SCRIBBLES CREATIVE WRITING AWARDS 2020
Award Winners
Junior Fiction – JF 2020
Winner: The Accidental Mouse – Liz Ledden
Highly Commended: Side by Side – Carly Mitchell
Middle Grade – MG 2020
Winner: The Reindeer and the Submarine – Beverley McWilliams
Highly Commended: The Rojadian’s Secret – Leigh Roswen
Picture Book – PB 2020
Winner: The Beckoning Beach and the Secrets She Keeps – Sheila Knaggs
Highly Commended: The Billabong Bush Dance – Amy Dunjey
Picture Book Storyboard – SB 2019
Winner: If snails were BIG – Anna Wilson
Highly Commended: Left – Cindy Chong
Highly Commended: The Goose Is Out! – Elizabeth Stewart
Poetry (for children) – PY 2020
Winner: Big Bad Bill – Bernadette Kelly
Highly Commended: The Little Boat and Me – Jackie Hosking
SCRIBBLES CREATIVE WRITING AWARDS
2021 MENTORSHIP WINNERS
Leigh Roswen
Anna Wilson
These 5-week mentorships with Jen Storer, were independently voted for and awarded by our Scribbles Academy CWA judges.
Each 5-week mentorship is valued at $1,200.00 and consists of weekly coaching calls with Jen plus in-depth feedback on any work the recipients care to share with Jen.
Shortlist 2020
Junior Fiction – JF 2020
Jelly Wobbles – Louise Little
Pom and Bear Go to Space – Kylie Covark
Side by Side – Carly Mitchell
The Accidental Mouse – Liz Ledden
Middle Grade – MG 2020
Once Upon a Monkey’s Sneeze – Kylie Covark
Storm Flower – Sheila Knaggs
The Impossible Choices of Christophe Charnier – Anna Quinlan
The Museum of Lost Ideas – Terena Boniwell
The Parent Tamer – Teena Raffa-Mulligan
The Reindeer and the Submarine – Beverley McWilliams
The Rojadian’s Secret – Leigh Roswen
Picture Book – PB 2020
Forest Song – Tracey Dembo
Lavender’s Bubbles – Wendy Bridges
Moth in Paris – Amy Dunjey
Tessa’s Imaginarium – Shara Curlett
The Beckoning Beach and the Secrets She Keeps – Sheila Knaggs
The Billabong Bush Dance – Amy Dunjey
The Fabulous Hair of Lottie La Flair – Kerri Day
The Jelly Bean Machine – Suzanne Houghton
Franco Flamingo – Angela Costigan
Storyboard – SB 2020
If snails were BIG – Anna Wilson
Left – Cindy Chong
The Goose Is Out! – Elizabeth Stewart
Poetry (for children) – PY 2020
Big Bad Bill – Bernadette Kelly
Brown Paper – Sheila Knaggs
Freezing Time – Tracey Dembo
All the Fun of Picnics – Liz Ledden
The Little Boat and me – Jackie Hosking
Once Upon a Seed – Amy Dunjey
Scribbles Creative Writing Awards 2019
Award Winners
Junior Fiction – JF 2019
Winner: Trolley Boy – Sheila Knaggs
Highly Commended: What Have You Done? – Diane Finlay
Highly Commended: Crunch Time – Kylie Covark
Highly Commended: The Bird, the Bear and the Book – Paula Stevenson
Middle Grade – MG 2019
Winner: Sky Bricks – Mandy Langlois
Highly Commended: Outsiding – Leigh Roswen
Picture Book – PB 2019
Winner: Bound Together – Beth Dolan
Highly Commended: A Stick and a Stone – Sarina Dickson
Picture Book Storyboard – SB 2019
Winner: Carrot Capers – Danielle McDonald
Highly Commended: Mila’s Ocean – Laura Hockley
Poetry (for children) – PY 2019
Winner: Hush – Tracey Barnes
Highly Commended: Moon Rise, Sun Set – Claire Thomas
Shortlist 2019
Junior Fiction – JF 2019
Crunch Time
Kylie Covark
What Have You Done?
Diane Finlay
Trolley Boy
Sheila Knaggs
To Help an Elf
Teena Raffa-Mulligan
The Bird, the Bear and the Book
Paula Stevenson
Middle Grade – MG 2019
Where the Bunyip Lies
Amira Beadsmoore
Zane Zalumsky – Life Hacks And Generally Cool Stuff From A Reformed Non-Reader
Emma Bowd
Bad Becky
Beth Dolan
Sky Bricks
Mandy Langlois
Paper Heart
Carly Mitchell
Outsiding
Leigh Roswen
Picture Book – PB 2019
A Stick and a Stone
Sarina Dickson
Bound Together
Beth Dolan
Betsy’s Bargain Bloomers
Jackie Hosking
The Tortoise and the Hair
Suzanne Houghton
There Are Fleas In My Peas
Catherine Meatheringham
More Sunshine, Grandpa!
Jo Staker
Adorn the Sky
Claire Thomas
The Black
Shaye Wardrop
Storyboard – SB 2019
Float or Sink?
Kylie Covark
Mila’s Ocean
Laura Hockley
Carrot Capers
Danielle McDonald
Not Another Unicorn Book
Claire Thomas
Poetry (for children) – PY 2019
Hush
Tracey Barnes
20.09.19
Kylie Covark
My Island
Jackie Hosking
Grumpy Bum
Mandy Langlois
Happiness Is…
Carly Mitchell
Moon Rise, Sun Set
Claire Thomas
Scribbles Creative Writing Awards 2018
Award Winners
Junior Fiction – JF
Winner: Sophie’s Egg – Anna Quinlan
Highly Commended: Elkie and the Pixies: Pinata Disaster – Liz Ledden
Middle Grade – MG
Winner: Muluwa – Sally Crane
Highly Commended: Cloud Watchers – Carly Mitchell | The Dark – Leigh Roswen
Picture Book – PB
Winner: Sand Dunes – Claire Thomas
Highly Commended: The Wall of Broken Things – Rebecca Landy
Storyboard – SB
Winner: Scrambled Eggs – Anna McGregor
Highly Commended: Ava’s Aviary – Danielle McDonald
Shortlist 2018:
Junior Fiction – JF
Broken House – Carole Lander
Elkie and the Pixies: Pinata Disaster – Liz Ledden
Sadie Simpson Series: Inky and the Dawn Torch – Fiona Lloyd
Sophie’s Egg – Anna Quinlan
Merry Christmas Beetle – Leigh Roswen
Middle Grade – MG
Jonis in the Library – Gretchen Bernet-Ward
Druscilla Wallop: Dragon Detective – Holly Bidwell
The Marvellous Garden at Long Acre Lodge – Emma Bowd
Myth & Mayhem in Misty Gully – Cindy Chong
Muluwa – Sally Crane
SOS: Save Our School – Beth Dolan
Jimbob: A True Grime Story – John Fahy
Cloud Watchers – Carly Mitchell
Chosen – June Perkins
Skeleton in the Cupboard – Anna Quinlan
The Desperate Journey of Elsbet Johari – Arna Radovich
The Dark – Leigh Roswen
Shifting – Paula Stevenson
The Trouble with Davey Parker – Pamela Ueckerman
Picture Book – PB
Goodnight, Indigo – Emma Bowd
A Christmas Tale – Jackie Hosking
The Wall of Broken Things – Rebecca Landy
The Magic Scissors – Mandy Langlois
The Yak & the Yeti – Carly Mitchell
Jack’s Back – Teena Raffa-Mulligan
The Dry – Paula Stevenson
Sand Dunes – Claire Thomas
Storyboard – SB
Yum Yum Series – Naughty Noodle/Please Pancake – Cindy WM Chong
The Best Birthday Ever – Suzanne Houghton
Ava’s Aviary – Danielle McDonald
Scrambled Eggs – Anna McGregor
The Plok – Claire Thomas
A Fox’s Wedding – Inda Ahmad Zabri
