Geography Writing Competition - Short List

Open (all ages) category

The Parthenon — Angela Paxton

Forever Fleeting — Margaret Riggs

Stone Sonata — Marian McGuinness

On the Tide — Vicki Thomas

Two Eras — Rhonda Valentine Dixon

Reflections by the Blue Lake: A Matter of Scale — Christopher Zinn

19 Years and under category

Caught Alight — Lily Bateman

Lake McKenzie — Grace Dugdale

A Sacred Place — Lara Locke

The Daintree a Magical Short Story — Sarah Lutz

In the Whitsunday Breeze — Olivia Randle

The Diving Board — Alexandra Rickert

The winning entries are:

Open (All ages) category

1^st Angela Paxton – The Parthenon

2^nd Vicki Thomas - On the Tide

3^rd Marian McGuinness -  Stone Sonata

19 Years and under category

1^st Grace Dugdale – Lake McKenzie

2^nd Lara Locke – A Sacred Place

3^rd  Lily Bateman -  Caught Alight

Angela Paxton's short story - The Parthenon - that won first prize in the open category has been published on the Society's website at https://rgsq.org.au/News/13410163.

Grace Dugdale's short story  - “Lake McKenzie” - that won first prize in the Society’s Geography Writing Competition, 19 years and under category has been published on the Society's website at https://www.rgsq.org.au/News/13421776.