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History

The Advertiser’s annual Young Writers Awards are open to students from reception to year 12. The award is run in conjunction with the South Australian English Teachers Association.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2008

winner Grace Morcom

winner (Editor's Choice for Prose Writing) Ashleigh Burgess

winner (Editor's Choice for Poetry) Rebekah Chew

Year: 2006

winner The Oak Tree Sam Wilhelm , 2006 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 19 August 2006; (p. 6-7)

Year: 2005

winner (Young Writer of the Year) Pound Henry Upton , 2005 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 August 2005; (p. 42)

winner (Editor's Choice Award) Can You Hear It? "The Murray is breathing, can you hear it?", Gwylim Klippel-Cooper , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 August 2005; (p. 43)

Year: 1997

winner (Group 5 Poetry Section) My Sense "I am the absolutely nothing", Jodie Martin , 1997 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 June 1997; (p. 22)

winner (Group 5 Prose Section) The Race Colette Kerry , 1997 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 June 1997; (p. 22)

winner (Group 4 Poetry Section) Psalm Concerning the Beach "Let me be at the place of the beach.", Lucinda Remilton , 1997 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 June 1997; (p. 16)

winner (Group 4 Prose Section) Bridging the Gap Patrick A.T. White , 1997 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 June 1997; (p. 16)

winner (Group 6 Poetry Section) Big Dog Out on the Highway "Birds stick one wing up", Ianto Ware , 1997 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 June 1997; (p. 16)

winner (Group 6 Prose Section) People of the Sun Owen Heitmann , 1997 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 June 1997; (p. 16)

Year: 1994

winner (Group 3 Poetry Section) Grouped "As a flock of birds", Lauren Topp , 1994 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 2 August 1994; (p. 26)

winner (Group 3 Prose Section) All Gone Elizabeth Clarke , 1994 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 2 August 1994; (p. 26) The Advertiser , 12 August 1994; (p. 26)

winner (Group 5 Prose Section) Tormented Fish Chad Jacobi , 1994 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 2 August 1994; (p. 26)

winner (Group 4 Prose Section) The Rise and Fall of a Python Markus Frehse , 1994 single work short story
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 2 August 1994; (p. 26)

winner (Group 5 Poetry Section) The Protozoa Song "Let us sing a song of single cells,", Linley Henzell , 1994 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 2 August 1994; (p. 26)

winner (Group 4 Poetry Section) Reunion "There is little in your face now,", Kristy Schubert , 1994 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 2 August 1994; (p. 26)

VIEW ALL LISTED RECIPIENTS (19)

Works About this Award

Tales of Teenage Angst Dominate Awards Clare Peddie , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 9 August 2008; (p. 20)

The Good Times and the Sad 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 18 August 2007; (p. 10-11)

Yes, Poetry Does Have a Place Patrick McDonald , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 19 August 2006; (p. 4-8)

Spot the Twist in a Tale that Wags the Dog Jarrad Pilkington , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 August 2005; (p. 42-43)

Writing for Reality Rod Savage , 1999 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 May 1999; (p. 4)

VIEW ALL WORKS ABOUT (8)

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