Excellent response to the 2016 Young Writers’ Competition with 162 entries and a very difficult task for the judges, as so many of them were very good indeed.

THE WINNERS ARE;

UP TO 8 YEARS:

FIRST:  Charlotte Crowhurst of Kapunda

SECOND:  Mason Burns of Mount Pleasant

THIRD:  Logan Kratzer of Mount Pleasant

9-12 YEARS:

FIRST:  Annabelle MacClelland of Tanunda

SECOND:  Tate Manning of Tanunda

THIRD:  Viene Gladigau of Tanunda

13-15 YEARS:

FIRST:  Ben Pain of Cockatoo Valley

SECOND:  Mitchell Doecke of Truro

THIRD:  Ebony Wilton of Lyndoch

16-20 YEARS:

FIRST:  Samuel Doering of Truro

SECOND:  Scott Bruno of Lyndoch

THIRD:  Sarah Bradshaw of Kersbrook

HONOURABLE MENTION:  Brock Heinze of Tanunda

SPECIAL PRIZE FOR POETRY:

Harriette Rudiger of Moculta

SCHOOL PARTICIPATION AWARD:

Mount Pleasant Primary School

All the entrants have been given a “Certificate of Participation” and the entries are available for perusal in the Nuriootpa Library.