| Writers Club is for boys
who enjoy writing short stories and poetry. Boys are able to enter their writing in
different Australia wide writing competitions.
Boys from
TSS have experienced much success in recent years winning many prestigious writing awards
for both short story and poetry.
Dates
and topics of upcoming meetings
Boys who achieve success in competitions
will have their stories and poetry published in
The Harvest at the end of the year.
Semester
One Competitions
30th March
Inverawe Outdoors Poetry Competition
28 lines or less
30th March
Voices on the Coast writing competition
P rose up to 30,000 words
31st March
Paradise Anthology
Poems up to 25 lines in length
Short stories to 2000 words
30th April
Sunshine Coast Writers Group
Poetry - to 40 lines
Prose - short story to 2000 words
12th May
Slippery when wet short story competition
Maximum 2,000 words
22nd May
Grampians writers group
Short story to 2,500 words
Poetry 20-60 lines
30th May
Vignette Press short story competition
Open theme to 3,000 words
KT Publishing Short Story
Theme: open
Word count to 2,000 words
1st June
Dorothea Mackellar Poetry awards
Theme of colour
Less than 80 lines
1st June
Bush Lantern Award
Bush peotry max. 100 lines
8th June
Alva Probert Memorial writing competition
Short story to 1,000 words
Poetry to 40 lines
Non-fiction to 1,000 words
15th June
Wakakirri Story Writing
1,000 words - theme of 'the ring'
30th June
Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize
Poetry
20th July
Courier Mail Qieu
Short story & poetry
27th July
Yarram Community learning Centre
Short story & poetry competition
31st July
ETAQ Write and illustrate a picture book for children
3 sections
28th September
Katharine Susannah Prichard short fiction awards
minimum 1,000 words, maximum 3,000 words
How to enter
To enter competitions boys should e-mail Ms Reynolds their short
story or poem. hr@tss.qld.edu.au
Boys should watch the Writers corner notice board in the library for entry forms for
upcoming competitions. Entry forms should be filled out and handed to Ms Reynolds.
The Library pays all entry fees for the competitions
Some authors
who have visited TSS
For more authors
Andy Griffiths
Works include:
Just Tricking!
Just Annoying!
Just Stupid!
Just Crazy!
The Day my Bum Went Psycho
http://www.andygriffiths.com.au/
John Marsden
Works include:
The Tomorrow series
So much to tell you
Winter
Checkers
Take my word for it
Dear Miffy
http://www.panmacmillan.com.au/johnmarsden/index.htm
Simon
Higgins
Works include:
Doctor ID
Thunderfish
Beyond the Shaking Time
Cybercage
Under No Flag
http://www.homepages.better.net.au/doctorid/
Steven Herrick
Works include:
Poetry to the Rescue
The Spangled Drongo
Love Ghost & Nose Hair
The Simple Gift
http://www.acay.com.au/%7Esherrick/
James Moloney
Works include:
Crossfire
Dougy
Gracey
A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove
The House on River Terrace
http://www.home.gil.com.au/%7Ecbcqld/james.htm
Markus Zusak
Works include:
Fighting Ruben Wolfe
The Underdog
The messenger
http://www.panmacmillan.com.au/pandemonium/newpndauthor.asp?Author=ZUSAK,%20MARKUS
Competition winners
1999
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
1999
AATE_CBC Poster of student reviews - CBC shortlist books
Andrew Jeffries & Anthony Puljich
QIEU/Courier Mail Literary Award
Senior short story - James Pope
The Melton Derrijah short story competition
First place - Cameron McClaren
Second place - Ben Tiplady
2001
QIEU/Courier Mail Literary Award
Year 11 & 12
Winner: Non-fiction prose - Ben Cantrell
Winner: Poetry - Ben Cantrell
TSS Centenary Writing Competition
Year 7 & 8 - Andrew Dare
Year 9 & 10 - Ben Waugh
year 11 &12 - Ben Cantrell
2002
Gold Coast Writers Association
Winner: James McLoughlin
Commended: James Wellham & Phillip Winter
AATE_CBC Poster of student reviews - CBC shortlist books
Sebastian Gallagher
2003
Max Harris Literary Awards
Winner Youth Short Story - Andrew Bautovich
Winner Youth Poetry - Daniel Williams
Commended Youth Short Story - Reuben Beer
Henry Lawson Literary competition
2nd place - Jack Bartlett
Commended - Max Hartl and Jack Makim
Positive Words Short story and Poetry Competition
Junior Short Stories
First Prize: Jonathon Kyranis
Highly commended: Austin Woollett, Nick Miller
Junior Poetry
Second prize: Alex McDonald
Writespot Autumn 2003 short story competition
Junior finalist; Ben Tiplady
AATE_CBC Poster of student reviews of CBC Book of the Year
Matt Wheeldon
Mental Health Week Short story competition
Second Prize - Digby Makim
Third Prize - Stephen Jamison
Certificate of commendation - Jack Makim
Bauhinia Literary Awards
High School Stories, Highly commended: Stephen Jamieson
Commended: Lynton Monaghan, Carlin Brown and Reuben Beer
The Qieu/Courier Mail 2003 Literary competition
First place for section A - short story - Andrew Smith
2nd place for section B - short story - Bradley Avis
Highly commended Poetry - Nick Davies
2004
The Ipswich Poetry Feast
Austin Woollett - Highly commended
Poetry Institute of Australia
Shortlisted - Kyle Howie
Cedarvale Rainforest Literary
Tim Jones - Highly commended
Austin Woollett - Commended
The Alva Probert Memorial Writing competition
Caleb Brown - 1st Prize
Mackie Williamson - 2nd prize
The Taronga Foundation Poetry
Prize
Stuart Szigeti - State winner
Imagine Creation
Highly commended:
Richard Vincent
Angus Lockhart
Commended:
Jonathan Lo (all four pieces were shortlisted)
2005
Ipswich Poetry Feast
Jonathan Lo - Chairperson's encouragement Award
Imagination Creation
Highly commended:
Jonathan Lo
Angus Lockhart
Richard Vincent
Positive Words
Commended - Jake Lambert
2006
Gold Coast Writers Competition
2nd place
Chris Dolling
Dates
and topics of upcoming meetings
Junior Writers
Club - 27th Feb, 13th March, 27th March, 24th April,
8th May, 22nd May, 12th June, 24th June, 24th july,
14th August, 4th September
Senior Writers Club - 6th
March, 3rd April, 1st May, 29th may, 31st July,
21st August
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