We are pleased to announce the shortlisted finalists for the 2024 Somerset Storyfest National Poetry Prize.
2024 Junior Category Winner
UGLY beauties - Becky Silberstein, Homeschool, New South Wales
2024 Senior Category Winner
The Silence Between - Geraldine Khuu, Baulkham Hills High School, New South Wales
2024 Shortlisted Finalists
Junior Category
Dancing Vines - Anwen Pullen, The Nature School, New South Wales
Do not expect a girl with thoughts [to stay silent] - Hannah Byun, Toogoolawah State High School, Queensland
UGLY beauties - Becky Silberstein, Homeschool, New South Wales
Dementia - Alexis Hennessy, Ellenbrook Secondary College, Western Australia
Butterflies - Cameron Johnson, Ellenbrook Secondary College, Western Australia
Senior Category
A Fool-proof Guide on How to Backstroke - Levi Gao, Brisbane Girls Grammer School, Queensland
The Silence Between - Geraldine Khuu, Baulkham Hills High School, New South Wales
Old Man of Hoy - Michael Reid, The Friends' School, Tasmania
Proudly sponsored by Dr Annette Allen of Tweed Banora Dental
Junior Category
Anxiety - Violet FitzSimons, Oxley College, New South Wales
Senior Category
Boyhood - Malakai Rataj - Australian Christian College, New South Wales
Junior Winner
The Forgotten - Ovindee Amarasiri, Presbyterian Ladies' College, Victoria
Senior Winner
We are young only once- Laura Pannell, Hornsby Girls State High School
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
South West Writers Festival 26 to 28 August 2024