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Fellows and Editors

2024

The following entrants were shortlisted:

  • Skye Cusack
  • Matthew Gall
  • Maree Yoelu
  • Mariah Sweetman

2023

The following entrants were highly commended:

  • Faith and Izzy Gray
  • Wendy Edmondson
  • Haylee Escalante
  • Jazlie Davis

2022

The following entrants were highly commended:

  • Edoardo Crismani
  • Bebe Backhouse
  • Samantha Faulkner
  • Jacob Gallagher

2021

The following entrants were highly commended:

  • Georgina Williams
  • Melissa Stannard
  • Kylie Henry
  • Jessika Spencer

2020

The following entrants were highly commended:

2019

The following entrants were highly commended:

2018

The following entrants were highly commended:

2016

The following entrants were highly commended:

  • Ashleigh Johnstone 
  • Boyd Quakawoot 
  • Jeanine Leane 
  • Waverley Stanley Jnr

2014

Editors

2025

Ruby Ingra 

Kyrah Honner

 

2023-2024

Darby Jones 

Georgia Anderson

 

2021-2022

Bianca Valentino

Nadia Johansen

 

2019-2021

Allanah Hunt 

Jasmin McGaughey

 

2018

Cailtin Murphy 

Grace Lucas-Pennington

 

2015-2016

Yasmin Smith

Grace Lucas-Pennington

 

2011-2013

Ellen van Neerven

Linda McBride-Yuke

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