AATE 50 Word Fiction Competition – ‘Golden Stories’ Celebrating the 50th anniversary of AATE in 2014

Winners, finalists and highly commended entries

Junior Category

Result First name Last Name Year Level School City/Suburb State National Finalist Mark Agostino 7 Marist College Eastwood NSW National Finalist Pearl Bamford 7 The Friends’ School North Hobart TAS National Finalist Clare Beyboer 9 Bunbury Senior High School Bunbury WA Highly Commended Anja Bremmers 8 Mount Carmel College Sandy Bay TAS Highly Commended Lucy Brumby 7 Kingston High School Kingston TAS National Finalist Milla Chaffer 7 Kingston High School Kingston TAS Highly Commended Rachel Chen 9 Balwyn High School Balwyn North VIC Highly Commended Paige Christodoulou 8 Balwyn High School Balwyn North VIC National Finalist Julia Clark 8 University of Canberra High School Kaleen ACT First Freya Cox 9 The Friends' School North Hobart TAS Highly Commended Leila Desai 9 Peter Carnley Anglican Community School Wellard WA Highly Commended Karendeep Dhadwal 9 St Mary's College Adelaide SA National Finalist Catriona Eade 9 Redlands Cremorne NSW Highly Commended Shakira Foy 9 Kadina Memorial School Kadina SA Highly Commended Isobel Hughes 8 St Brigid's College Lesmurdie WA National Finalist Chorlida Kang 9 Kingsford Smith School Holt ACT National Finalist Sophia Kennedy 8 Downlands Sacred Heart College Toowoomba QLD National Finalist Grace King 7 Loreto College Marryatville SA Highly Commended Hayden King 9 Applecross Senior High School Ardross WA Highly Commended Olivia Kingston 8 St Michael’s Collegiate School Sandy Bay TAS Highly Commended Verena Koerner 8 Mount Carmel College Sandy Bay TAS National Finalist Vincent Kong 8 Balwyn High School Balwyn North VIC National Finalist Alex Lam 8 Westminster School Marion SA Second Emily McKeown 7 Riverside Christian College Maryborough QLD National Finalist Gaia Mitting 7 Yarra Hills Secondary College Moorolbark VIC National Finalist Grace Morgan 9 Kingston High School Kingston TAS Highly Commended Mai Nguyen 9 Penliegh and Essendon Grammar Moonee Ponds VIC Third Onor Nottle 7 Scotch College Torrens Park SA Highly Commended Charlotte O’Neill 8 Mount Carmel College Sandy Bay TAS National Finalist Emma Pollock 8 Stuartholme School Toowong QLD

AATE 50 Word Fiction competition results, December 2014 revised

Junior Category, cont’d.

Result First name Last Name Year Level School City/Suburb State National Finalist Zac Rizzi 7 McCarthy Catholic College Tamworth NSW Highly Commended Jack Shaw 9 New Town High School New Town TAS National Finalist Jessica Thomson 9 Kingsford Smith School Holt ACT Highly Commended Daisy Tselepis 8 Catholic College Sale Sale VIC National Finalist Grace Valos 8 Balwyn High School Balwyn North VIC Highly Commended Kate Williams 7 Loreto College Marryatville SA National Finalist Jayden Winter 9 Bunbury Senior High School Bunbury WA National Finalist Samantha Zeibari 9 Duncraig Senior High School Duncraig WA Highly Commended Catherine Zhou 9 Balwyn High School Balwyn North VIC

Senior Category

Result First name Last Name Year Level School City/Suburb State National Finalist Miriam Barker‐Lanzi 11 Pembroke Senior School Kensington Park SA National Finalist Corey Barr 10 Kingston High School Kingston TAS National Finalist Michael Belin 10 University of Canberra High School Kaleen ACT National Finalist Tyler Betts 12 Centralian Senior College Alice Springs NT National Finalist Travis Block 12 Temora High School Temora NSW National Finalist Mishka Boath 12 Coomera Anglican College Upper Coomera QLD Highly Commended Jake Brighton 11 The King's School Parramatta NSW Highly Commended Alice Cox 10 Ogilvie High School New Town TAS Highly Commended Jacqueline Eades 11 Belmont City College Belmont WA Highly Commended Annabelle Eirth 12 Applecross Senior High School Ardross WA National Finalist Georgia Fait‐Jeboult 12 Ingleburn High School Ingleburn NSW Highly Commended Sophie Hamdorf 10 Iona Presentation College Mosman Park WA National Finalist Renee Hayward 10 All Hallows' School Brisbane QLD Highly Commended Stephen James 12 Trinity Christian School Wanniassa ACT Second Erin Jones 11 Mountain District Christian School Monbulk VIC Highly Commended Emma Koumourou 11 Mountain District Christian School Monbulk VIC National Finalist Angelle Layne 10 Ogilvie High School New Town TAS Highly Commended Johanna Paterson 10 Ogilvie High School New Town TAS Second James Perkins 12 The Canberra College Phillip ACT National Finalist Soshin Peters 10 The Friends’ School North Hobart TAS National Finalist Simone Quattrocchi 10 Urrbrae Agricultural High School Netherby SA Highly Commended Maggie Ruskin 11 Presentation College Windsor Windsor VIC Highly Commended Shreya Sharma 10 Huntingtower School Mount Waverley VIC National Finalist Kiara Taylor 10 Roxby Downs Area School Roxby Downs SA Highly Commended Eryn Te Pairi‐Pratt 11 Woonona High School Woonona NSW Highly Commended Micki Teng 11 Darwin High School Darwin NT First Brittany Thompson 12 Aldridge State High School Maryborough QLD Third David Tighe 11 Coonabarabran Coonabaraban NSW National Finalist Hannah Winspear‐Schillings 10 Ruyton Girl's School Kew VIC National Finalist Alice Wood 11 St Leonard's College Brighton East VIC Highly Commended Yarden Yarom 10 Urrbrae Agricultural High School Netherby SA

AATE 50 Word Fiction competition results, December 2014 revised Masters Category

Result First name Last name City/Suburb State National Finalist Marie Douvos Prospect SA National Finalist Anna Forward South Hobart TAS Second Erin Geddes Forest Lake QLD National Finalist Nicole Haddad South Kingsville VIC Third Elizabeth Hutchins Leabrook SA National Finalist Susan James Temora NSW National Finalist Candice Little Tumbi Umbi NSW National Finalist Heidi Lloyd Karama NT National Finalist Nerissa Marcon Greensborough VIC National Finalist Clare Matthews Mount Pleasant NSW National Finalist Giovanna Padas Sandy Bay TAS National Finalist Chris Pearson Oakleigh VIC National Finalist Deborah Peden Middle Park QLD National Finalist Gail Perry Sale VIC Highly Commended Jonathon Scobie Linden Park SA National Finalist Yogeen Sharma Mount Gambier SA First Patrick Wenholz Macquarie ACT National Finalist Penelope Whiley Alice Springs NT National Finalist Bernadette Whisson Toowoomba QLD

AATE 50 Word Fiction competition results, December 2014 revised