MGC Creative Writing Awards 2020
Congratulations to all the students who took part in the MGC Writing Competition 2020. The quality of the entries was especially impressive considering the extended lockdown and disruption this year.
Categories are as follows:
MGC Poetry Award
Winner:
Luiza Alberti – Pinocchio
Highly Commended:
Alice McGinty – Hope
Taya Holland – As I Leave
Scarlet Brydon – The Swallow Lullaby
Ana Lau – Of Cities and Eyes
Jackie Huynh – Thank Me Later
Alysa Broszczyk - Lessons from an Open Window
MGC Prose Non-fiction Award
Winner:
Tyana Tsai – Us Crazy Kids
Highly Commended:
Taya Holland – The Justice System Needs Reform
Kimmy Nguyen Thoi – The Simplicity of Childhood
Chloe McCormick - The Psychological Cost of COVID 19
Sascha Moulden – The Devil
MGC Graphic Fiction and Other Writing Award
Winner:
Luiza Alberti – About Time
Highly Commended:
Imogen Leigh – Plotholes
Alice Luxton – Life 101 (Chapter 1)
Melina Deldar – Fantasy World
MGC Year 11 and 12 Short Fiction Award – 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place
Winner:
Mahli Chapman – Untitled
Second Place:
Ophelia Murray – Kissaten Puppeteers
Third Place:
Solei Chapman - Alive with Pleasure
Highly Commended:
Grace Palumbieri – Emery Station
Charlotte Carney – Move to the Nursing Home
Asia Middleton – The Boatman
Grace Foa – Three Stars
MGC Year 9 and 10 Short Fiction Award – 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place
Winner:
Lucinda Op’t Hoog – The Man, the Moon and Me
Second Place:
Alina Ivanova – The Patient
Third Place:
Scarlett Brydon – Pandora’s Doom and Their Immortal Lover
Highly Commended:
Ilise Laidlaw Grealy – Pictures of the Past
Julia Wang – The Butterfly
Amy Deller – A Talk with Death
Jess Bell – An Interview With a Killer
MGC Year 7 and 8 Short Fiction Award – 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place
Winner:
Harriet Turner Brown – First Time
Second Place:
Nora Dandurand – Big Bar Stools and Blown-up Hams
Third Place:
Sascha Moulden - The Last Flight
Highly Commended:
Ada Breach - Surrounded
Chloe McCormick – The Battle Within
Talee Kim – An Adventurous Day
Meera Datt – Test Tube Blues
Hannah Jenney – The Other Side of Normal
Alexandra Pilepich – Rival
Listowel Short Story Award
Winner:
Grace Palumbieri – Emery Station
Short list:
Charlie Young – Trial of Conflict
Rachel Chiu – Riley
Imogen Leigh – Defenestration
Carla Jones – The Hecatomb
Asia Middleton – The Boatman
Amy Deller – A Talk with Death
Ophelia Murray – Kissaten Puppeteers
Grace Foa – Three Stars
Alissa Telkes – A House on Fire
Alessia Ieraci – What is Lost Can Be Found
EAL Award
Winner:
Virani Aboetan – Everything Goes
Highly Commended:
Melina Deldar – Wish the Olds
Yitian Zhu – When a Phone Turns into an Asteroid
Yifei Wang – Coming of Age