Young Tasmanian Writers' Prize 2021

Senior winner, Ogilvie High School

06 Dec 2021

I falter down the rocky path leading to work and watch as my feet disrupt the peace of the pebbles, causing a mini earthquake each time I step forward. I hate my job...

Young Tasmanian Writers' Prize 2021

Senior runner up, Southern Christian College

by Selah Sabjak

02 Dec 2021

It’s the days like these that it feels like the whole world is asleep. Teenagers with dark rings around their eyes dragging their feet to their various destinations, fighting off the biting cold of the Tasmanian winter with hoodies that definitely aren’t a part of the school uniform...

Young Tasmanian Writers' Prize 2021

Senior runner up, Elizabeth College

by Evan Stone

02 Dec 2021

The deep water in the bay is still and settled. Waves wash across the sand on the beach down the street, providing an ethereal coastal backdrop to the seaside town...

Young Tasmanian Writers' Prize 2021

Senior commended, Elizabeth College

by Lumina Fountain

06 Dec 2021

Grass rippled like waves in the breeze, the unusually warm summer across Tasmania making the Eucalypt branches sway and crackle in the heat, as the shrill cries of a fairy-wren sounded from beneath the blackberry wall...

Young Tasmanian Writers' Prize 2021

Senior commended, Elizabeth College

by Luca Cartledge

06 Dec 2021

The door creaks open, crying out for maintenance after decades of work. A short man steps out into the sunlight...

Young Tasmanian Writers' Prize 2021

Junior winner, Clarence High School

by Monique Schnitzer

06 Dec 2021

The memories of my early childhood overflow with images of vivid white sand stretched endlessly, a border between the clear turquoise water and signature Tasmanian wilderness...