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Randolph Stow Young Writers Awards

 

The winners for this year’s Randolph Stow Young Writers Awards were announced at a special ceremony held at the Queens Park Theatre on Thursday 22 August. 

This year seventy four awards were presented for:

  • Ten categories of poetry and prose,
  • The Pat Gallaher Encouragement Award and
  • The Hon Sandra Carr MLC Emerging Young Writers Scholarship for Upper and Lower Secondary. 

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 wonderful 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 451 entries from twenty schools across the Midwest and Gascoyne regions including the WA College of Agriculture Morowa, 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, Warwick Glenister, Nola Gregory, Deanne Davies, Lorraine Chapman, Jenny Kessell Malcolm Smith, Matilda Scotney and Bren MacDibble (Presentation Night Guest Speaker).

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:

  • Hon Melissa Price MP, Federal Member for Durack
  • Hon Sandra Carr MLC, Member for Agricultural Region
  • Hon Colin de Grussa MLC, Member for Agricultural Region
  • Mr Shane Love MLA, Member for Moore
  • Ms Lara Dalton MLA, Member for Geraldton
  • Apex Club of Geraldton
  • Friends of Geraldton Library
  • The Geraldton Cultural Trust
  • Lions Club of Geraldton
  • Writers of the Coral Coast
  • Geraldton Newspapers Ltd.
  • Mrs Helen McArthur (Sister of Randolph Stow)
  • Mrs Ann Boyle and
  • J & L Oliveri Cabinet Makers

Booklets containing the works of finalists are available for $13.40 each at the Library.

 

 



 

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