Last week was when the announcements were made for various Australian children’s choice awards—YABBA in Victoria, KOALA in NSW, COOL in ACT and KROC in Northern Territory. I went to the YABBA award ceremony at Ashburton Primary School. Dragon Moon was shortlisted for the new category of Fiction for Years 7-9. It didn’t win the YABBA but it did win the COOL and the KROC, and it was Honour Book in the KOALA.
It was a very tough shortlist with books like Mao’s Last Dancer by Li Cunxin, Evil Genius by Catherine Jinx and Runestone by Anna Ciddor, so I am very proud to have won. Thanks to everyone who voted for me.
Check out all the YABBA, KOALA, and COOL winners (I couldn’t find a website for the KROCs). Congratulations to them all.
Thanks to Karen Tayleur for the photos.
Great Job!
Sorry to bother you Carole, but I won a fifty-five word story competition from years 7-8.
“The Anonymous One” (Zach) Also won but in a different catagory (1000 word story competition), we didn’t get anything apart from a certificate.
I wouldn’t mind sending the story I did to you but I do not want to interrupt your writing.
I don’t even know your e-mail address.
congratulations on ur efforts, keep up the great work :]
Pizza,
Congratulations! Winning a competition is terrific.
I’m sorry, I can’t read your story though. See my FAQs for why.
No problem.
I’ve started writing a new story, I’m planning on making it fairly long. I’m only thirteen but I think by June next year I might have it finished. I have set myself a goal, just to do 100 words a day. It’s not much but I don’t like writing all day. No plans on publishing it though.
Sorry, I meant 500 words a day
I have not blogged for a while but I feel very happy for you!Anyway Congrats on winning the COOL and the KROC!
Pizza,
Good luck with the story.
There are lots of days when I don’t write any more than 500 words.
Rosaria,
Hi there. Thanks.
congratulations! hope you win more awards in the future. by the way, do you get prizes or money for these awards?
Sarah,
No, just the honour of winning.
well done…..
what is the Queensland awards called???
Connor,
They are called the BILBYs. Sorry, I missed them off the list.
http://www.pa.ash.org.au/cbc/bilbyawards/
Awesome you did good!
No afence but i think your book careless wishes suckes! Because it didn’t catch my attention, like and it didn’t have any action like you would think mr chow mong would be a marshll arts marster like Jackie chan
From yours truely Jake
Jake,
I don’t expect to please everyone with my stories. And you are entitled to your opinion.
I wasn’t an action book, so I would never put martial arts in it. Not all Chinese people do martial arts!
hi carole i personally love your writing style especially in the dragonkeeper series, but careless wishes just didnt have the same appeal to me. Jake i dont agree with you though it doesnt suck, and thats not how you spell offence
Ellie Rose,
Thank you, but as I said, everyone is entitled to their opinion.
hi i like your books you’re a good author