WABIAD
‘Write a Book in a Day’ Winning Writers!
This year’s ‘Write a Book in a Day’ competition saw 1,939 teams comprised of 14,073 passionate writers compete from across the country. Huntingtower returned to the competition for the first time since 2018, with eleven teams and almost a hundred students participating back in term three. Our writers embraced the competition with enthusiasm for a furious, stressful, fun and rewarding challenge: to plan, write and illustrate a story book of 5,000 words within twelve hours. All teams did an outstanding job, and all their books were shared with children who are undergoing cancer treatment in hospitals around the country, to provide them with a bit of joy and a positive message to help support them.
In very exciting news, we can announce that our students have done outstandingly well and have taken out some huge prizes in this year’s competition:
Commended Award, Middle Years Category (Third Place in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania): The Whimsical Wordsmiths for their book ‘Roots’
Well done Surbhi C, Arundathi V, Asmi U, Victoria M, Gabriela G, Tiasha S!
Highly Commended Award, Upper Years Category (Second Place in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania): A Tale of Nine Writers for their book ‘An Unwanted Reflection’
Well done Zach H, Emily Y, Ethan Z, Michael L, Jack L, Liana C, Morris C, Shiven DA, Subeer M and Aditya K!
Winner of Best Book and Best Illustrations, Upper Years Category (Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania): The Green Owl Worshippers for their book ‘The Ruby Hotel’
Well done Jessie Y, Priti J, Jade H, Sophie L, Keira L, Sanya O, Charlotte C, Mimi R, Prisha R, and Yuchen H!
The announcement of winners video from ‘Write a Book in a Day’ can be viewed here:
Well done to all our writers, and a huge congratulations go out to our winning teams, who from the hundreds of teams and schools who participated across Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, managed to take out half the prizes! Their books truly are outstanding, so if you have the chance we recommend having a read for yourself: they are some exceptionally talented writers and illustrators!
Click here to view the books: HT Bulletin (November 10) - WABIAD Books
Mrs Alison Raiden and Mr Matthew McDonald