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2006 YAWA Winners
Young Aussie Writers' Awards
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Congratulations to the winners for 2006!

The Comet, Explore and Challenge winning and highly commended entries for the 2006 YAWAs are listed below. Click on the links to read the winning entries. They will be published in the magazines and online throughout the coming year. So check here again soon!

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Comet
Winners
ANZACS by Benjamin Fisher (400k PDF)
Coburg West Primary School, Coburg VIC
My Special Place by Cooper Wyett (168k PDF)
Essex Heights Primary School, Mt Waverley VIC
Noises at Night by Emily Scrivener (316k PDF)
Yarrowitch Public School, Yarrowitch NSW
Percyless by Spencer Duyker (340k PDF)
Caulfield Grammar School, Malvern Campus, Glen Iris VIC
Something Wrong by Liefke Davey (203k PDF)
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School, Niddrie VIC
The Day I Saw a Fish Down The Plughole by Phoebe Edwards (490k PDF)
Caulfield Grammar School, Malvern Campus, Glen Iris VIC
The Dragon’s Return by Jamie Reisin (405k PDF)
Bellevue Hill Public School, Bellevue Hill NSW
The Hungry Dragons by Raphael Gandouin (288k PDF)
Telopea Public School, Telopea NSW
Highly Commended
Bombers Footy Cards by Michael Kuzminski
Our Lady of the Pines, Donvale VIC
Love by Ruby Michell
Mandama Primary School, Grovedale VIC
The Battle For The Crystal Of Power by Ryan Blasic
Strathmore Primary School, Strathmore VIC
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Explore
Winners
A Family From Pompei by Sian Zigomanis (176k PDF)
Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar, Ivanhoe VIC
Cyberspace by Ashley Adolphe (586k PDF)
Our Lady of Fatima, Kingsgrove NSW
Friends Forever by Su-Ren Mao (251k PDF)
Beecroft Public School, Beecroft NSW
Light At The End Of The Tunnel by Joanne Huynh (808k PDF)
Flemington Primary School, Flemington VIC
My Backyard by Bianca Frichitthavong (279k PDF)
Livingstone Primary School, Vermont South VIC
Not Again by Selena Liu (343k PDF)
Abbotsleigh Junior School, Wahroonga NSW
The Bushfire by Larissa Ratten (440k PDF)
Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School, Canterbury VIC
The Move by Tom Mitchelhill (782k PDF)
South Grafton Primary School, South Grafton NSW
Highly Commended
The Days by Agathe Martin
Roseville Public School, Roseville NSW
The Pasteurisation by Lily Rudd
Sacred Heart Primary School, Yea VIC
Viewing Visions by Jessica Paynter
Nyah District Primary School, Nyah West VIC
Zebras by Elise Witter
St Theresese’s School, Bentley Park QLD
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Challenge
Winners
A Drowning by Charlotte Trevella (350k PDF)
Rangi Ruru Girls’ School, Christchurch, New Zealand
Dingo Dreaming by Andi-Claire Pegler (330k PDF)
Yaraka State School, Yaraka QLD
Journo’s Justice by Rebecca Gray (164k PDF)
St Andrew’s Anglican College, Peregian Springs, QLD
My Place by Alicia Pragastis (196k PDF)
Abbotsleigh Junior School, Wahroonga NSW
The Ants by Lachlan Marnoch
Exeter Public School, Exeter NSW
The Little Red Dress by Chris Ebbs (432k PDF)
Buninyong Primary School, Buninyong VIC
The Mathematics of Zebery by Sarah-Jane Thompson (304k PDF)
Seymour Technical High School, Seymour VIC
The River of Life by Isabelle Gray
PLC Sydney, Croydon NSW
The Winning Goal by Breanna Koenen (326k PDF)
Magnetic Island State School, Nelly Bay QLD
Highly Commended
I wish I could fly by Jack Boffa
Williamstown North Primary School, Williamstown VIC
Only a moment by Rachel Edmonds
Aitken College, Greenvale VIC
Storms by Rachael Jansen
Livingstone Primary School, Vermont South VIC
The Bomber by Blake Chandler
Beecroft Public School, Beecroft NSW
Wild Eye Goes to the Circus by Matthew Winnel
James Fallon High School, Lavington NSW

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