The Maribyrnong Young Writers competition has concluded and two winners have been chosen.
The competition was for students between the ages of six and 16, with three different age categories and three varying prizes for each group.
One winner, grade 6 student Enjay, was ecstatic that his story was the one chosen to win.
“It feels very good, awesome, and amazing. I absolutely did not know that I would win because I only entered for the first time, and yeah … it feels great,” he said.
Enjay loves the creative aspect of writing and that is evident by his description of his story that happened to win him the competition.
“It’s about Steve and he’s unlucky and he goes skydiving and I chose to write about him because I have made lots of stories about him already like when he falls down a hole and it’s his birthday but this was the biggest Unlucky Steve story I have written,” he said.
Nine-year-old Harvey was another winner, who was encouraged by his older sister to join the competition as she won in 2021.
The third grader got inspiration from his own life as he based the story on activities he likes to do with his friends.
“It was about a person (me) who likes worms and he protects his worms from the diabolical and evil moles. I chose to write about worms because my friends and I were playing with worms and puddles at our school oval,” he said.
He was thankful to those who helped him win the competition.
“Thank you to the organisers of the competition and for all the readers who enjoyed my story.”
Max Westwood
