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, ACT, 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, ACT, NT group ('ES').


National Best Book

Primary School Category

Judge: Paula Jones

Winner
The Dad, the Hairdresser and the Talking Parrot by Depedene from Deepdene Primary School

Middle School Category

Judge: Meg McKinlay Bio and Judge's Report

Winner
Winter - A Journey by the A Team from Melbourne High School

Upper School Category

Judge: Meg McKinlay Bio and Judge's Report

Winner
Murrumbidgee Dreaming by Team 4 from Pymble Ladies' College

Open Category

Judge: Julienne van Loon Bio and Judge's Report

Winner
CT and the Cane Toad Rap from The KSP Thursday Night Group

Highly Commended
Cover Story by CSFG from the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild

Commended
Buttons for Joan by the Protagonists from The Great Southern Grammar

National Most Sponsorship

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

Primary School Category

The King's School Preparatory School TKS TEAM 3 Astronauts Plight $ 1,467.00
The King's School Preparatory School TKS TEAM 1 All for a Caterpillar $ 1,200.00
Tara Anglican School For Girls Year 5 The Disappearance $ 745.00

Middle School Category

St Joseph's College Team Four Mute$ 600.00
Australind SHS Mad Hatas Lost and Found $ 476.00
St Columba's High School Team Five The Ferret and the Failure $ 430.50

Upper School Category

Traralgon College Wilde Writers at TC Paperback Courage $ 1,581.35
St Marks Anglican Community School Operation Fruit Salad The Legend of Alucard $ 640.00
Bundamba State Secondary College Irish Wristwatch The Dark Side of the Moon $ 430.00

Open Category

Muchadomanji muchadoA Box of Lies$ 1,386.05
KSP Thursday Night GroupKSP TNGCT and the Cane Toad Rap$ 950.00
Canberra Speculative Fiction GuildCSFGCover Story$ 610.00

Sponsorships to Children's Hospital Foundations

Paediatrics at the Canberra Hospital (PatCH)$ 1,752.25
Princess Margaret Hospital $ 16,033.45
Royal Children's Hospital (QLD)$ 2,666.93
Royal Children's Hospital (VIC)$ 9,014.85
The Kids Cancer Project $ 26,631.25
Women's and Children's Hospital (SA)$ 924.00
TOTAL (Unaudited)$ 57,022.73

New South Wales Best Book

NSW Primary School Category

Judge: Nadine Brown Bio and Judge's Report

Winner
New Hope by St Lukes 3 from St Luke's Grammar Junior School

Highly Commended
Trapped by Tara Year 6 from Tara Anglican School for Girls
All for a Caterpillar by TKS Team 1 from The Kings School Preparatory School

Commended
Crazy Catastrophe by St Luke's 2 from St Luke's Grammar Junior School
Disappearance by Year 5 from Tara Anglican School for Girls
Just Call me Sammy by Scribere Libro from Pymble Ladies College Junior School
Ned's Box by TKS Team 4 from The Kings School Preparatory School
Scribble by The John Colet Team from John Colet School

NSW Middle School Category

Judge: JC Burke Bio

Winner
Mute by Team 4 from St Joseph's College

2nd Place
Legend by Junior Team from Terra Sancta College

3rd Place
Shopping Through Time by Mellijesca from Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College

NSW Upper School Category

Judge: JC Burke Bio

Winner
Murrumbidgee Dreaming by Team 4 from Pymble Ladies' College

2nd Place
The Entertainer by Team 6 from St Joseph's College

3rd Place
Befriending Fear by Senior Team from Terra Sancta College

Western Australia Best Book

WA Primary School Category

Judge: David Caddy Bio and Judge's Report

Winner
T.O.A.D.S. by Grass Tree from Hawker Park Primary School

Highly Commended
Beach Mayhem by Year 4 Extension from St Jerome's Primary School
The Orb of Life by the Aquinas Redbacks from Aquinas College Junior School

Commended
C.A.R. - Crazy Automobile Race by Hale Junior School
Cave by OLA Authors from Our Lady's Assumption
Odd Chicken by Year 5 Extension from St Jerome's Primary School

Wild Card Award
Main Event by Amaroo Team 1 from Amaroo Primary School

WA Middle School Category

Judge: Lynn Gumb Bio and Judge's Report

Winner
Sweet B by Angry Orchards from Applecross SHS

Highly Commended
The Smile After the Storm by Team A from The John Wollaston Anglican Community School
Lost and Hound by Team 1 from Perth College

Commended
Precarious Paul - The Poised Pirate by Team 2 from Perth College
Rectify by The Big Bang Theory from Kalgoorlie Boulder Community High School
The Magician's Secret by Books R Us from La Salle College
The Miracle in the Mines by TC & M from Melville Senior High School

WA Upper School Category

Judge: Lynn Gumb Bio and Judge's Report

Winner
Bartholomew by the JTAKK team from Kelmscott SHS

Highly Commended
The Legend of Alucard by Operation Fruit Salad from St Mark's Anglican Community School

Commended
The Pirates Den by House Stark from Mazenod College
Through the Trees by Taming 10 from Kingsway Christian College


VIC, Qld, SA, TAS, ACT, NT Best Book

ES Primary School Category

Judge: David Caddy Bio and Judge's Report

Winner
The Dad, the Hairdresser and the Talking Parrot by Deepdene from Deepdene Primary School

Highly Commended
Sacred Feather by SPS Threat from Spreyton Primary School
The Key of Tren de Vapor by Ever in your Favour from AB Paterson College

ES Middle School Category

Judge: Jo-Ann Whalley Bio and Judge's Report

Winner
Winter - A Journey by the A Team from Melbourne High School

Highly Commended
Week with a Weirdo by Team 2 from Riverside High School

Commended
Dawn of the Yabby King by Somerville Secondary College
Lily by the Inklings from Wangaratta High School
One Caterpillar at a Time by Hills Junior Writers
Quad C by the PCW Writers Collective from Presentation College Windsor
Tora by Team 1 from Riverside High School

ES Upper School Category

Judge: Jo-Ann Whalley Bio and Judge's Report

Winner
Paperback Courage by Wilde Writers at Traralgon College

Highly Commended
Seeds of Doubt by PCWC Athletic from Presentation College Windsor
The Heart of a Hero by Narre Writers 2 from Narre Warren South

Commended
Eden's Curse by Senior Team 3 from Launceston Church Grammar
The Magician's Minion by Yr 12 from Canberra Girls Grammar School
The One Tree Forest by the Anonymous Pen from Brown's Plains State High School

Best Illustrations

Primary School Category

Judge: Susan Carameli Bio

NSW
New Hope by St Luke's 3 from St Luke's Grammar Junior School

WA
C.A.R. - Crazy Automobile Race From Hale Junior School

VIC, Qld, SA, TAS, ACT, NT
Sacred Feather by SPS Threat from Spreyton Primary School

Middle School Category

Judge: Susan Carameli Bio

NSW
Shopping Through Time by Mellijesca from Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College

WA
Sweet B by Angry Orchards from Applecross SHS

VIC, Qld, SA, TAS, ACT, NT
Man VS Bug by Narre Writers from Narre Warren South

Upper School Category

Judge: Susan Carameli Bio

NSW
Ice Egg by Antarctic Explorers from Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College

WA
Through the Trees by Taming 10 from Kingsway Christian College

VIC, Qld, SA, TAS, ACT, NT
The Heart of a Hero by Narre Writers 2 from Narre Warren South

Open Category

Judge: Christine Hingston Bio

National
Cover Story by CSFG from the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild