Young Tasmanian Writers' Prize 2023

Lone Warrior, Senior Runner up

23 Oct 2023

I had never been to a funeral before Annie. Well, I still haven’t I suppose. Unless you count staring at a coffin on Zoom as going to a funeral. It’s weird; everyone knew the virus was happening but no one thought their lives would actually be...

Young Tasmanian Writers' Prize 2023

Closer Creeps the Dark, Senior Winner

by Michael Reid

30 Oct 2023

An arthritic finger flicks a switch, and a lone lightbulb flickers on, humming a pale orange glow in the living room of Sasha Sahnov’s farmhouse. Sasha has refused to leave. He has lived here his whole life; he was born here, his father born here...

Young Tasmanian Writers' Prize 2023

Purpose, Senior Runner up

by Ella Edwards

30 Oct 2023

Runner up - Senior section The Friends School Everyone wishes they had a purpose. Some people have already found theirs, thriving in the feeling that their life now has a mission that it otherwise did not possess before. Others have not, living in...

Young Tasmanian Writers' Prize 2023

All the Universes of You, Senior Commended

by Ruby Ball

30 Oct 2023

The room is dim. My body quivers as goosebumps rise on my skin. Tall pillars carved from stormy granite surround me, lining a room that goes on forever. The room seems to fade into the distance, as if a cloud of mist was creeping closer to me each...

Young Tasmanian Writers' Prize 2023

Cats, Rats, and a Moral Dilemma, Senior Commended

by Chloe Skinner

30 Oct 2023

Young Tasmanian Writers' Prize 2023

The Threshold, Senior Commended

by Zali Ray

30 Oct 2023