MGC Creative Writing Awards 2021

Congratulations and a big thank you to all entrants. The standard was very high and made judging by the panel very difficult. The Listowel Panel has not yet returned results, but the shortlist is below for that category. When the award vouchers are ready students will be contacted to collect them from the library. 

MGC Poetry Award 

Winner: Marnie Florence-McNeil/Claire Riverland, All Hail Prince Percival 

Runner-up: Kimmy Nguyen Thoi, When Misogynists Wear a School Blazer; Serenie Tsai, Life in Colour 

MGC Prose Non-fiction Award

Winner: Erin Simoni, Diary of a water droplet 

Runner-up: Rachel Chiu, Desecration

MGC Graphic Fiction and Other Writing Award

Winner: Maggie Chong, Chop Line Suey

MGC Year 11 and 12 Short Fiction Award – 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place

1st Place: Imogen Leigh, The Thing About Life

2nd Place: Mahli Chapman, The Indigo Jar 

3rd Place: Berry Durad, The Deaths at Dusk 

Runner-up: Smi Soni, Do I? 

MGC Year 9 and 10 Short Fiction Award – 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place

1st Place: Lucy Op’T Hoog, Red

2nd Place: Alina Ivanova, Moon Boy 

3rd Place: Gwyneth Op'T Hoog, The Boy and The Bear 

Runner-up: Olivia Matthews-Milici, Concerto in A minor

MGC Year 7 and 8 Short Fiction Award – 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place

1st Place: Nora Dandurand, Departmentalising 

2nd Place: Mila Gray, We aren’t detectives 

3rd Place: Zaynab Syed, Blooms Amidst Adversity

Runner-up: Rosemary Gerner, A Tale of Light and Luck; Stephanie Qi, Black Cat; Philippa Castaldo, Petals Of A God.

EAL Award

Winner: Amber Lam, Portrait 

Runner-up: Melina Deldar, Wish the Olds; Shelia Feng, The Mountain.

Listowel Short Story Award -TBA

Short List: 

Berry Durad, The Deaths at Dusk 

Gwyneth Op'T Hoog, The Boy and The Bear 

Lucy Op’T Hoog, Red 

Imogen Leigh, The Thing About Life 

Dorothea Lam, A Late Realization 

Mahli Chapman, The Indigo Jar

Solei Chapman, The General’s Toy, My Beloved’s Muse 

WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED AFTER PANEL MEETS AND ADJUDICATES