Past Winners

Category

Name of Entrant

Title of Entry

Story/Yarn/Article/Play
ELDER
   

Joint Winner

Irene Thomas

My Story

Joint Winner

Heather Atkinson

Story of Ray Atkinson

OPEN
   

Winner

Sharonlee Post

Broken

 Commended

Larry Mongta

A Confronting Analogy

YOUTH
   

Winner

Sarah MacDonald

Hession on the Flats

Commended

Kitarna Drury-Smith

Letter to Parliament

Commended

River Loizou

Hypnosis?

Commended

Mazz Post

The Box

JUNIOR
   

Winner

Tanner Armstrong

Time Machine

Commended

Riley Singh

The Sad Sun Story

Commended

Banyan Short

Diary of a Serious Kid

Commended

Charmaine Mansfield

Cummeragunja

Special Mention

Lamiah Scott

My Diary

Special Mention

Holly Leeson

Never Give Up

Aboriginal Languages of this Region in any written form
OPEN
   

Winner

Melissa Cowan

Barmah Bill the Brumby

YOUTH

 

 

Winner

 Jett Robbins

The Yamutj the Dthormanini Yalkas (The Search of the Lovely Little Ones)

Commended

 Sophie Miller

 At the age of 12

JUNIOR
   

Winner

Aaliyah Marion Atkinson

That One Day

Commended

Harlin Robins

Wanala (Summer)

Commended

Lincoln O'Brien

The story of stolen generations of Sheila

Commended

Jagen Briggs

Cummeragunja

Poem/Lyric/Rap
ELDER
   

Winner

Elsie Anderson

The passing of an old soldier - Everybody's friend

Commended

Monica Phillips

Find your own happiness it's in today world

OPEN
   

Winner

Lisa Charles

At Peace

YOUTH
   

Winner

Vanessa Harbrow

Faraway Tree

Commended

River Loizou

V-Line

JUNIOR
   

Winner

Sereana Harbrow

Witchetty Grubs

Commended

Angel Atkinson

The Girl and the Black Snake

Commended

Charmaine Mansfield

Barmah

 

Category

Name of Entrant

Title of Entry

Story/Yarn/Article/Play
ELDER
   

Winner

Margie Tang

Freckled Oranges Down the West

Commended

Irene Thomas

Freddy The Frog

OPEN
   

Winner

Lena-Jean Charles-Loffel

Sadie

 Commended

Sharonlee Post

Wargu “Why?”

YOUTH
   

Winner

Mazz Post

Stolen

Special Mention

Kobe James-French

Motorbike

JUNIOR
   

Winner

Kiarra Egan

The Black Girl With White Skin

Commended

Hurrikane Hudson

Stolen Aboriginals

Acknowledged

Jett Robbins

Stolen

Aboriginal Languages of this Region in any written form
OPEN
   

Winner

Narida Miller

Ellara

JUNIOR
   

Joint Winner

Ian Clarke

The Day I Killed A Turkey

Joint Winner

Krystal Oelfke

How I Got My Spikes

Poem/Lyric/Rap
ELDER
   

Winner

Elsie Anderson

My Very Special Moments Are Known To Me As “Dreams”

Commended

Monica Phillips

Our Life Circle

OPEN
   

Winner

Denise Charles

Radi

YOUTH
   

Winner

Miranda Cox

The Traveller

JUNIOR
   

Winner

Vanessa Harbrow

My Culture

Commended

Seth Pratt

Kahlia The Wombat

Commended

Darnell Lammon

My Dad

Commended

Khyara Austen

Peter The Cat

Commended

Kiarra Egan

My Language

Category Name of Entrant Title of Entry
Story/Yarn/Article/Play
ELDER
   
Winner Monica Phillips Great Things Come In Small Packages
Commended Monica Phillips Our Little Friends That Never Leave Home
Commended Elizabeth Brown The Stories My Mother Told Me
Commended John Karpany My Life Story
Commended Irene Thomas What Was It Like Nan When You Were Young
Commended Irene Thomas The Continuing Story Of Two Little Bantam Chooks - Big Mouth Bob and his Sweetheart Heather
Commended Joan Atkinson My Story
OPEN
   
Winner Sharonlee Post Breathe
 Commended Alana Charles The Ripple Effect
YOUTH
   
Winner River Loizou The Kaidacha
Commended Bailey Wilson The Little Boy
Commended Grace Coff My Culture the beach and me
JUNIOR
   
Winner Corey Doyle Dhungalla
Commended Corey Doyle The Spirits
Acknowledged Kyla Ponting How Kangaroos Got Their Colours
Acknowledged Connor Moore How the snake lost his legs and how the kangaroo has his short arms
Special Mention Jett Robbins The Bunyip & the Gaiymarr
Aboriginal Languages of this Region in any written form
OPEN
   
Winner Mandi Barton Connection
Commended Jamie Atkinson ASHE Cultural Pledge
Special Mention
Sharonlee Post I Am Proud To Be Wiradjuri
YOUTH
   
Special Mention Mazz Post I Am Proud To Be Wiradjuri
JUNIOR
   
Winner Lillie Walker Why Nga Love Going Camping
Commended Sharleese Walker The Cheeky Kookaburra
Commended Bianca Dalton Walking On My Land
Poem/Lyric/Rap
ELDER
   
Winner Elizabeth Brown Strange Thoughts
Commended Monica Phillips Life
OPEN
   
Winner Alana Charles Big Blue
YOUTH
   
Joint Winner Mazz Post Bad Dream
Joint Winner Markiah Wise Wonmir The Eagle
JUNIOR
   
Winner Shontay McCabe-Jackson Out Culture
Commended Jaylene Saunders A Crazy Rhyme
Special Mention
Alli Morgan I Am
Category Name of Entrant Title of Entry
Story/Yarn/Article/Play
ELDER
   
Winner Ollie Patten Listen to the People
Highly Commended Irene Thomas Big Mouth Bob and Heather
Highly Commended Monica Phillips Once there was a very busy family
OPEN
   
Joint Winners Daryl Sloan Apology
  Bruno Starrs Speeches for Sovereignty
  Sharonlee Post Finding Billy Barlow
YOUTH
   
Winner Shaquel Thorpe Unwelcomed Guests
Commended Shakur Stone Koiki (Eddie) Mabo
Commended Shaquel Thorpe Field of Dreams
JUNIOR
   
Winner Ashtyn Atkinson The Mun-digudda
Commended Shayla Bryant Barney
Commended Tallara Fitzgerald A Day to remember
Aboriginal Languages of this Region in any written form
OPEN
   
Winner Narida Vella Rumba Yakama
Runner Up Alana Charles Djundunga Banga Dhona – Little Bird
Commended Bruno Starrs Budyabudya
YOUTH
   
Winner Jakara Wise Bush Life
JUNIOR
   
Winner Nakiah Bamblett Me and Nan
Commended Doretta Ritchie The Lost Dhurandirra
Poem/Lyric/Rap
ELDER
   
Winner Ollie Patten Cummeragunja
Commended Elizabeth Brown I Enjoy
OPEN
   
Winner Alana Charles This is Our Tribe, Yorta Yorta Pride
YOUTH
   
Winner Markiah Wise Lost Little Roo
Commended Wally King Yorta Yorta Culture
JUNIOR
   
Winner Daniel Baksh Ridleys Track
Commended Dylan Verhey Sunny Beach
Commended Oceanlee Bradley Koala