Offered by the Greater Dandenong Council. Categories included short stories, English as a second language and poetry.
The Greater Dandenong National Writing Awards, along with WordsFest, celebrates the written word each year between March and June. The writing competition attracts prizemoney of over $4,500 and is awarded in the following categories: Open Poetry, Open Short Story, ESL Encouragement, Teen Short Story, Teen Poetry, Junior Short Story and Junior Poetry.
(Source: City of Greater Dandenong website, http://www.greaterdandenong.com/)
Aaron's uncle Joe dies after being shot in the forehead while on a fishing boat. Aaron, a deaf lover of music, slowly comes to terms with this tragedy as he listens to Beethoven through the vibrations, soothed by the feeling of the music.
