Congratulations to everyone who won, placed or submitted an entry in 2024. You can read the winning entries below. Thank you to everyone who entered. We look forward to seeing you back again in 2025.
My Brother Jack Award 2024 winners
Junior Primary Short Story
(Years Foundation-3)
Teenager to Mermaid by Maya Kolieb (COMMENDED)
The Mysterious Light by Fabien Cachart (COMMENDED)
The Lost Cat by Rishaan Aravind (WINNER)
Kitty Criminal by Ruby Gous (COMMENDED)
Senior Primary Short Story
(Years 4-6)
A Kite of a Whale by Liza Subbotina (WINNER)
Brighton Sky by Oscar Layton (COMMENDED)
Moonlight in Melbourne by Thalia Atsis (COMMENDED)
I Wonder Who by Peggy Burns (COMMENDED)
Judges Report - Eliza Henry-Jones
Junior Secondary Short Story
(Years 7-9)
No Sun in Sight by Allegra Adams (COMMENDED)
All that Glitters is Not Gold by Stefania Trapetsa (COMMENDED)
Escaping the Sky by Emma Gracey (WINNER)
What If...? by Sara David (COMMENDED)
Open Short Story
Different by Adele Lin (COMMENDED)
Without an Anchor by Sharyn Kolieb (COMMENDED)
The War I Understand by Kasia Grzechowiak (COMMENDED)
Sphagnum by Ellen Coates (FIRST PLACE)
Hope, A Needle Pulling Thread by Alexander Homoc (THIRD PLACE)
Mid-Life/Route 44 by Pamela Ueckerman (SECOND PLACE)
Junior Primary Poetry
(Years Foundation-3
Garden by Meenakshi Ashok Varadhan (COMMENDED)
Fun at the Gunn by Franklin Campbell (COMMENDED)
The Toy by Emily Piao (WINNER)
Pitter Patter of the Rain by Daisy Mahemoff (COMMENDED)
Senior Primary Poetry
(Years 4-6)
The Lake of Ocean Tides by Loretta Wise (COMMENDED)
Unknown Waters by Jasmine Li (COMMENDED)
One of Many by Mona Bachmann (COMMENDED)
Piano Fingers by Shifra Sacks-Frosh (WINNER)
Junior Secondary Poetry
(Years 7-9)
When Sadness Comes by Keila Bekker (WINNER)
Diwali Festivities by Arjun Gupta (COMMENDED)
Chatterbox by Charmaine Chu (COMMENDED)
Honey by Luke Xu (COMMENDED)
Judges Report - Alicia Sometimes
Senior Secondary Poetry
(Years 10-12)
Mycelium by Shelley Wajsbrem (COMMENDED)
Thank you, for loving me by Kerry Lyons (COMMENDED)
The Uncertainty by Demah Farhan (COMMENDED)
Age's Touch by Alice Masson (WINNER)
Judges Report - Alicia Sometimes
Open Poetry
Untitled Grief by Kerryl Beissel (COMMENDED)
Rising with the Fog by Hamish Plaggemars (COMMENDED)
The Eucalyptus Tree I Saw While Waiting for the 9pm Bus Home by Victor Zhang (THIRD PLACE)
An Intern Vet Nurse Privy to Granulation by Shoshanna Rockman (SECOND PLACE)
Fig in the Night by Alexander Homoc (FIRST PLACE)
Judges Report - Alicia Sometimes
