Nicky Scriveners' 2N8 Team of artists - Open - Award for the most sponsorship wrote 'Izzi and Sniffy'
about Izzi who loved animals, an ancient inventor, and a possum that lived in
a grandfather clock. With the help of a rare orchid they save Sniffy's farm
from development, while Izzi discovers a new side to her father.
Applecross SHS Carpe Diem Team - Under 18 - First Prize
wrote 'Primal'. Neil congratulates himself on his Primal Enlightenment project,
which enables Olympic athletes to excel using infusions of gorilla brain fluid,
until his girlfriend, Jane, becomes enmeshed in the terrible experiments. He
then realizes the evil that is happening and, with the help of gorilla Alpha
12, he smashes the satellite that controls the process and his project. Jane
proves she can win gold without drugs.
Kingsway Christian College Team - Under 18 - Highly Commended
wrote 'The Price of Honour' about a Viking chieftain, a street cleaner, his
daughter and a doll-maker who get caught up in the chieftain's quest for honour
against the Saxons and the devastating effect this has on the population of
their fishing village.
The Belridge Bystanders - Under 18 - Commended
wrote 'Life Departed'. People from different worlds find common ground in
their shattering tragedies. Toby, a fifteen year old high school student, and
Suyatoslav, a fifty-six year old Russian scientist, just by meeting they change
each other's lives dramatically, making a life long friendship. Throw in a
carniverous plant (an experimental project gone wrong), a few special agents,
Malaysian pirates and the Russian Government, and everything that possibly can
go wrong, does.
Avondale School NSW Team - Under 18 - Commended
wrote 'The Gambia Case'. Whilst on vacation in Streak Bay, South Australia,
Detective WadePeterson finds nothing but another case on his hands. When he
discovers reportedly dead scientist, Ellie Lucan, alive and well on a small
island off the coast, an entire antagonistic Russian organisation is uncovered
...
(for ages 14-16 year olds)
The Shire of Mundaring Youth Advisory Committee Team - Under 18 -
has written 'The Fall' about a model, a surfer and a ghost, in a future world
of global warming and a crisis - in more ways than one - over water
(for 16-18yr old readers)
The Belridge Buddies - Under 18 -
wrote 'Bill' about Tristan who learns his life lessons when he realises that,
now he is turning fifteen, he needs to be free of the one thing that's holding
him down - Bill. Birthdays aren't about just getting older; they're about
becoming independent and becoming one's own person.
Lakeland SHS (chocolate deprived) Team - Under 18 -
wrote 'Anything's Possible' about Sandy, a circus fire-eater in an after-school
job, whose problems at home force her to take refuge in an old datsun at a
scrap yard, befriends a down-and-out Dingo. A spiky-haired boy called Mike
comes into her life and between them they sort out her problems. This book is a
great love story.
St Norberts College - Under 18 -
Wrote 'Powerswitch' . Welcome to the 200-population town of Seaside Bay, where
the loveable 24-yr-old pizza guy, Theodore Plasta, can't help that he is no
good at his job. Meet 19 year old Tabbithar Fax, the blondest punk witch who
travels around in a wheelbarrow.
Stephen Dedman and Dave Luckett's Sci-Fi Team - Professional - First Prize
wrote 'The Music Spheres'. The planet depends on the skywhales, and the
skywhales are in danger. Serena is stydying them, but her work is rudely
interrupted by a spacecraft crash. Its alien passenger is a Ligeian, one of the
greatest musicians in the Galaxy. A Ligeian's music is beautiful, but as Serena
finds, it can be deadly - deadly to the skywhales and deadly to her. But the
Ligeian isn't the only passenger on the spacecraft. The alien has a pet human.
Somehow Serena has to save the skywhales and free the slave. And she has to get
it done before lunchtime, or the planet dies!
(for ages 14-16)
The Celebrity Book-in-a-Day Team - Professional -
has written 'Radio Vamp' about a young closet dancer, a crazy guy and a vampire
in a radio station chat program who feeds on anger in the airwaves. She betrays
the young dancer who, with the help of the crazy station owner, gets his own
back with a bang.
(for 16-18yr old readers)
Margaret River Galleries Team - Open - First Prize
wrote 'About Face'. Sixteen year old cousins, Charlie (Charlotte) and Helena
have not seen each other for five years. The two girls are about to reunite
when town comes to the country. Their reunion challenges their friendships,
fears and uncertainties.
Chloe's Nanobot Team - Open - Highly Commended
wrote 'Storm Water'. Jackie is a rebellious twelve-year-old at odds with her
father and the world. When her father does not return from a fishing trip,
Jackie sets out with a local diver and her trusty pet, Captain (a praying
mantis). During Jackie's journey she discovers more than she expects.
(for ages 10-14)
The Yart Class Book-in-a-Day Team - Open - Highly Commended
has written 'Angels of Mazawi' about a young one-armed African political
refugee, a busking student and an angel in an abandoned house in Fremantle.
(for 16-18yr old readers)
Daina's Book-in-a-Day Team - Open -
has written 'Angels of Mazawi' about a young one-armed African political
refugee, a busking student and an angel in an abandoned house in Fremantle.
(for 16-18yr old readers)
Westfield Writers Team - Open -
wrote 'Dotcom'. What could possibly happen when a spotty teenage computer nerd
decides he likes girls? Or at least one girl in particular? Is he out of his
league? What can he do to make her like him? She likes the athletic type; he
only likes computers. The Internet chatlines are fine, but what will happen
when she decides she wants to meet him in person? A tangled web of deceit is
built ... and then ...
The Corrigin Writers Group - Open -
Wrote 'Revelations of a Stuck-up French Flower' in which a twin, a ballerina,
separated from her father since birth in Paris, comes to visit her father in a
wheatbelt town in Australia, meets a farmer's son, who is a musician, befriends
her. She discovers a new world, a meeting of young minds, and how to help an
ewe in lambing.
Faye and Sandy's Team - Open -
wrote 'Crooks, Courage and Custard' about two rats. A story about a school
excursion, a rat and corporate crime. This book begins in Muckinbudin and
travels to the city. The excursion to a mint-museum and the building next door
becomes chaotic when two students, Gita and Amy, decide to do a little
exploring on their own with Custard, the rat.
(for ages 10-13)
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