South Perth Young Writers Award
The South Perth Young Writers Award encourages excellence in creative writing and is open to all students from Year one through to Year 12 who live in or attend school within the City of South Perth.
Each year the entries are judged by a panel of librarians, writers and children’s literature enthusiasts. Shortlisted entrants are invited to attend a writing workshop to develop their writing skills and to refine their submitted story which is then re-read before finalists are chosen.
Categories
There are five age categories for prose with the Christobel Mattingley Bronze Medallion awarded to the entry judged to be the most outstanding.
Entries will be judged in the following categories:
- Lower Primary Years 1-2
- Middle Primary Years 3-4
- Upper Primary Years 5-6
- Lower Secondary Years 7-9
- Upper Secondary Years 10-12
How to enter
The South Perth Young Writers Award will open early 2024, with entry details to be provided closer to the time.
For more information contact the South Perth Library on 9474 0800.
2023 Award Winners
The full list of 2023 award winners were announced on 14 September 2023.
View the 2023 SPYWA Anthology.
View a gallery of photographs from the Awards ceremony on flickr.
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