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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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