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Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 awards.
You can find out about the award winners from previous years by reading our Boroondara Literary Awards Anthology, which is available in the Library catalogue.
Open Short Story category - open to all Australian residents
| Place | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| First | Gillian Hagenus | Early Summer |
| Second | Kelly Simpson | On Duty |
| Third | Alexandra Svoboda | Small Acts |
| Highly Commended | Megg Minos | Drift |
| Highly Commended | Ben Hudson | The Painter |
| Highly Commended | Harold Legaspi | Mama |
Keith Carroll Award for the best Boroondara entrant
| Name | Title | From |
|---|---|---|
| Linda Judge | One Hundred Percent Chance of Rain | Hawthorn |
Young Writers Competition
Junior prose
| Place | Name | Title | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Jamie Greening | Spider, Fly and the Timeless Tomb | Balwyn North Primary School |
| Second | Lucia Walkenhorst | Chess | Hartwell Primary School |
| Third | Asha Bhattacharjee | Hope | Camberwell Girls' Grammar School |
| Highly Commended | Lucy Schranz | The Train | Kew Primary School |
| Highly Commended | Nicole Ryu | Fragility | Auburn South Primary School |
| Highly Commended | Christopher Yim | Blasted Asteroids | Trinity Grammar School |
Middle prose
| Place | Name | Title | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Amy Yang | Wrong Script | Methodist Ladies College |
| Second | Rosa Toon | Stranger | Canterbury Girls' Secondary College |
| Third | Gevin Kankanamalage | Little Miss Plastic | Scotch College |
| Highly Commended | Alessandra Pastore | Second Level | Siena College |
| Highly Commended | Samaira Maheshwari | Reflections | Balwyn High School |
| Highly Commended | Angela Wang | Mother | Carey Baptist Grammar School |
Senior prose
| Place | Name | Title | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Mia Kagiaros | Azi's Magic Garden | Melbourne Girls' College |
| Second | Mia Kagiaros | Kafka on the Operating Table | Melbourne Girls' College |
| Third | Anika Rakesh | Manachopsis | Balwyn High School |
| Highly Commended | Madeline Driscoll | Siren Song | Genazzano FCJ College |
| Highly Commended | Josephine Nguyen | Prolonged Impatience | Presbyterian Ladies' College |
| Highly Commended | Summer Bramberger | Sweet Little Sunsets | Melbourne Girls' College |
Junior poetry
| Place | Name | Title | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Joel Hu | The Web | Camberwell South Primary School |
| Second | Arohan Dasgupta | A Box for Sale | Glen Iris Primary School |
| Third | Lucas Davies | Reality | Camberwell South Primary School |
| Highly Commended | Nicole Ryu | It Was an Accident, It Was My Accident | Auburn South Primary School |
| Highly Commended | Thea Zhao | Her Eyes, Your Eyes | Belle Vue Primary School |
Middle poetry
| Place | Name | Title | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Rhea Jaitha | I'll See You at the 'Butcher' | Camberwell Girls’ Grammar School |
| Second | Emily Wu | Remember What Matters | Methodist Ladies’ College |
| Third | Lucia Chan | My Hong Kong | Balwyn High School |
| Highly Commended | Polina Li | Escapism | Balwyn High School |
| Highly Commended | Rashi Bhardwaj | They Say | Canterbury Girls' Secondary College |
Senior poetry
| Place | Name | Title | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | Sharon Zhang | Ophelia Talks to Sharon About Men, Death and Violets | Carey Baptist Grammar School |
| Second | Sammi Wu | Art Class | Lauriston Girls' School |
| Third | Lily Scarcella | The Tanner and the Leatherworker | Canterbury Girls’ Secondary College |
| Highly Commended | Hanna Turner | Evening Song (as inspired by Sylvia Plath's 'Morning Song') | Camberwell High School |
| Highly Commended | Sharon Zhang | Drowning in Front of a White Man | Carey Baptist Grammar School |