Competitions

Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards

Entries to the Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards are now open for 2023.

Students in all years from kindergarten to Year 12 can enter.

This year the optional theme is “The Winding Road.”

Entries are open until 30 June.

Find out more and enter here: https://dorothea.com.au/how-to-enter/

History Makers School Video Challenge

Share the defining moment that matters to you to be in the running to win $2,000 for your school.

Choose a defining moment

Research a moment that matters to your class, school, community or the nation. You might be inspired by these websites:

• Defining Moments in Australian History
• Australian’s Defining Moments Digital Classroom
• Momentous

Or tell us about a moment that is unique to your local area.

Create a video 

Collaborate with your classmates to produce a video about your defining moment. Stage a play, perform a dance, film an artwork, make a documentary, produce an animation or surprise us with your creativity. Your video must be at least 30 seconds long and no longer than 4 minutes.

Share your video with us and the world!

Submit your video to History Makers. We will share it on our Digital Classroom website and your school will be in the running to win $2,000. Teachers must submit all entries on behalf of their students or school.

Open to Australian school students (K–12). Entries close 15 September 2023.

Find out more and enter here: https://digital-classroom.nma.gov.au/history-makers

MSC Letter Writing Project – Competition

To celebrate World Ocean Day in 2023, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is hosting a challenge for schools to write a letter to fisher! After exploring one of the fishery case studies in the lesson plan, students write their letter to a sustainable fisher.

In their letters, students may like to:

• Share why their love the ocean
• Share their own experiences with fish and fishing
• Give thanks to fishers for the hard work that they do, providing nutritious food for us to eat
• Explain why they think that sustainable fishing is important

Students are highly encouraged to include drawings, paintings, or other creative expressions!

When the letters are delivered, the MSC will create a short film together with the fishers, so that students can see the fisher’s responses.

All participating students will be entered into a random prize draw to win a $50 ALDI gift card. One entry will be given per student letter.

The school that sends the most student letters overall will also be eligible to win a virtual classroom with a fisher, during which students can ask all of their questions about marine life, fishing, and life on board a fishing vessel.

Competition closing date is 31 July, 2023.

Find out more here.