Future Leaders Writing Prize
- Silence’s Defiant Echo
Kaitlyn Jacob
“Hidden behind the fallacious words of equality and equity for all genders, behind all these progressive statements supported by the amendments in the constitution from the 1900s to support women in the workforce, lies the untouched disturbing reality, the stem to all gender inequality problems …” - Passing storms
Tahlia Hall
“Creaking floorboards and the waft of rose petals carried by an uneasy breeze wove together to create a tapestry of nostalgia, climbing through the bare branches of the old gum tree and under the crack of the window sill. Soft, grey light filtered in, sparkling through thousands of dust particles …” - Araminta
Elizabeth Goh
“It’s hard not to be near those you love. I vaguely recall somebody once said that distance creates fondness, and I can confirm at least that much is true. I ache for her, more than I could for anything else. My lead-lined eyelids keep closing, but I force them open with Herculean strength …”