{"id":25194,"date":"2026-04-02T10:50:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T23:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/?post_type=article&p=25194"},"modified":"2026-04-02T10:50:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T23:50:28","slug":"creative-writing-success-and-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/article\/creative-writing-success-and-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Writing Success and Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to Taylor Yaldwyn (Year 12) on her Shortlisting for the 2025 Red Room Poetry Competition<\/strong>. Her poem \u201cRenewal\u201d powerfully captures the inspiring and uplifting qualities of the natural world, drawing upon Romantic traditions to capture the notion of transcendence. Her personification of the natural world is particularly evocative, and I loved her description of the way that:<\/p>\n

\u201cAgainst proud moonlight, black branches hug the stars
\nTheir stretching limbs weld into the earth\u2019s rusted heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her poem can be read here.<\/a><\/p>\n

We are always keen to encourage our students to submit their work into external competitions. As we move towards the holidays, we wanted to share some of the links below. Many of these websites also have incredible resources for passionate poets and writers.<\/p>\n

External Writing Competitions<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The What Matters Writing Competition<\/strong> is open to students in Years 5 \u2013 12. This competition asks students to write personally on a topic which they are passionate about. Entries are due by Friday 15 May. More information can be found on their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Mosman Youth Awards in Literature<\/strong> invites writers in Years 7 \u2013 12 to submit poetry or creative fiction pieces. Entries for this competition close on 31 May 2026 and more information on these awards can be found here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Dorothea Mackellar Writing Competition<\/strong> is one of Australia\u2019s most prestigious poetry awards for young people. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cThe Traveller.\u201d The school has registered an account for this competition and your daughter will be able to check with her teacher about entering before the due date of Friday 30\u00a0June. More information can be found on their website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Insight Writing Competition<\/strong> is open to students in Years 7 \u2013 12. Students are invited to compose creative pieces (short story, poem, script) of up to 1,400 words. The theme for this year is \u201cIgnite\u201d This competition is open until 1 September. More information can be found here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Red Room\u2019s Poetry Forest Competition<\/strong> encourages students to compose poems which have a positive message on climate change. This competition is not yet open, however, there are a wealth of resources on the Red Room website and the competition regularly closes in September. More information can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Hachette Australia <\/strong>prizes are yet to open for 2026, however, include prizes for Creative Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction and Poetry. There are wonderful resources that can be found on their website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The English Department wishes everyone all the best for the Easter break \u2013 what a wonderful time to read a book and get back to writing for pleasure!<\/p>\n

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Jenny Bean<\/strong>
\nHead of English<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to Taylor Yaldwyn (Year 12) on her Shortlisting for the 2025 Red Room Poetry Competition. Her poem \u201cRenewal\u201d powerfully captures the inspiring and uplifting qualities of the natural world, drawing upon Romantic traditions to capture the notion of transcendence. Her personification of the natural world is particularly evocative, and I loved her description of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[110],"class_list":["post-25194","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_tag-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/25194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=25194"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=25194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}