2010 STORYWRITING & STORYTELLING COMPETITIONS FOR SCHOOL STUDENTS
This year we launched the inaugural NSW Storywriting and Storytelling Competitions for students hosted by The Australian Storytelling Guild (NSW) Inc.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the competitions.
STORYTELLING - Students were to submit a DVD showing a storytelling performance of a published or original story that took between 2 and 6 minutes to tell.
Storytelling Competition for students in Yrs 5 & 6
1 $300 - William Boyd - 'The Hairy Toe' - Calare Public School, Orange
2 $200 - Elise Sinclair - 'The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs' - Calare Public School, Orange
3 $100 - Mireille Tamer - 'Tough Lester' - St Nicholas of Myra Primary School, Penrith
The winners of the Storytelling Competition were invited to share the stage with professional storytellers to perform their winning pieces at the Sunday Afternoon Family Concert which concluded the NSW State Storytelling Conference 'Weaving Stories Together' on July 25th.
STORYWRITING - Students were to submit an original, unpublished story. Stories could be about any subject and should be a maximum of 600 words.
Storywriting Competition for students in Yrs 7 & 8
1 $300 - Molly Ulm - 'Behind the Cereal Box' - Canterbury Girls' High School
2 $200 - Michael Tijono - 'Freedom' - Kogarah High School
3 $100 - Anthony Trikillas - 'The Dreamcatcher of Marlin Bay' - Gymea Technology H.S
Prize money provided by Australian Storytelling Guild (NSW) Inc
Click here to read the winning stories
Storywriting Competition for students in Yrs 5 & 6
1 $300 - Anthony King - 'The Dummy' - St Declan's Primary School, Penshurst
2 $200 - Daniel Mulconry - 'My Best Friend' - Wallsend Public School
3 $100 - Caitlin Baird - 'Overland Odyssey-A Tale of Courage' - Hinton Public School
Prize money donated by Sisters of Mercy, Parramatta.
Click here to read the winning stories
The judging panel was delighted with the variety and creativity of students’ stories. The following student’s entries received a special mention.
Highly Commended
Izaac Daly - 'The Storm' - Anna Bay Public School
Clare Shaw - 'The Beautiful Music Box' - Cathedral School Bathurst
Best opening line
Clive Nicolson - 'Mr Jenkin's House' - International Grammar School, Ultimo
Special Encouragement Award
Sarah Hogg - 'Sun in Drizzletania' - Woy Woy Sth. Public School
We congratulate the students and acknowledge the encouragement given by the classroom teachers and look forward to seeing students in your school entering this competition again in 2011.
Christine Carlton
President
Australian Storytelling Guild (NSW) Inc
www.storytellersnsw.org.au
ccarlton@cia.com.au
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THE STORY RECIPE BOOK
THE STORY RECIPE BOOK, is a project that the guild members are working on over a couple of years
In 2007 we did the STORY QUILT and that was a huge success with 40 members making a patch depicting a story. This has been made into a CALENDAR [2009 available now] and a BOOK will follow.
The STORY RECIPE BOOK will contain a story about food, eg, food disasters, funny food incidents, best meal, worst meal, last meal] with a recipe and an illustration. It is hoped that this will be made into a beautiful book and also a calendar, similar to the QUILT calendar. MEMBERS are invited, indeed, encouraged to send in a story and a recipe. If you are not a member and would like to be included in the book, membership is only $45 for one year. So members, we only have a few stories in as yet so there is still time. The story must be condensed into a total of 500 words and include a recipe that fits the story. contact Kiran Shah at kiranstoryteller@gmail.com | 
