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Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 awards.
You can find out about the award winners from previous years by reading our Boroondara Literary Awards Anthology, which is available in the Library catalogue.
Open Short Story category
| Place | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| First | Anne Freeman | The Light is Golden |
| Second | Amanda Hildebrandt | Despatches from the River Lethe |
| Third | Dennis Callegari | Don’t Go In |
| Highly Commended | Marian Matta | Sensory Deprivation |
| Highly Commended | Yolanda Wu | One of These Days, You Will Swallow the Sun |
| Highly Commended | Jack Parry | The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Cry |
| Keith Carroll Award | Dennis Callegari | Don't Go In |
Young Writers Prose
Junior prose
| Place | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| First | Yifei Wang | The Small Flower of Auschwitz |
| Second | Ryan Sharma | The Game of Life |
| Third | Massimo Wu | Memory Lost |
| Highly Commended | Amy Ren | The Heart of Mother Land |
| Highly Commended | Gemma Lloyd | Hope |
| Highly Commended | Emi Lee | I Am Stolen |
Middle prose
| Place | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| First | Connor Duns | The Naturalist’s Cat |
| Second | Asha Bhattacharjee | Birthday Parties |
| Third | Olivia Wilding | Sirens |
| Highly Commended | Sarah Hart | The Gallery |
| Highly Commended | Lucia Chan | Thoughts I Had in Hong Kong |
| Highly Commended | Katherine Lam | Roadtrip |
Senior prose
| Place | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| First | Josephine Nguyen | Collapsible Love (A Backwards Tragedy) |
| Second | Rosa Toon | Tale of a Gravedigger |
| Third | Nick Francis | Life |
| Highly Commended | Christopher Lim | Lilies |
| Highly Commended | Polina Li | Origami |
| Highly Commended | Gabrielle Gibbin | When Flowers Wither |
Young Writers Poetry
Junior poetry
| Place | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| First | Zariah Aurora | In the Prime of Our Youth |
| Second | Emily Lam | Readers |
| Third | Ariane Neoh | The Fire of Lost and Found |
| Highly Commended | James Pilati | To Be |
Middle poetry
| Place | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| First | Asha Bhattacharjee | Pie In The Sky |
| Second | Hannah Thompson | Under the Surface |
| Third | Michelle Lung | Loneliness is like a Candle |
| Highly Commended | Hongyi Alex Zhang | Corruption |
| Highly Commended | Erika Smits | Trends |
Senior poetry
| Place | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| First | Polina Li | The Woman On the Balcony |
| Second | Anya Weiss | Trust in Ana |
| Third | Nicola Munday | The Ziplock Bag |
| Highly Commended | Angie Campkin-Smith | My Familiar |