A big congratulations to this year’ winners of the 2024 Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards.
This year more than 7,200 poems were entered in one-of-a-kind the National Poetry Competition for school children.
Students from our region have had success this year in the following categories:
Assisted Learning Secondary Winner
Emu Class
Age: 13
G S Kidd Memorial School, Gunnedah, NSW
David Maher Award Winner (small school under 30 pupils)
Jock Harris
Age: 12
Rowena Public School, Rowena, NSW
Kurrumbede Award Primary (100km of Gunnedah)
James Perrett
Age: 10
Gunnedah South Public School, Gunnedah, NSW
Kurrumbede Award Secondary (100km of Gunnedah)
Maggie Shannon
Age: 15
Coonabarabran High School, Coonabarabran, NSW
About the Awards
The Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards seek to capture the imaginations of school students across Australia, inspiring them to express their thoughts and feelings through the medium of poetry in their pursuit of literary excellence. The standard of entries year after year is consistently high, yet the winning poems never cease to impress the judges. From reading the entries of both the primary and secondary students, one can get an idea of the current events and issues that have had a great impact on young Australians over the decades.
See the entire list of winners here.
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