The Dorothy Mackellar Poetry Awards

The Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards is a national competition. The optional theme for this year was “All the Beautiful Things.” The competition provides students with an opportunity to stretch their writing skills and have their work reviewed by independent judges. This year, 660 Australian schools took part in the competition. 

Thank you and congratulations to the St Philips' students who opted to take part.

All students will receive participation certificates through their Tutor Group. 

The magazine featuring this year’s winning entries can also be viewed in the school library. 

A word from the judges:

“I would encourage you all to keep writing poems. In this increasing AI world of generated content, we need to trust our voices and share them. We now live in a world where information and data can be churned out in an instant, so authentic voices who care about a range of ideas need to be valued even more. Keep reading. Keep writing.”

Meghan Pfeiffer

Teacher