Competiton Details and Results

2024 High School Competition Details and Entry Form

High School Competition Details

High School Entry Form

2024 Year 7 & 8 Competition Details and Entry Form

Year 7 & 8 Competition Details

Year 7 & 8 Entry Form

2023 Winning Stories – OPEN (Theme “Journeys”)

Congratulations to our winners in the Open Section of the NZSA Northland 2023 Short Story Competition.

1st Place (Open, 2023): Kate Shaw, Out of Time

2nd Place & Top Northlander (Open, 2023): Michael Botur, Weedling

3rd Place (Open, 2023): Jeff Taylor, King of the Road

Highly Commended (Open, 2023): Toni Daly, The Parenting Index

Highly Commended (Open, 2023): Sun Lyoung Kim, Pride and Prejudice

2023 Winning Stories – SCHOOL (High School)

Congratulations to our winners in the High Schools sections, and our sincere thanks to all schools and students who shared their inspiring and entertaining stories with us.

1st Place (High Schools, 2023): Amber Lorigan, Unimaginable

2^nd Place (High Schools, 2023): Emma Philips, Ruawai College, A Serendipitous Meeting Between Two Former Classmates in a Coffee Shop

3^rd Place (High Schools, 2023): Zac Browne, Home School, Death’s Siren

2023 Winning Stories – SCHOOL (Years 7&8)

Congratulations to our winners in the Year 7 and 8 section, and our sincere thanks to all schools and students who shared their inspiring and entertaining stories with us.

1st Place (Y7&8, 2023): Ava Rintoul McCready, Aropohue School, A View out the Classroom Window

2^nd Place (Y7&8, 2023): Ava Rintoul McCready, Aropohue School, A Typical Morning in the Pen

3^rd= Place (Y7&8, 2023): Pearl Foote, Home School, Paprika

3^rd= Place (Y7&8, 2023): Charlotte Robinson-Gooch, Matakohe School, The Hues of Twilight

2022 Winning Stories -OPEN

1st Place & Top Northlander (2022): Eddie Williams, Lost on the River

2nd Place (2022): Anissa Ljanta, The Shimmer Lines

3rd place (2022): Karen Phillips, Loess / Loss

2022 Winning Stories – SCHOOL (High School)

1st Place (High School, 2022): Emily Taylor, Whangarei Girls High School, The Secrets of Persephone

2nd Place (High School, 2022): Olivia Cook, Huanui College, Calm before the Storm

3rd Place (High School, 2022): Esme McInnes, Huanui College, Ruined