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25.01.2022 Thank you to the winning entrants in the Whitsunday Voices Youth Literature Festival's Short Story Competition. We are still waiting on some information and illustrations from some of the students. This has delayed the publishing of the Anthology. We are hoping to finalise everything soon, however it looks like we will be unable to have the Anthology printed by the end of term. We hope to present the Short Story Anthology to the winning Authors in February next year and will be in touch with the winning Authors to confirm. We are sorry for any inconvenience this has caused and thank you for your patience.

20.01.2022 DGH Engineering has agreed to be the Festival's STEM Partner for our 2020 Festival. Thank you to Dave Hackett and his team at DGH Engineering for their investment in the region's youth, and encouraging their interest in STEM subjects.

20.01.2022 Whitsunday Voices is so grateful that Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal has agreed to be Major Festival Partner for an 8th year! It is such a pleasure having a business partner that is so passionate about literacy and helping create a love of reading in the region's students. Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal

19.01.2022 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING WHITSUNDAY VOICES YOUTH LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2020 In the interest of the health and safety of Mackay and our surrounding community, it is with deep regret that due to the current COVID-19 pandemic and in-line with current Government recommendations, we have made the decision to cancel Whitsunday Voices Youth Literature Festival for 2020. ... We understand how disappointing this announcement will be to the staff, students, and community of this region, and we would like to take this time to thank you all for your continued support and patronage each year. We will endeavour to use the time over the next year to implement new and exciting possibilities for the future of the Festival so we may continue to delight and surprise you all in the coming years. To our sponsors, we sincerely thank you for your continued support through this difficult economic climate and look forward to continuing our partnerships next year. We thank you for your investment in the youth of this region and for ensuring the advancement and growth of the Festival for the past 16 years and into the future. We will be contacting you all within the next few weeks to discuss how you would like to move forward from this point. Whitsunday Voices Youth Literature Festival is a very proud and passionate contributor to the educational journey of the students of the Mackay region. Please be assured that we will be back bigger and better and we look forward to welcoming you all in 2021. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact our dedicated staff on Ph: (07) 4969 2076 or (07) 4969 2018

17.01.2022 Great News! The 2020 Whitsunday Voices Short Story Competition WILL be going ahead this year.... We have extended the closing date to 19 June 2020.... Students are encouraged to use the Whitsunday Voices Short Story writing competition extension date as an opportunity to respond to the current global pandemic. Student ‘slice of life’ writing could focus on a personal story and explore the emotions behind an example of their own life in lockdown experience. A student writer could ‘walk in the shoes of another’ using information from the daily news as stimulus for their own creative short story response. For more information and to find your application form please follow this link - https://www.whitsundayvoices.com.au/short-story-competition We look forward to receiving your entry

17.01.2022 WorkPac have agreed to be the Whitsunday Voices Literary Dinner Partner for a fourth year. We would not be able to create such an amazing event without their support. Thank you WorkPac for investing in the cultural landscape of the Mackay region.

16.01.2022 Congratulations to all the Short Story Competition Entrants for 2020. This year we have had an incredible response and the decision has been very difficult. Please find below a list of the entrants awarded a prize for this year. We loved reading all your stories, and if you did not receive a prize, please do not be discouraged... try again next year! Grade 3-4 ... 1st Sienna Hume- The Germ that took over the World 2nd Kiah Ortega- The Frightening House 3rd Jameson Wallace- Queen Bee HC Zara Rose Kirby- Coronavirus or Grownup virus? You Decide HC Pia Belle Ribaldore- Robot Love HC Talia Anne Kirby- Lockdown Letter to the Prime Minister Grade 5-6 1st Maddison Ebert- The Virus 2nd Zoe Templeton- The Forbidden Tower 3rd April Van Essen- It’s a Seagull’s Life! HC Arhamah Haider- The Perilous Voyage HC Harper Marshall- The Forgotten God HC Ryma Singh- The Ineffable Tree HC Connor Moore- Battle of the Beast HC Rohan Cherian- The Saviour Gr 7-8 1st Lily Paul- The Grand Piano 2nd Elijah Warne- Silent Rivers 3rd Lucy Sturgeon- Stuck HC Hannah Stevenson- Anxiety is Coming HC Claire Dodds- A Not-So-Magical Fairytale Gr 9-10 1st Penny Zhang- The Passer-by with the Violin 2nd Kate McGlashan- The Way You Lean 3rd Lily-Etta Nightingale Tomerini- Hollywood Land HC Kelsea Thomson- King’s Café HC Lexie Walton- Technology Overrun HC Joshua Hall- The People Planet Gr 11-12 1st Skye Martin- Family Portrait 2nd Maxyn Dorz- Anarchy and Injustice 3rd Immogen Martin- Shark Attack HC Amy Richardson- Children of Darkness HC Skye Martin- Closed Doors

13.01.2022 SAVE THE DATES for the 2020 Festival and enjoy the new Festival theme! Student sessions take place on 16 and 17 July 2020.

11.01.2022 BHP have kindly agreed to support the Whitsunday Voices Youth Literature Festival again this year, this time as our Short Story Competition Partner. Thank you BHP for encouraging the students of our region to use their creativity, to be inspired and to think "beyond the pages!"

11.01.2022 Whitsunday Voices is so pleased that Robyn Faa from Mackay Regional Real Estate has agreed to be our Slam Poetry Competition Partner for our 2020 Festival. Robyn has been a long-time supporter of the Festival and we are greatly appreciative of this contribution.

05.01.2022 Just a reminder the closing date for the Short Story Competition is only a few weeks away on 19th JUNE!! Congratulations to all the students of this region on the wonderful entries we've received so far! It's inspiring to see what amazing local talent we have in the Whitsundays Students are free to respond to a theme or topic of their choice, including the COVID-19 pandemic, and there is no limit to the number of entries allowed for each student. ... Think BEYOND THE PAGES and be inspired!

03.01.2022 Thank you to all the entrants in the Short Story Competition this year! It is wonderful to see the talent this region has to offer and hopefully this is only the beginning for our budding Authors. A huge thanks goes to our judges from ALEA, it is always a difficult job to pick winners from the many entries we get. We are still in the process of finalising the winners, but we are hoping to make an announcement within the next week, so watch this space! Thanks again to all who entered, and please don't be disheartened if you didn't get a prize this year... you did a fantastic job and the competition will be on again next year! ALEA - Australian Literacy Educators' Association

02.01.2022 Explore Property and Statewide Conveyancing have agreed to be Festival Launch Partners for a third year! Whitsunday Voices greatly appreciates their investment in the region's youth, as well as loyal support of the Festival. Thank you Statewide Conveyancing and Explore Property Mackay