The City of Armadale hosted its awards ceremony for the 2024 Young Writers Awards last Friday.
This is the 14th year of the Armadale Young Writer’s Awards, which nurtures, encourages and recognises the creative writing of young people in years 3-12 who reside or attend school in the City. This year saw 136 entries, across our five categories.
Mayor Ruth Butterfield and author Julia Lawrinson handed out the awards in front of the esteemed judges, principals and teachers from local schools, and the students’ proud families.
“It is important to nurture and support our young creative writing talent, and the Young Writers Award is always a wonderful opportunity to showcase this talent to the community,” Mayor Ruth Butterfield said.
“Thank you to all our amazing young writers for submitting an entry, and congratulations to all those winners and placegetters. I encourage you all to keep writing and sharing your stories.”
This year’s winners are:
Years 3 and 4: (1st) Tanvika Shyju Nair, (2nd) Sesandi Thebuwana, (3rd) Serah Paul
Years 5 and 6: (1st) Andrea Elizabeth Renju, (2nd) Harvey Lumia, (3rd) Audrey Bolton
Years 7 and 8: (1st) Leo Ford, (2nd) Matilda Hewson, (3rd) Laura Carpenter
Years 9 and 10: (1st) Saskia Sullivan, (2nd) Kavin Sanjeevkumar, (3rd) Alexander Veldman
Years 11 and 12: (1st) Fola Ogunleye, (2nd) Olamide Folarin, (3rd) Francheska Dulay
Best Overall Winner: Leo Ford
Prizes included cash and book vouchers. Winners also received a trophy and certificate.
The Overall Winner had their name engraved on the Perpetual Armadale Young Writers Awards Trophy.
The winning stories have been compiled into an anthology which will be available for loan from the City of Armadale Libraries, and for viewing on the library website from 9 September.
Entry forms for the 2025 competition will be available in May 2025.
