Putting pen to paper pays off for students

Sep 23, 2005

A group of young writers aspiring to be the next Paul Jennings, J.K Rowling or Isobelle Carmody were recently crowned winners of the 'Writing Rules' competition run by UOW Creative Arts students Jacqueline Sayer and Jessica Green.

The competition was run in conjunction with Book Week 2005 and entrants were divided into three age categories of Young Adult, Youth and Under 6.

“The project grew from the 'Writer and the Media' course in the Faculty of Journalism and Writing at UOW,” said Jacqueline.

“While other fellow students wished to promote Creative Arts on an adult level, we wanted to give young children a chance to pursue their writing dreams.”

“The support from the community was amazing,” Jessica said. “We even had teachers getting their entire class to enter. We were so impressed with all the entries we received we thought we should add 'highly commended' and 'encouragement' awards.

The awards presentation was held at the Wollongong City Gallery.