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The winners for this year’s Randolph Stow Young Writers Awards were announced at a presentation night held at the Queens Park Theatre on Thursday 21 August.  


This year seventy-seven awards were presented for: 

- Ten categories of poetry and prose, 

- The Hon Sandra Carr MLC Emerging Young Writers Scholarships for Upper and Lower Secondary and 

- The Pat Gallaher Encouragement Award. 


Congratulations to the winners. Thank you to all the students who entered the Awards for your enthusiasm, your effort in expanding your creative talent and for making the judges’ job so difficult. There is brilliant, emerging talent in the Midwest and Gascoyne areas.  


To the teachers, parents and guardians – thank you for your encouragement of the students and your support for these awards. This year the Library received a received 677 entries from twenty schools across the Midwest and Gascoyne regions including Northampton, Dongara, Meekatharra School of the Air and the home educated. 


The Library would also like to acknowledge and thank the judges who willingly gave up their time to assess the entries.  As always, the judges do an incredible job and all judging is done anonymously.  This year the judges were: Meredith Wills, Tony Turner, Sue Chiera, Heather Wallace, Tanya Moffat, Nola Gregory, Deanne Davies, Lorraine Chapman, Jenny Kessell Malcolm Smith, Matilda Scotney and Bren MacDibble. 


The Library wishes to acknowledge and thank the people, local organisations and businesses within our community who have helped to make these awards a reality and contribute toward their success.  In addition to being supported by the City of Greater Geraldton, the Awards receives support from the following sponsors: 

  • Honourable Melissa Price MP, Federal Member for Durack. 
  • Honourable Sandra Carr MLC, Member for the Agricultural Region.  
  • Ms Kirrilee War MLA, Member for Geraldton. 
  • Mr Shane Love MLA – Member for Mid-West. 
  • The Apex Club of Geraldton. 
  • The Friends of Geraldton Library.  
  • The Geraldton Cultural Trust.  
  • Geraldton Newspapers Ltd.  
  • The Lions Club of Geraldton. 
  • The Writers of the Coral Coast.  
  • Mrs Helen McArthur – Sister to Randolph Stow. 
  • Mrs Ann Boyle.  
  • J & L Oliveri Cabinet Makers and  
  • The Literature Centre 


Booklets containing the works of finalists are available for $14.00 each at the Library. 



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