, St Columbas Primary School, Adamstown Jaden Teo, Great Ryrie Primary School Kate Pankhurst, Dubbo Christian School Katherine Ta, Templeton Primary School Tasneem Zia, Al-Faisal College Yadi Wang, Beverly Hills Primary School |
| Beautiful word pictures and poetry |
Making magic with words and images or art | Fabulous funnies with well-crafted humour |
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| Aishwarya Sangeetha Menon, Great Ryrie Primary School
Alexander Kitto, Kincoppal Rose BayJunior School Beau Allman, Paracombe Primary School Benoit Dutry, East Fremantle Primary School Callie Paine-Burke, Ellison Public School Constance Liang, Newington Public School Devvin DeSilva, Newington Public School Eden Richardson, Parkview Public School Ellie Westerveld, Great Ryrie Primary School Emmy Lee & Daphne Palmerlee, Ascham Junior School Harry Brennan, St Columbas Primary School, Adamstown Ian Kang, Newington Public School Mitchell Brereton, St Joseph’s Primary School, Clare Olivia Ledlie, St Josephs Quarry Hill Summer Abboud, Ringrose Public School Tyler White, Our Lady of Fatima Caringbah Zoe Mauleon-Wells, Mansfield State High School |
Amanda Ho, Beverley Hills Primary School Annabelle Rundle, Mitcham Primary School Constance Liang, Newington Public School Eliza Ball, Kincoppal Rose Bay Junior School Emily Harris, Kincoppal Rose Bay Junior School Jemima Robinson, East Fremantle Primary School Julian Carr, St Ignatius College, Riverview Lauren Kim, Mansfield State High School Lily Verdich, Ringrose Public School Tyler White, Our Lady of Fatima Caringbah Yadi Wang, Beverly Hills Primary School |
Angus Crowe, Keithcot Farm Primary School Brady Gray, St Joseph’s Primary School Clare Harry Brennan, St Columbas Primary School, Adamstown Jaden Teo, Great Ryrie Primary School Kate Pankhurst, Dubbo Christian School Katherine Ta, Templeton Primary School Tasneem Zia, Al-Faisal College Yadi Wang, Beverly Hills Primary School |
The Challenger Special Commendation
This Challenger special commendation goes to the students that made the shortlist in several categories. Making the shortlist from 1900 entries is such an achievement, but to make it into the shortlist more than once proves you’re a top writer – well done to you!!
Bella Reynolds, Dubbo Christian School
Jaden Teo, Great Ryrie Primary School
Kate Pankhurst, Dubbo Christian School
Matilda Pfluger, Kilkenny Primary School
School prize
We had an overwhelming response to this competition. Thank you to all the schools that participated and well done for such a huge effort from the staff and students in coordinating all these entries.
The school that submitted the most entries was:
Newington Public School in NSW
Congratulations, you’ve won a Seven Steps manual of your choice!
Participation certificate
Huge congratulations to all the students that participated in the 2020 Narrative Writing Competition. To celebrate, you can download this editable participation certificate to give to each of your students that took part. Just download, fill in their name, and either print or send digitally!
Looking for more lesson ideas?
Just because the competition is over doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy creating new lesson ideas using these writing prompts!
Your students can have fun creating Curious Creature comic strips, or you could plot an exciting Visit to the Past story on the Narrative Story Graph as a class. Why not pair up your students and ask them to write a Mistaken Identity Dynamic Dialogue scene to act out for the class?
The possibilities are endless – enjoy!
For more fun writing prompts and activities, check out this blog: 4 ways with writing prompts – fun writing activities
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