Tim Winton Award for Young Writers
The City of Subiaco presents the twenty eighth annual Tim Winton Award for Young Writers. This creative writing award is open to Western Australian school students and encourages imagination, innovation and creativity.
Congratulations to all entrants in the 2020 award. We had another huge year with over 1350 entries. Well done to all our winners for 2020. The finalists' stories will be exhibited at Subiaco Library from 5 October to 1 November.
Winners were celebrated in an awards presentation evening on Monday 12 October, details of the 2020 winners are listed below. Highly Commended entries are also listed below and will recieve certificates via mail.
Tim Winton Award finalists
Lower Primary category: school years one and two
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1st place
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Noah Sun
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My Terrifying Ride
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Ardross Primary School
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2nd place
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Liesl Ho
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Flip!
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Nedlands Primary School
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3rd place
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Louise Wellisch
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The Haunted House
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Bicton Primary School
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Middle Primary category: school years three and four
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1st place
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Isla Barker
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Do Friendships Fade?
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Presbyterian Ladies College
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2nd place
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Layla Travis
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Invisible Me
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John XXIII College
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3rd place
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Jasmine Conroy
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The Wrong Doll
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Ardross Primary School
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Upper Primary category: school years five and six
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1st place
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Pascale Gallen
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Jai Ling
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Christmas Island DHS
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2nd place
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Oliver Groughan
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Full Moon Rise
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Newman College
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3rd place
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Lydia Pearce
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Surviving the Ardennes
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Hawker Park Primary School
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Lower Secondary category: school years seven, eight and nine
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1st place
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Karoline Magpily
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The Singularity
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Mandurah Catholic College
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2nd place
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Mikayla Axford
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An Unexpected Future
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Carine Senior High School
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3rd place
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Stephanie Potma
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Denialist
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Applecross Senior High School
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Upper Secondary category: school years ten, eleven and twelve
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1st place
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Elva Verity
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First rains
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Denmark Senior High School
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2nd place
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Sarah Benny
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Same Old Love
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Carey Baptist College
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3rd place
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Frederick Johnston-Horstman
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Content, Happy, Productive
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Como Secondary College
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Overall Winner
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Karoline Magpily
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The Singularity
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Mandurah Catholic College
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Subi Voice of Youth Award Winner
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Karoline Magpily
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The Singularity
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Mandurah Catholic College
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Highly Commended entries
Upper Primary
Elise Kwei (John XXIII College), Kylie Woon (Penrhos College), Diya Sanjay (Mount Claremont Primary School), Pema Yangchen (Osborne Primary School), Alisha Gobalakrishnan (St Mary's Anglican Girls School), Isobel Barker (Presbyterian Ladies College), Reese Burnett (Saint Pius X), Siena Hamilton (St Mary's Anglican Girls' School), Yutong Li (Caladenia Primary School), Ruby Rowland (Mel Maria Catholic Primary), Isabelle Noonan (Mel Maria Catholic Primary), Claudia Innes (Primary Extension & Challenge c/o Yuluma Primary School), Matthew Katz (St Andrew's Grammar), Amelie Lane Glover (Fremantle Christian College), Ava Colquhoun (Carey Baptist College), Akira Lee (Lance Holt Primary School), Georgette Watson (John XXIII College), Annie Zhang (Winthrop Primary School), Elsa Durant (Cable Beach PS), Mahi Sing Goraya (St Paul's Primary School), Victoria Siew (Winthrop Primary School), Jake Swadkins (Albany Primary School), Milou Buis (Albany Primary School), Rebekah Gauntlett (Rostrata Primary School), Ross King (Swan Valley Anglican Community School), Isabelle Lim (Churchlands Primary School), Kate Halls (Swan Valley Anglican Community School), Julia Kang (Wembley Primary School), Sara Dettinger-Sands (Guildford Primary School), Ramona-Pearl Faamausili-Fala (John Septimus Roe), Ruby Hankinson (Newman College), Naomi Cheung (Caladenia Primary School), Aidan Iannantuoni (Newman College)
Lower Secondary
Angus Kikeros (Churchlands Seniors High School), Anna Ford (Carine Senior High School)
Upper Secondary
Olivia Francis (Christmas Island District High School), Caitlin Nguyen (Mercy College), Josh Wilkinson (Rehoboth Christian College), Mia Fraser (Shenton College), Angela Shaw (Perth College), Jenn Hurley-Green (Mazenod College Perth), Georgina Japor (Chisholm Catholic College), Sam Wolf
(Scotch College), Taye Barlow (Scotch College).
About Tim Winton
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Tim was born in Western Australia, where he still resides, and is the author of over twenty-nine books, including novels, short stories, non-fiction and books for children. Tim decided he wanted to be a writer at the age of ten. Today a world-class author, he is a fine example and inspiration for all young writers.
Most of his novels have been adapted for stage and screen, and the movie version of his number one bestseller Breath, directed by Simon Baker, was recently released in 2018. Listed as a Living Treasure by the National Trust, Tim has long been active in the environmental and social justice spaces.
Tim's latest novel, The Shepherd's Hut was released in March of last year.
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