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2024 Mayors’ Short Story Challenge Winners Announced!
The talents of young writers from across the region were celebrated during the 2024 Mayors’ Short Story Challenge.
An initiative of the District Council of Yankalilla, City of Victor Harbor and Alexandrina Council, the Challenge is about encouraging school aged children from reception to year 10 to let their imaginations run wild and share stories through creative writing.
There were 226 entries from the District Council of Yankalilla, 430 from the City of Victor Harbor and 446 entries from Alexandrina Council.
The winners of the 2024 Mayors’ Short Story Challenge were announced at a celebration held at the Yankalilla Library on September 11th. More than 100 people from right across the Fleurieu Peninsula attended to recognise the talented work of all the entrants.
Individual category winners received a $50 book voucher, with the overall winner from each council area received an additional $50 book voucher. The school from which each overall winner originates also received $1000 from their Council and in the case of the Home School student winning, the student will be invited to select up to $1000 worth of books or library resources for their local Council Library.
In presenting the awards, the Mayors from each council praised the children who took up the challenge and demonstrated their creative writing skills.
They also thanked the three public libraries for their coordination of the challenge and principals, teacher-librarians, teachers and student service officers who played a key role in encouraging their students to enter and showcase their talents.
The prizes were provided by the respective councils and Friends of the Library groups.
2024 Mayors’ Short Story Challenge Winners
Category | Alexandrina Council | City of Victor Harbor | District Council of Yankalilla |
Reception to Year 2 | Amaya Baker Year 2 Mount Compass Area School | Annelise Ashby Year 2 Encounter Lutheran Collage | Lucy Almering Year Reception Rapid Bay Primary School |
Year 3 to Year 4 | Tallan Pingel Year 4 Tyndale Christian School Strathalbyn | Serville Taylor Year 4 Victor Harbor Primary School | Queenie Hunt Year 4 Yankalilla Area School |
Year 5 to Year 7 | Buffy Hamer Dal Pont Year 5 Home School | Samuel Watters Year 7 Victor Harbor High School | Addi McArdle Year 5 Rapid Bay Primary School |
Year 8 to Year 10 | Jonathon Green Year 9 Home School | Alannah Falanga Year 9 Encounter Lutheran College | |
Special Options | Shiloh McKenzie Year 3 Tyndale Christian School Strathalbyn | Taj Hird Year 11 Victor Harbor High School - SESS |
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Overall Winner | Buffy Hamer Dal Pont Year 5 Home School | Alannah Falanga Year 9 Encounter Lutheran College | Addi McArdle Year 5 Rapid Bay Primary School |