Speaking

Congratulations Maggie Hopster of The Friends’ School at North Hobart

Art

Congratulations Tullia Chung-Tilley of Bayview Secondary College!

Writing

Congratulations Sahansa Udawatta of The Friends School!

‘Highly commended’ honorable mention

Congratulations Arielle Bartulovic of Fahan School!

a lake that gazes at the sky while it drowns and wishes it could set
 a lake that drowns in its own sorrow is no lake
 at all
 let it be known that a lake that drowns is
 no different than a fire that burns
 and yet
 there is praise for the sun that
 one day will set
 a lake that drowns amounts to that of
 a shadow in the dark
 it does not exist
 lakes cannot weep
 who do they weep for
 their mother cares not for their sobs
 what a disgrace
 she must think
 a lake that drowns is sinking
 like a snake poisoned by its own tongue
 who else can you blame
 but yourself
 young lake
 look in the reflection and tell yourself
 this is not you
 you were raised better than to
 believe that you
 could drown
 and yet you did
 no one cares when the sun
 leaves the sky
 and yet
 no one believes a lake
 can drown in its sorrow