Educational Outreach

LIONEL BOWEN YOUNG WRITERS’ AWARD 2024

Lionel Bowen Young Writers's Award 2024
Lionel Bowen Young Writers’ Award 2024
Winning entrants and guest speakers at the Lionel
Winning entrants and guest speakers at the Lionel Bowen Young Writers’ Awards ceremony, UNSW Sydney, 5 November 2024.


Since 2010, Juvenilia Press has collaborated with Randwick City Council and the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, UNSW Sydney in this exciting creative writing competition, which culminates in the publication of winning entries from primary and secondary students across Sydney.

Drawing inspiration from this year’s theme, “The Future is Wild”, these poems and stories tackle some of the major concerns of young people about the future––but also inspire action and progressive ways to overcome these challenges. We can see in these works the literary, material, and cultural influences at play in the lives of young writers as they continue to learn and to hone their skills, and to experiment with their own writing practice.

Our warm congratulations to all the participants and award winners!

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