Competition Details and Results

2026 Open Competition Details and Entry Form

Closing date 30 September 2026

Open Competition Details and Entry Form

Send entry forms to nzsanorthlandevents@gmail.com

2026 High School Competition Details and Entry Form

New closing date 6 September 2026 – This competition is now closed

High School Competition Details
High School Entry Form

Send entry forms to nzsanorthlandevents@gmail.com

2026 Year 7 & 8 Competition Details and Entry Form

New closing date 6 September 2026 – This competition is now closed

Year 7 & 8 Competition Details
Year 7 & 8 Entry Form

Send entry forms to nzsanorthlandevents@gmail.com

Past Winning Stories

2025 Winning Stories

Congratulations to our winners in the NZSA Northland 2025 Short Story Competitions.

1st Place (Open, 2025): Michael Botur, One Week to Live
2nd Place (Open, 2025): Anna Granger, The Celebration
3rd Place (Open, 2025): Emma Harris, The One That Got Away
1st Place (High Schools, 2025): She Painted Over It, Milly Leong, Home School
2nd Place (High Schools, 2025): I Had Watched, Brooke Chambers, Otamatea Christian School
1st Place (Years 7 & 8, 2025): She Got Away, Rachel Tan, Huanui College
2nd Place (Years 7 & 8, 2025): Not A Disaster After All, Holly McIntyre, Springbank School
3rd Place (Years 7 & 8, 2025): White Feathers at Parihaka, Israel Wright, Harvest Christian School

2024 Winning Stories

Congratulations to our winners in the NZSA Northland 2024 Short Story Competitions.

1st Place (Open, 2024): Gail Varga, Pista’s Hands
2nd Place (Open, 2024): Chris Griffiths, Fridolin
3rd Place (Open, 2024): Tracie Lark, The Vending Machine
1st Place (High Schools, 2004): Eliana Richling, The Makeshift Graveyard
2nd Place (High Schools, 2004): Samantha Nickolson, The Fading Shadows of Yesterday
3rd Place (High Schools, 2004): Hannah Farrant, The Boy in the Garret
1st Place (Y7&8, 2024): Fay Stirling, Springbank School, Jumping to Conclusions
2nd Place (Y7&8, 2024): Sidhesh, Springbank School, The Futsal Tournament
3rd Place (Y7&8, 2024): Charlotte Gooch, Matakohe School, Looming

2023 Winning Stories

Congratulations to our winners in the NZSA Northland 2023 Short Story Competitions.

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
1st Place (High Schools, 2023): Amber Lorigan, Unimaginable
2nd Place (High Schools, 2023): Emma Philips, Ruawai College, A Serendipitous Meeting Between Two Former Classmates in a Coffee Shop
3rd Place (High Schools, 2023): Zac Browne, Home School, Death’s Siren
1st Place (Y7&8, 2023): Ava Rintoul McCready, Aropohue School, A View out the Classroom Window
2nd Place (Y7&8, 2023): Ava Rintoul McCready, Aropohue School, A Typical Morning in the Pen
3rd= Place (Y7&8, 2023): Pearl Foote, Home School, Paprika
3rd= Place (Y7&8, 2023): Charlotte Robinson-Gooch, Matakohe School, The Hues of Twilight

2022 Winning Stories

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
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
1st Place (Y7&8, 2022): Keira Piper, Aropohue School, My Marae
2nd Place (Y7&8, 2022): Vanessa Richards, Raurimu Avenue School, Hide and Seek
3rd Place Equal (Y7&8, 2022): Jade Marris, Parua Bay School, The Little Kiwi, Cosmo
3rd Place Equal (Y7&8, 2022): Zaniah Reynolds, Parua Bay School, Regret

2021 Winning Stories

1st Place: Trish Palmer, With All My Heart, Wakefield.
2nd Place: Anna Mahoney, String of Pearls, Upper Hutt.
3rd Place: Kayleen Hazlehurst, Among the Cotton Tails, Warkworth.
Top Northland Story: Viv Hamlin, Through a Glass Darkly, Whangarei.