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2008 Dorothy Shaw Young Writers Competition Winners

The 2008 Dorothy Shaw Young Writers Competition winners were announced during the National Week of Deaf People and we are pleased to publish their stories here.

The Competition is for Deaf and hard of hearing students aged 6 - 18. Prizes are given for the best three stories in four categories - Junior, Upper Primary, Senior and Young Adult. The first prize winner in each category also wins a prize for their school.

Junior

• First Prize - no title
  Ben Tia - Aged 9 years
  St Mary’s College for Hearing Impaired Students, Wantirna South, Vic
• Second Prize ‘Kellie Rides Again’
  Madeline Richardson - Aged 8 years
  Glenmore State Primary School, Rockhampton, Qld

Upper Primary

• First Prize ‘The Time Dinosaur’
  Jaimie-Lee Wiand-Fisher - Aged 10 years
  St Mary’s College for Hearing Impaired Students, Wantirna South, Vic
• Second Prize ‘ROBOMars’
  Hannah Collie - Aged 10 years
  Five Dock Public School, Five Dock, NSW
• Third Prize ‘The Magic Cook’
  Kyle McDougall - Aged 10 years
  St Mary’s College for Hearing Impaired Students, Wantirna South, Victoria

Senior

• Equal First Prize ‘The Golden Amulet’
  Olwyn Ho - Aged 14
  Thomas Pattison School, North Rocks, NSW
• Equal First Prize ‘Hopeless’
  Angela Asimakopoulos - Aged 14 years
  Adelaide High School, Adelaide, South Australia
• Third Prize ‘Earth: 22nd Century’
  Robert Burrows - Aged 13
  Thomas Pattison School, North Rocks, NSW

Young Adult

• First Prize - no title
  Isabelle Horne - Aged 17
  Wesley College, St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Vic
• Second Prize ‘Socceroos’
  Andrews Wirekoh - Aged
  Thomas Pattison School, North Rocks, NSW
• Third Prize ‘The Year is 2008’
  Lachlan Clear - Aged 18
  Thomas Pattison School, North Rocks, NSW

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