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Short Story Competition Results 2020

The annual WordFest Short Story Competition is a celebration of local emerging writers and is open to all members of the Monash community over the age of 12.
 
Congratulations to all the winners.

 

Category A: 12 to 14 years

First: As they leave me by Alice Choi
Second:  Even death has a heart by Maya Norman 
Third: The cherry tree by Talia Mills

 

Highly Commended
Hunted by Abbey Lim
Purrlin by Zoe More
Left to watch by Caitlin Toce
The oak by Daniela Castillo
Trigger by Amanda Lim
The photo by Pippa Wilhelmsen
Followed by Prisha Rewal
 

Category B : 15 to 17 years

First: The squirrel by Emily Pham
Second: A witch’s tale by Amritha Ramachandran
Third:  Sharks by Wesley Chen

 

Highly Commended
The last stand by Lauren Fung
Closer by Audrey Suryadarma
Soul dust by Nydia Dara
Stolen love by Halle Schroor
Reaper by Sara Gilbert
A chicken drumstick for a duck wing by Natalie Loh
Memento by Viola Halmai
 

Category C:  Adults

First: Ernie by Rainie Zenith
Second: The bridge by Nikki Bielinski
Third: Find your way by Svetlana Nevskaya

 

Highly Commended
Stories of the forgotten by Andrew Harbis
The quiet words by K.Z. Barton
Dead lucky by Linda Grace
Veydah by Tania Conway
Hope by Hannah Brown
Bruises by Kayla Saddington
How they met by David Morley 

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