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Winners of the Bruny Youth Stories Prize!
Bruny Island
The first ever Bruny Youth Stories Prize received several dozen of entries from kids and youth all across Tasmania.
This writing contest was put together by Kuno and the Bruny Kids & Nature project, and sought to encourage kids and youth to tap into their creativity, and connect with nature through the written word.
The Prize was finalised with an event at the Bruny Island Bird Festival on Sunday the 22nd of March. A room full of contestants and spectators gathered to celebrate the immense effort from everyone entering into the competition, and to announce the winners.
“We opened up the competition, not just to Bruny island school kids, but to kids all over Tasmania, and across all age groups. We were flooded with entries, from as far away as Burnie, and from all different schools."
"We couldn’t be happier with what we received, and we were overjoyed reading all these amazing stories by amazing young writers. All of the entries were so heartwarming, thoughtful, a lot of them were quite informative. It’s been a beautiful way to celebrate the next generation of writers.”
- Claire Boost, Bruny Island teacher and coordinator of the Bruny Kids & Nature Project
The judging panel had a very tricky job deciding amongst all the wonderful submissions. Each category was narrowed down to four finalists. Of these four, one was picked as the winner, and one received the runner-up “Rising Pardalote Award”.
The “Rising Pardalote” received a $50 voucher prize supported by the Inala Foundation.
The winner in each category received $250 prize money, and their entry was made into a short-film by Kuno’s experienced film-maker Marcio Conrado.
Here are all the finalists and winners in the Bruny Youth Stories Prize:
Winner: "Pink Robin" by Tinaya Thilakasiri, age 10
Pink Robin by Tinaya Thilakasiri (Bruny Youth Stories Winner)
"Rising Pardalote Award"
Finalists
Winner: "To Gannet" by Harriet Boyle, age 15
To Gannet by Harriet Boyle (Bruny Youth Stories Winner)
"Rising Pardalote Award"
Finalists
"Be the Black Currawong" by Mailea Leary, age 20
Be the Black Currawong by Mailea Leary (Bruny Youth Stories Winner)
"Rising Pardalote Award"
Finalists
The first ever Bruny Youth Stories Prize received several dozen of entries from kids and youth all across Tasmania.
This writing contest was put together by Kuno and the Bruny Kids & Nature project, and sought to encourage kids and youth to tap into their creativity, and connect with nature through the written word.
The Prize was finalised with an event at the Bruny Island Bird Festival on Sunday the 22nd of March. A room full of contestants and spectators gathered to celebrate the immense effort from everyone entering into the competition, and to announce the winners.
“We opened up the competition, not just to Bruny island school kids, but to kids all over Tasmania, and across all age groups. We were flooded with entries, from as far away as Burnie, and from all different schools."
"We couldn’t be happier with what we received, and we were overjoyed reading all these amazing stories by amazing young writers. All of the entries were so heartwarming, thoughtful, a lot of them were quite informative. It’s been a beautiful way to celebrate the next generation of writers.”
- Claire Boost, Bruny Island teacher and coordinator of the Bruny Kids & Nature Project
The judging panel had a very tricky job deciding amongst all the wonderful submissions. Each category was narrowed down to four finalists. Of these four, one was picked as the winner, and one received the runner-up “Rising Pardalote Award”.
The “Rising Pardalote” received a $50 voucher prize supported by the Inala Foundation.
The winner in each category received $250 prize money, and their entry was made into a short-film by Kuno’s experienced film-maker Marcio Conrado.
Here are all the finalists and winners in the Bruny Youth Stories Prize:
Winner: "Pink Robin" by Tinaya Thilakasiri, age 10
Pink Robin by Tinaya Thilakasiri (Bruny Youth Stories Winner)
"Rising Pardalote Award"
Finalists
Winner: "To Gannet" by Harriet Boyle, age 15
To Gannet by Harriet Boyle (Bruny Youth Stories Winner)
"Rising Pardalote Award"
Finalists
"Be the Black Currawong" by Mailea Leary, age 20
Be the Black Currawong by Mailea Leary (Bruny Youth Stories Winner)
"Rising Pardalote Award"
Finalists
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