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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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Short Story Competition Results 2020

Category A: 12 to 14 years

Category B : 15 to 17 years

Category C: Adults

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