Fisher's Ghost Writing Prize

We're excited to announce this years winners and highly commended for the Fisher's Ghost Writing Prize.

Campbelltown City Library has partnered with WestWords to create this prize (now in its third year), which was open to anyone who lives, works or attends school, TAFE or university in the Campbelltown Local Government area from grade four and above.

Writers were invited to submit works addressing this year’s theme, One Step into Tomorrow.

2023 Winners

Grades 4 - 6

Name	Category	Prize	Title
Furqan Rahman	Poetry	Winner	Hellseer
Penny Brcic	Poetry	Highly Commended	A step into tomorrow
Niya DCunha	Short Story	Winner	Evil is as evil does
Chrisanne Marisol	Short Story	Highly Commended	The future

Grades 7 - 9

Name	Category	Prize	Title
Mia Mcleod	Poetry	Winner	One step into tomorrow
Mahlia Lemeki	Poetry	Highly Commended	Acknowledge the past to step into the future
Olivia Quin	Short Story	Winner	Yes, another step
Brenden Dias	Short Story	Highly Commended	One step into tomorrow

Grades 10-12

Name	Category	Prize	Title
Sienna Burt	Short Story	Winner	Reflections of life
Raphaelle Rahman	Short Story	Highly Commended	A wish for tomorrow
Maryam Muzammil	Poetry	Winner	8 Billion Books
Alyssa Neilsen	Poetry	Highly Commended	One step into tomorrow

Adult

Name	Category	Prize	Title
Roy Machen	Poetry	Winner	This is a terrible theme to interrogate during a housing crisis
Glenn McPherson	Poetry	Highly Commended	Sunday Driver
Joannie Lee	Short Story	Winner	For grandad
Alexandra Morales	Short Story	Highly Commended	Susso town

Prizes

Adult: Winner $300, Highly Commended $100.

School Students: In each category (Years 10-12, Years 7-9, Years 4-6) Winner $100, Highly Commended $50.

Judging the winning entries

• All work must be original and within 500 words, or 25 lines for poetry (excluding the title)
• Submissions in each age category will be judged on originality, creativity, language construction and engagement with the theme
• A series of writing workshops will be hosted to support the writers in the development of their pieces. Information about these will soon be available on the website
• The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into in relation to decisions reached
• Winners have been announced at a special ceremony.

How to enter

Entries closed for 2023

When

Location

Online competition in partnership with WestWords

HJ Daley Library