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NZSA NORTHLAND

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CONGRATULATIONS!

NZSA NORTHLAND NATIONWIDE SHORT STORY COMPETITION

LONG LIST

• A New Dawn
• By the Lake
• Flood Man
• Korowai
• Moving On
• Storm Baby
• Time to Kill
• The Apron
• The Politician’s Husband
• Three Words
• You had to be there

Do celebrate with family and friends, but please do not broadcast more widely (e.g. social media) which story is yours, or put your name to it.

The Short List will be announced on 12 November 2026.

Final results will be announced on 19 November 2026.  

CONGRATULATIONS!

2026 Northland High Schools Short Story Competition

Final Results:

• 1st – Meds by Kalana Slack, Year 13, Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu
• 2nd – A Letter Home by Gracie Fitchett, Year 9, Whangārei Girls High School
• 3rd – My Screen Time is a Raging Monster in Me by Mika Lumbera, Year 13, Whangārei Girls High School

Commended:

Finding Home by Laura Taylor, Year 10, Taipa Area School

I saw Myself in her by Sonya Thorburn, Year 9, Whangārei Girls High School

Little Red by Cameron White, Year 9, Northern Health School

The Hidden Compass by Ali-May Pesaeli, Year 10, Taipa Area School

The World Behind the Phone by Heath Lineham, Year 11, Otamatea HS

The Princess and the Smoke by Stella Tepania, Year 10, Taipa Area School

Transience by Frances Potbury, Year 13, Taipa Area School

2026 Northland Year 7-8 Short Story Competition

Final Results:

• 1= The Star that Didn’t Shine by Waiariki Rogers-Clement, Year 7, Whangārei Intermediate School
• 1= Debatably Dangerous by Sylvie McGregor, Year 7, Bream Bay College
• 3rd The Face in the Dark by Paige Palatchie, Year 8, Taipa Area School

Highly Commended:

The Fish by Sylvie McGregor, Year 7, Bream Bay College

Commended:

Blank Pages by Zara Iyama, Year 8, Maungakaramea School

Television Static by Freya Milicich, Year 8, Te Kamo Intermediate School

A Tail of Two by Isla Littin, Year 8, Whangārei Intermediate School