We are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2022 Somerset Storyfest National Poetry Prize!
Junior Winner
The Forgotten - Ovindee Amarasiri, Presbyterian Ladies' College, Victoria
Senior Winner
We are young only once- Laura Pannell, Hornsby Girls State High School
2022 National Poetry Prize Shortlisted
Junior Category
Ode to Red - Mia Walther, Ocean Reef Senior High School, Western Australia
The Forgotten - Ovindee Amarasiri, Presbyterian Ladies' College, Victoria
Breathing Tube - Charlotte Donovan, Irene McCormack Catholic College, Western Australia
Senior Category
A New Light Breaks On The Windowsill - Cameron De Silva, Waverley Christian College, Victoria
A Dream in Physics - Tiana Pendray, New South Wales
The Forgotten Salute - Ellie Howlett, Ballarat High School, Victoria
We are young only once- Laura Pannell, Hornsby Girls State High School
Country - Rosanna Cartwright, Santa Sabina College, New South Wales
Thalassic Extinction- Anna Georgeson, Somerset College, Queensland
Junior Category
Early December - Sophie Patulny, Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design, New South Wales
Senior Category
Beginning - Helena Hagan, Somerset College, Queensland
Junior Category
Mothers as Others - Lucia Gelonesi, SCEGGS Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Senior Category
Little Somethings - Jacki Elezovich, Swan Valley Anglican Community School, Western Australia
Junior Category
Sicilian Music Box - Lucia Gelonesi, SCEGGS Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Senior Category
My Lover’s Lover - Amy Wortmann, Matthew Flinders Anglican College, Queensland
Junior Category
Giving but not Loving – Heidi Leeman, Southern Cross Catholic College, Queensland
Senior Category
Genetics is only the half of it – Vivi Baker, Somerset College, Queensland