Award criteria
With the Australian Christian Teen Writer Award we discover and encourage writers of the future. A $1,000 prize is given for the best unpublished manuscript by an Australian citizen under 18 years of age. Supplementary awards may be made. The winning work will explore a Christian perspective or theme and incorporate, explain or encourage Christian life and values. Entries are judged with an eye to the:
Original nature and content of the work.
Literary style, including suitability for the target audience.
Contribution that the work makes in meeting a need for Christian writing in Australia.
Entry form and conditions
Download an entry form here.
Results
2020 Australian Christian Teen Writer Award
Winner. Phoebe Worseldine for Through Smoke and Flames
Second Prize. Claudia Anthony for Hopefully Happy
Third Prize. Evelyn Poyitt for Some People
Open 2020 awards results and judges’ comments.
2019 Australian Christian Teen Writer Award
Winner. Kristen Koon for Spread Your Wings, Songbird
Second Prize. Sharon Jeikishore for Hope in the Unseen
Third Prize. Lwendyl Anderson for The days and the Years
Open 2019 awards results and judges’ comments.
2018 Australian Christian Teen Writer Award
Winner. Jessica Dinning for The Mirror
Second Prize. Abigail Hewagama for Bella’s Story
Third Prize. Sharon Jeikishore for Impossible Made Possible
Open 2018 awards results and judges’ comments.
2017 Australian Christian Teen Writer Award
Winner. Tanya Strydom for ‘Sir Tain and the Peasant’s Sword’
Second Prize. Caylie Ellen Moore for Tethered
Third Prize. Jessica Dinning for Deserted
Open 2017 awards results and judges’ comments.
2016 Australian Christian Teen Writer Award
Winner. Annie-Jo Vogler for ‘All the Ways We Are’
Second Prize. Elizabeth Stinton for Meeting
Third Prize. Obed Wallis for Bellum Ex Animo
Open 2016 awards results and judges’ comments.
2015 Australian Christian Teen Writer Award
The award was withheld in 2015.
Open 2015 awards results and judges’ comments.
2014 Australian Christian Teen Writer Award
Winner. Annie-Jo Vogler for Ellesmere Road
Open 2014 awards results and judges’ comments.
2013 Australian Christian Teen Writer Award
Winner. Alex Chi for Hello God … It’s Me
Second Prize. Caroline Dehn for Stage Left
Open 2013 awards results and judges’ comments.
2012 Australian Christian Teen Writer Award
Winner. Daniel Li for A Short Walk
Second Prize. Amber Holmes for The Mask
Open 2012 awards results and judges’ comments.
2011 Australian Christian Teen Writer Award
Winner. Amber Holmes for Sunshine
Second Prize. Christy Tobeck for Who are you anyway?
Open 2011 awards results and judges’ comments.
2010 Australian Christian Teen Writer Award
Winner. Sarah Longden for Choices
Open 2010 awards results and judges’ comments.