Short Story Competition

Short Story Competition

National Kids News Short story competition - VICTORIA winner. The following children are all from Preston Primary
Winner K-2 category: Finn Christou-Lloyd
and Highly Commended students, Adeline Seddon, Gillian Goswell Ries and Rosie Madden. Picture: Tony Gough

Our 2024 Short Story winners

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the 2024 Short Story Competition. Read the winning stories here

Short Story Competition

Cathy Freeman powers out of the starting blocks. 400m final. Day 10. 2000 Olympic Games. Sydney Olympics.

Ditch your feed, find your ‘flow’

Athletic champions, authors and artists experience a similar state at the height of their powers: a place called the zone, a fourth dimension ‘flow’ state that’s there for the taking with these tips

Short Story Competition

Launch of the 2024 Short Story competition for Kids News. Winner Everest Song, Grade 2 at Serpell Primary School, used a software program called Midjourney to create an image to accompany his short story. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Enter the 2024 Short Story Comp here

The Kids News Short Story Competition is back with great prizes. Find the digital entry form here

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Launch of the 2024 Short Story competition for Kids News. Winner Everest Song, Grade 2 at Serpell Primary School, used a software program called Midjourney to create an image to accompany his short story. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Comics to the rescue for young readers

Comics and graphic novels are a long way from the underground, with new data revealing them as the caped crusaders of children’s book sales, as 2024 Kids News Short Story Competition launches

Short Story Competition

KIDS NEWS Short Story Competition VIC winner Hiruki Fernando of Vermont Secondary College has won the Yr 7-9 age category in the 2023 Kids News Short Story Competition. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Short story competition winners 2023

Meet the young authors across Australia who have impressed the judges with their original ideas

Short Story Competition

Brothers Ridvan, 12, and Yasin, 8, of Keysborough, in the Dandenong Library with Anh Do books and Harry Potter( the most borrowed kids books in Dandenong).

Homegrown tales are tops with Aussie kids

Move over Harry Potter and Wimpy Kid, young Aussie readers love homegrown stories. So why not write your own for the Kids News Short Story Competition

Short Story Competition

Grade 6 student Boris Eroshenko has taken out first prize in the Kids News Short Story Competition for his imaginative story The Bog King about a monster puddle. Please get a shot of Boris stomping/jumping in a big puddle near his home plus shots of him writing etc. His entry was chosen from more than 1000 entries nationwide. Boris 12 years old at his home in Boronia. Picture Rebecca Michael.

He is definitely in grade 6 not 5

Budding authors on the write path

From cheese monsters on the moon to the heartbreak of war, young writers have wowed the judges with their imaginative tales in this year’s Short Story Comp. Read the winning stories here

Short Story Competition

KIDS NEWS 2022 Short Story Competition: SMARTdaily - Freja Lee, 9, grandma Patricia Lee and brother Oskar Lee, 11. Picture: supplied

Last days to enter Short Story Competition

There’s still two days to enter the Kids News 2022 Short Story Competition – prime time to forage through your family’s stories and give your favourite a fictional makeover before entries close

Short Story Competition

Funny books rule for Aussie kids. The top 50 most popular kids's fiction books of the past decade have been revealed - and they are dominated by laugh-out-loud, cheeky reads. Grade four student Natalie Morgan (11) is a fan of funny books.Natalie writes her own story for the Kids News Short Story Competition. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Find the Short Story Comp entry form here

Don’t miss out on the Kids News Short Story Competition. Entries close on Friday, June 24. Find the online entry form and more info here

Short Story Competition

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TV personality, comedian and author David Walliams visits Erskineville Public School to launch his new book. L to R, Kindy students with David - Olive Corben, Charlie Stewart, David Walliams, Aja Shooter and Maddox Topping. Pic, Sam Ruttyn

Have you read these Aussie kids’ favourites?

Australian kids love funny, naughty and cheeky books. Is your favourite on the list of top 50 most popular children’s books of the past decade?

Short Story Competition

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 30 2021:
Sadie Quinn winner of the Years 5-6 category of the short story competition in Sydney. Picture: Newscorp - Daily Telegraph / Gaye Gerard

Short Story Comp 2021 winners revealed

Our Short Story Competition has unearthed some amazing new writing talent and given a past champ another chance to shine. Find out who the winners are and read their stories here

Short Story Competition

KIDS NEWS Alyssa Reed, 8, was one of last year's winners of the Kids News Short Story Competition. The SA year 3 student from Loreto College Marryatville is hoping for another win in 2021. Picture: supplied.

Last chance to enter Short Story Competition

There is still time to enter your best effort in the annual Kids News Short Story Competition – and if you’re stuck for ideas, one of last year’s winners suggests a new dog and old tricks

Short Story Competition

SMART Kids News Short Story Competition: audiobooks can rescue reluctant readers. Jeremy Cole's daughter Naava, 10, loves writing stories and says listening to audiobooks makes her feel calm and gives her ideas. Picture: supplied.

Why Aussie kids love audio books

Children’s audio books are gaining in popularity in Australia, rescuing some reluctant readers and even creating a few budding young authors along the way

Short Story Competition

Find the 2021 Short Story Comp entry form here

The Kids News Short Story Competition is back for 2021. Get our online entry form and more information here

Short Story Competition

How to plan a great story. Author Katrina Nannestad's advice on what to do if you get stuck for an idea. For Kids News short story competition

Author’s golden rules of story planning

Planning only adds to the fun and creativity of writing, according to Australian author Katrina Nannestad. Follow her five steps to planning a brilliant story for the Kids News Short Story Comp

Short Story Competition

Grade 4 student Olivia Green, 9yo, pictured in Eureka Stockade Gardens, Ballarat East is preparing to enter the Kids News Short Story Competition again this year after scoring a Highly Commended for her story, Covid Cooking, last year. Picture: Jason Edwards

Famous authors urge kids to get writing

Thinking of entering our Short Story Competition like student Olivia Green? Check out these words of wisdom from one of the world’s great storytellers and some of our leading local authors

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Archie Isaac, 11, with his mum Jenny Atkinson, at home in Manly Vale, today.
(Story about how kids should use old fashioned pen and paper to do writing as it helps develop their skills and boosts their creativity).

Picture: Justin Lloyd.

Why making up stories is good for you

Letting your imagination run wild is one of the best things about being a kid – and a great way to start your entry for the 2021 Kids News Short Story Competition

Short Story Competition

Amaeh Reed, 13yrs, Brisbane school girl, has won the Kids News short story competition two years in a row, on Thursday 12th August 2021 - Photo Steve Pohlner

Six secrets of a winning short story

The Kids News Short Story Competition is back for 2021! Check out reigning champ Amaeh Reed’s top writing tips and get your story in with our online entry form

Grade 2 student Ariana Fais has been chosen from almost 3000 entries as the winner of the Kids News short story competition in the kindergarten to year 2 age group. Her story, The Unexpected Friendship, is about a snail called Suzie and a slug called Simon. Please get some shots of Ariana doing some story writing and perhaps holding a snail (apparently there are plenty around her home at the moment). For Herald Sun news and Kids News website.Picture: Tim Carrafa

Short story competition winners revealed

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the 2020 Short Story Competition. Read the winning stories here

Author Matt Stanton. For Kids News Hibernation

Kids’ author Matt Stanton’s tips for writing a great story

Are you struggling to come up with an idea for the Kids News Short Story competition? Don’t worry, these tips from Matt Stanton will get your imagination flowing. But hurry, time is running out to enter.