ISSN 2292-2954 Young Writers at the Lakefield Literary Festival Contest Winners 1998 – 2021 Young Writers Contest Frontispiece ii Published for non-commercial use by Lucille Strath for the Lakefield Literary Festival. ISSN 2292-2954 Copyright © 2009 - 2021 by the Lakefield Literary Festival. All rights reserved. Each story and poem is printed in this ebook with the permission of its author. iii Contents Frontispiece ..................................................................................................................................... ii Contents ......................................................................................................................................... iv Plates .............................................................................................................................................. ix Foreword ......................................................................................................................................... x Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................... xii Introduction .................................................................................................................................. xiii Winners(*) and Runners-up ............................................................................................................ 1 Participating Schools ...................................................................................................................... 3 Winning Entries – Senior Fiction ................................................................................................... 4 2000 Senior Fiction Winner ........................................................................................................ 5 2001 Senior Fiction Winner ........................................................................................................ 7 2002 Senior Fiction Winner ........................................................................................................ 9 2003 Senior Fiction Winner ...................................................................................................... 11 2003 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 14 2003 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 17 2004 Senior Fiction Winner ...................................................................................................... 19 2004 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 21 2004 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 25 2005 Senior Fiction Winner ...................................................................................................... 26 2005 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 28 2005 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 31 2005 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 34 2006 Senior Fiction Winner ...................................................................................................... 36 2006 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 39 2006 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 42 2006 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 44 2007 Senior Fiction Winner ...................................................................................................... 45 2007 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 47 2007 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 50 2008 Senior Fiction Winner ...................................................................................................... 52 2008 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 54 2008 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 56 2009 Senior Fiction Winner ...................................................................................................... 58 2009 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 60 2009 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 62 2009 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 65 2010 Senior Fiction Winner ...................................................................................................... 68 2010 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 70 2010 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 73 2010 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 75 2010 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 77 2011 Senior Fiction Co-winner ................................................................................................. 80 2011 Senior Fiction Co-winner ................................................................................................. 82 2011 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 84 2011 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 86 2012 Senior Fiction Winner ...................................................................................................... 88 2012 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 90 2013 Senior Fiction Co-Winner ................................................................................................ 93 2013 Senior Fiction Co-Winner ................................................................................................ 95 iv 2013 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 97 2013 Senior Fiction Runner-up ................................................................................................. 99 2013 Senior Fiction Runner-up ............................................................................................... 101 2014 Senior Fiction Winner .................................................................................................... 103 2014 Senior Fiction Runner-up ............................................................................................... 106 2014 Senior Fiction Runner-up ............................................................................................... 108 2014 Senior Fiction Runner-up ............................................................................................... 110 2015 Senior Fiction Co-winner ............................................................................................... 113 2015 Senior Fiction Co-winner ............................................................................................... 115 2015 Senior Fiction Runner-up ............................................................................................... 117 2016 Senior Fiction Winner .................................................................................................... 121 2016 Senior Fiction Runner-up ............................................................................................... 124 2017 Senior Fiction Winner .................................................................................................... 126 2017 Senior Fiction Runner-up ............................................................................................... 128 2017 Senior Fiction Runner-up ............................................................................................... 130 2018 Senior Fiction Winner .................................................................................................... 133 2018 Senior Fiction Runner-up ............................................................................................... 135 2018 Senior Fiction Runner-up ............................................................................................... 136 2019 Senior Fiction Winner .................................................................................................... 138 2020 Senior Fiction Winner .................................................................................................... 140 2021