Bill Coppell Young Writers' Award 2011

Stanton Library and North Sydney Council are pleased to announce the winners of the 22nd annual Bill Coppell Young Writers' Award.

2011 Winners in five age categories:

 11-12 years - Niall Gifford
 13 years - Phoebe Cook
 14 years - Elizabeth Lim
 15 years - Madeleine Zurowski
 16-18 years - Becky Bunting

2011's entries were judged by a panel of professional writers: popular children's author Duncan Ball; playwright and current Writer in Residence at Don Bank Museum, Justin Fleming; writer and editor Lachlan Jobbins; celebrated author William Kostakis; and local author Ceridwen Dovey who herself was awarded a prize for a poem she wrote for the Young Writers' Award in 1998.

The total prize value, worth more than $2000, is sponsored by: North Sydney Council, Taronga Zoo, local artist Sandy Shilansky, Encyclopedia Britannica, the Ensemble Theatre, and the Historic Houses Trust. The major prize of an artwork for the 16-18 years category is donated by Joan Dunnwald of Joan's Ridge St Gallery.