Write-a-Book-in-a-Day



Write-a-Book-in-a-Day thanks all of the teams for their wonderful books, for the hundreds of sponsors who helped to support children in hospitals in NSW, QLD, VIC, SA, TAS, WA, NT and for the teachers and volunteers who made this event possible.

Please Note: Where there are less than four teams in a State category, the entries for that category will be judged with the VIC, Qld, SA, TAS, NT group.


National Best Book

Judge: Lynn Gumb, Dip Tch LLB MA Bio

Primary School Category (Equal Winners) Judge's Report

Forrestfield Primary School The Headless Chickens The Miracle at Red Hill
Gol Gol Public School Gol Gol Josh and his Lies

Secondary School Category Judge's Report

Marian CollegeYear 11 A Teddy: A Rapper's Tale

Open Category

Prana WritersPrana WritersThe Coral Sea Monster

National Most Sponsorship

Judge: Write-a-Book-in-a-Day

Primary School Category

Gol Gol Public School(NSW) $1,200.00
Mary MacKillop Catholic Community School (WA) $1,025.00
Yidarra Catholic Primary Schoo (WA)l $650.00
Acquinas College Junior School (WA)$517.90

Secondary School Category

St Joseph's College Team 4(NSW) $682.00
St Mark's Anglican Community School Operation Fruit Salad (WA) $608.00
Applecross SHS Angry Orchards (WA)$550.00
Great Southern Grammar (WA) $526.00

Open Category

Manji Muchado(WA)$1157.00
Prana Writers (QLD)$940.00
7 Giraffes (NSW)$686.00
TNGers(WA)$323.00

New South Wales Best Book

Primary School Category (incl. VIC, Qld, SA, TAS, NT)

Judge: Lynn Gumb, Dip Tch LLB MA Bio

Winner
Gol Gol Public School Gol Gol Josh and his Lies

Highly Commended
Pymble Ladies' College Junior School Pymble Junior 1 Stolen Memories
Pymble Ladies' College Junior School Pymble Junior 2 Crossing Destiny's Path

Commended
The King's School Prep TKSTEAMONE Gorilla Cyclone

Secondary School Category

Judge: John Larkin

Winner
Marian CollegeYear 11 A Teddy: A Rapper's Tale

Second
Pymble Ladies' CollegeYear 9Water for Wombats

Third
Loreto CollegeNormogirls The Hero and his Millipede

Highly Commended
Terra Sancta CollegeIntermediate TeamSaving Alora

Open Category

Merged with WA open Category


Western Australia Best Book

Primary School Category Judge's Report

Judge: Lynn Gumb, Dip Tch LLB MA Bio

Winner
Forrestfield Primary School The Headless Chickens The Miracle at Red Hill

Highly Commended
Aquinas College Junior School Aquinas Junior Dino Behind the door
Yidarra Catholic Primary School Yidarra Writers Ruby\'s Reflections

Commended
Mary MacKillop Catholic Community Primary School Mary's Angels Gemma's Incomplete Family Tree

Secondary School Category Judge's Report

Judge: Sally Murphy Bio

Winner
Great Southern Grammar The Protagonists Capital Fellows

Highly Commended
Applecross SHS Angry Orchards Tom's Angel
Nagle Catholic College The Dische Society Identity

Commended
Carine Senior High School Carine 1 Aftermath of Greta
Carine Senior High School Carine 3 Whale Call
John Wollaston Anglican Community School John Wollaston Anglican Community School The Bunyip and the Butterfly
La Salle College Think Bubblez 400,000 Kilometres From Home
Mazenod College Defying Gravity Epiphany
Melville Senior High School The Rogue Chickens Mission Impossumble
Nagle Catholic College HMAS Nagle It Feeds on Hate
Perth College Perth College Words under Waves
Perth Modern School Mod Movers The Truth About Forever
Shenton College Team 4 And the Skies Rained Beef

Open Category Judge's Report

Judge: Julienne van Loon Bio

Winner
Prana WritersPrana Writers The Coral Sea Monster

Highly Commended
Thursday Night ScallywagsKSP Thursday Night Astrowax


VIC, Qld, SA, TAS, NT Best Book

Primary School Category

Merged with NSW Primary Category

Secondary School Category Judge's Report

Judge: Jo-Ann Whalley Bio

Winner
Riverside High SchoolTeam 2This Title Has Been Banned

Highly Commended
Narre Warren SouthYear 7/8 Team The Piece Harp
Riverside High SchoolTeam 3You Wouldn't Steal a Beetle

Commended
Presentation College WindsorWriters Collective 2Treasure
Wangaratta High SchoolThe ScribblersLunar

Open Category

Merged with WA open Category


Western Australia Best Illustrations

Primary School Category

Winner
Great Southern Grammar Team 1 Diving for Beef Stroganoff

Highly Commended
Forrestfield Headless Chickens The Miracle at Red Hill
Hale Language Arts Master Class Pipp

Secondary School Category

Winner
Applecross SHS Angry Orchards Tom's Angel

Highly Commended
Shenton College Caramel Antlers The Frozen Queen of Bohemia

Open Category

Winner
TNGersTNGers Djormunji Dreaming

Highly Commended
Thursday Night ScallywagsKSP Thursday Night GroupAstrowax

New South Wales Best Illustrations

Primary School Category

Winner
Pymble Ladies' College Junior School Pymble Junior 1 Stolen Memories

Highly Commended
Christ The King Boys Team The Adventure of MC Bobby

Secondary School Category

Winner
Pymble Ladies' College Year 10Falling Through the Lens

Second
Wollondilly Anglican College Wollondilly 2Van Dieman's Land 2089

Third
Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy CollegeYear 11Chasing Bees