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Leaf Books
Young Writers' Anthology
ISBN 1-905599-52-3
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He’s dreaming he’s the Great Barrier Reef.
Gigantic and still.
He wakes in the night and he’s laughing
and nobody is there
except hundreds of himself.
Extract from ‘The Great Barrier Reef’
by Hugo Grundy, aged 7.
We were never this creative when we were young; we didn’t fill pages
with clever words about dinosaurs and Sicily and the Great Barrier
Reef. But these young writers did, so that’s okay. Leaf Books Young
Writers’ Anthology contains all the winning entries from the Leaf
Books Young Writers’ competition of 2009. Read it and be jealous.
Under 11
Winner
'The Great Barrier Reef' (poem) by Hugo Grundy
Runner-up
'Sicilian Adventure' (poem) by Dualtagh Grundy
Commended
'Avril' and 'Doors' (poems) by Hector Stellyes
'Colours are for' (poem) by Gemma Baker
'The Queen's Lyre' (story) by Rebecca Daniels
'Mysteries and Mirrors' (poem) by Ellamae Hindley
'The Sand Witch' (story) and 'Welshness' (poem) by Mollie Thomas
'Katia's Story' (story) by Bethany Barnes
'Snow' (poem) – Shayahi Kathirgamanathan
'After Dark' and 'Mind Your Manners' (poems) by Evan James Ward
'I've Never Seen' by John Roberts
'What does my Daddy do at Work?' (poem) by Dominic Wills
‘Rebellious Megan’ (story) by Sumeyya Tontus
'The Ghost Galleon' (story) by Imogen Shortall
'The Amazing Pebble' (story) by Archie Clark
'My Wales' (poem) by Ruby Johnston
'Pet Dinos in my Garden' (poem) by Jonathan Potter
'Mr Leroy' (story) by Carley Ann Hayes
Under 14
Winner
'Taste of a Tic-Tac' (poem) by Henry Gould
Runner-up
'How can I look forward when I don't know where to go?' (poem) by Shakira Dyer
Commended
'New Life' (story) by Henry Gould
'Garden Exploration' (story) by Shakira Dyer
'Leprechaun Holiday' (story) by Cerren Richards
'Sights of Newport' (poem) by Saskia Barnett
'Darkness' (story) by Selena Drake
'Weekends' (poem) by Oscar Lowe
'The River' (poem) by the Creative Writing Club, Penryn College
'Surfing' (poem) by Samuel Moore
'The Trenches' (poem) by Ellie Hendricks
'Geraint and the Lady of the Lake' (story) by Konrad Edwards
'They Don't See What I See' (story) by Cleo Mathias
18 and under
Winner
'Journey in the Countryside' (poem) by Phoebe Power
Runner-up
'Writer's Block' (story) by Mairi Templeton
Commended
'Regifting' (story) by Mairi Templeton
'History, Period Two' (poem) by Luke Webber
'Deliveries' (story) by Amy Pay
'Reality' and 'All I Need is Inspiration' (poems) by Louise Hunter
'An Education' (story) by Charles Risius