2021 ANZA Young Writers’ Competition Winners! The inaugural ANZA Young Writers’ Competition was a huge success – attracting entries from across Singapore from local and international school students aged 6-18. “On behalf of the ANZA Writing Group, we would like to thank everyone for participating in the 2021 ANZA Young Writers’ Competition,” says organiser KRISTEN HOBBY. “We received a large number of entries and the standard of writing, creativity and flair shown by the young writers was very high. This made for difficult judging!”
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he judges were impressed by the range of writing styles and subjects submitted. “Themes in the stories ranged from the pandemic to school pressures, the environment, Singapore history, and more,” says Kristen. “We were thrilled to see young authors tackling all kinds of genres - from fantasy to graphic novel, poetry, realistic contemporary, horror, fable, and humour. We would like to encourage all our young scribes to keep writing and we hope to see your entry in next year’s competition!”
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