Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 awards.
You can read past winners entries in the Boroondara Literary Awards Anthology.
Open Short Story
Place |
Name |
Title |
From |
First |
Pamela Baker |
Expectations |
Victoria |
Second |
Amanda Hildebrandt |
Nothing to See Here (Shakespeare’s Playlist) |
Victoria |
Third |
Joy Reid |
Prometheus |
Victoria |
Highly Commended |
George McElroy |
Dermal Filler |
New South Wales |
Highly Commended |
Adam Browne & David Tredinnick |
The War, on Rugs |
Victoria |
Highly Commended |
Talicia Marie Stewart |
When something dies |
Victoria |
Keith Carroll Award for best Boroondara entrant
Name |
Title |
From |
Anne Vines |
When the Playgrounds Close |
Victoria |
Young Writers Competition winners
Junior Prose
Place |
Name |
Title |
From |
First |
Kevin Ch'ng |
Trickery |
Balwyn North Primary School |
Second |
Victoria Mao |
Day & Night |
Camberwell Girls Grammar School |
Third |
Tilly Ellis |
Hope |
St Joseph's School Hawthorn |
Highly Commended |
Joanna Qiao |
Four Fingers |
Carey Baptist Grammar School |
Highly Commended |
Jayan Atukorala |
The Wanderer |
Glenferrie Primary School |
Highly Commended |
Alexandra Smith |
The Piano Man |
St Joseph's School Hawthorn |
Middle Prose
Place |
Name |
Title |
From |
First |
Abby Sharrock |
Pride |
Camberwell High School |
Second |
Hazel Pound |
Clementine |
Camberwell |
Third |
Zoe Reddaway |
Without Wings |
Ruyton Girls' School |
Highly Commended |
Selina Chong |
The Northern Lights |
Balwyn High School |
Highly Commended |
Rosa Toon |
I can’t breathe |
Canterbury Girls' Secondary College |
Highly Commended |
Cindy Jin |
A Game of Tug-of-war |
Ruyton Girls' School |
Senior Prose
Place |
Name |
Title |
From |
First |
David Dodson |
Stars |
Trinity Grammar School |
Second |
Imaan Ikram |
Artistic Anamnesis |
Ruyton Girls' School |
Third |
James Thorn |
A Funny Sense of Fun |
Camberwell Grammar School |
Highly Commended |
Timothy Chan |
The Gusts of Life |
Balwyn High School |
Highly Commended |
Cleo McCabe |
Peacock Blue |
Carey Baptist Grammar School |
Highly Commended |
Gabriella McInerney |
Even the Dead Live on – even the Living Die |
Fintona Girls' School |
Junior Poetry
Place |
Name |
Title |
From |
First |
Hannah Thompson |
A Journey Through ANZAC, From A To Z |
Methodist Ladies' College |
Second |
Chloe Read |
Fire |
Camberwell South Primary School |
Third |
Ben Pidgeon |
Problems we need to fix |
Ashburton Primary School |
Highly Commended |
Grace Graham |
Black Summer |
Auburn South Primary School |
Highly Commended |
Ananya Anpat |
2020 the unique year |
Auburn South Primary School |
Highly Commended |
Samantha Lovell |
Tasty Treats |
Camberwell Girls Grammar School |
Middle Poetry
Place |
Name |
Title |
From |
First |
Sharon Zhang |
And It Is The More Of It |
Carey Baptist Grammar School |
Second |
Kaylene Tan |
Cello |
Methodist Ladies' College |
Third |
Linda Chen |
a (dove) means death |
Carey Baptist Grammar |
Highly Commended |
Inez Singer |
Day 42 |
Methodist Ladies' College |
Highly Commended |
Sofia Rodriguez |
Emotional Storms |
Methodist Ladies' College |
Highly Commended |
Aadi Sarode |
Mountains |
Trinity Grammar School |
Senior Poetry
Place |
Name |
Title |
From |
First |
Wakana Yoshida |
serpentine yellow |
Kew East |
Second |
Sarah Hurst |
The Sapiens Palindrome |
Canterbury Girls' Secondary College |
Third |
Navia Naidu |
To be a Woman |
Camberwell High School |
Highly Commended |
Ingrid Winata |
A league of mediocre Indiana Joneses |
Methodist Ladies' College |
Highly Commended |
Lottie Dalton |
The Eclipse |
Ruyton Girls' School |
Highly Commended |
Ingrid Winata |
On life, the universe and everything |
Methodist Ladies' College |