New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards Writing Competition Winners
Judges have now selected the 50 successful written works by aspiring young New Zealand authors to be included in a professionally illustrated book. They were selected from more than 7,000 entries by our team of judges Kate De Goldi, Kyle Mewburn, David Hill and Paula Green.
Authors of the works selected for publication will each receive a $50 Booksellers book token and their own copy of the published book.
The winners are:
| School | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Aquinas College | Megan Youngman | Alphabet Stew |
| Awapuni School Gisborne | Caitlin Bregman | Athletics |
| Baradene College | Emele Palu | School Camp |
| Bethlehem College | Jasmin Chin | The Painted Cat |
| Broad Bay School | Jago Shea Armstrong | The Boy with Four very Unusual Fingers |
| Churton Park School | Katie Chu-Fong | My Yellow World |
| Clevedon School | Kate Warburton | The 8 pm question |
| Clyde Primary School | Kit Pascoe | My diary - the western front |
| Cobham Intermediate | Philipp Hoeper | I Am / They Are |
| Fernside School | Tom Davidson | Flying High |
| Glendowie Primary School | Chelsea Gibson | If You Give a Chick |
| Golden Bay High School | Paris Lee | The Snake |
| Golden Bay High School | Sam Kearon | The lunar eclipse |
| Hebron Christian College | Nina-Tai Roberts | Families |
| Hillcrest Normal School | Ana Mcleay | Cheers |
| Hillcrest Normal School | Shivali Harman | Found on the beach |
| Hillcrest Normal School | Thomas Wallace | Old Boys Gold |
| Hokowhitu | Matthew Ramirez | Metaphor poems |
| Ilam Primary School | Billie MacGibbon | Story magic |
| Karori Normal School | Islay Aitchison | The magic box |
| Kirkwood Primary College | Juliet McLachlan | Chinese whispers |
| Lumsden Primary School | Xander Marsh | A soldier |
| Mangorei School New Plymouth | Callum Milner | Don't You Know |
| Maungakaramea School | Grace Ashcroft | The Artist |
| Mission Height Primary School | Jack Im | Rats |
| Mission Height Primary School | Jenny Im | Washing the car |
| Murrays Bay school | Centaine Noom- Duckworth | Sadness |
| Onewhero Area School | Rhys Strang | A very bad movie that no one wants to see |
| Parnell District School | Millie Anderson | Brown Cat |
| Piopio College | Louisa Macdonald | Communication 101 |
| Queen Margaret College | Jessica Yule | Halloween |
| Ross intermediate | Georgia Whitta | Akitio |
| Royal Oak Primary School | Sarah Morrison | Ballet class |
| Sancta Maria Catholic Primary | Kiara West | Leprechaun Ice Cream |
| St Heliers | Lila Baroumandi | The fantails, ducks, pukekos, kingfishers, moreporks and the godwits |
| St Josephs Kaikoura | Claudia Smith | What is a rainbow |
| St kentigern College | Hannah Davey | Beach Walk |
| St Marys School Chch | Robert Falcasantos | In a pickle |
| St Thomas Aquinas school | Bella Dykes | My cat |
| Strathallan Primary School Auckland | Connor McLennan | My Special Dad |
| Te Akau ki Papamoa | Perry Preston | All in a day's work |
| Thornbury Primary School | Fiona Anderson | Visits to Gran |
| Three Kings School | Thea Dickson | Night |
| Tua-marina School | Kelvyn Wiremu Mackie | My Nana’s Funeral |
| Waimea Intermediate | Lily Pearson | Winter |
| Waimea Intermediate | Louise Davis | Jabin, My Brother |
| Waimea Intermediate | Louise Davis | The magic spray can |
| Waingaro school | Ben Broughton | The Hoop |
| Waitetuna school | Abby Cranfield | Big Boots |
| Wakanui school | Kaitlin Watson | My family |
The Most Creative School (the most eligible entries relative to the size of the school) is Hebron Christian College in Mt Albert Auckland.
The initial 7000 entries were shortlisted to 150 by a hardworking team of people before the final 50 were selected.
The 50 selected stories and poems are now being prepared for publication in a specially illustrated and bound book that will be available exclusively through New Zealand Post’s network of PostShop stores throughout New Zealand from mid September.
A huge thank you to all children and schools that entered our competition.
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