Creative Writing

Mosman Youth Awards in Literature

Samara Foulds (Year 12) shortlisted

Congratulations to Samara Foulds (Year 12) who was recently shortlisted in the Mosman Youth Awards in Literature. Her compelling Short Fiction piece “Home and Hearth” powerfully explored grief and loss through the metonymy of a home. Samara has been an enthusiastic creative writer throughout her high school career at SCEGGS and we wish her all the best as she moves beyond the green gate next year!

Betty Behan and Gwen Cockell English Prizes

Invitation to enter Speech Night prizes

Each year SCEGGS invites students in Years 7 – 10 to submit their creative fiction and poetry writing into the Betty Behan Memorial Prize for Short Story and Gwen Cockell Prize for Creative Writing (awarded for Poetry). Named in honour of an old girl and former English teacher, these prizes are awarded at Speech Night and are a wonderful way of celebrating the writing of our students. Winning entries and extracts of commended pieces of work are also published each year in the Lux magazine.

Students are invited to submit work that they have completed in class, or which they have worked on independently over the year. Each year we are thrilled to have so many entries from the talented writers at SCEGGS. The closing date for entries is Term 4 Week 2 (Friday 20 October). Students can follow this link to read the instructions, upload their work and read winning entries from previous years.

Jenny Bean 
Head of English