As part of Beyond the Page 2024 we were very excited to run our Tamariki Writing Competition.
The aim of this competition was to encourage tamariki to get creative over the holidays and experiment with different kinds of storytelling – any forms of writing around the theme of “Exploration” were accepted: plays, short stories, poetry, comics, and more!
The 2024 Beyond the Page Tamariki Writing Competition prize book, featuring the incredible work of our talented winners below, has now been published.
From stories and poems to comics and plays, the creativity and imagination shown by our participants was amazing. We’re so proud to showcase their work in this special collection.
A big congratulations to all our winners – your work is now immortalized in this beautiful book!
Copies of this anthology have now been sent out to all our winners, and to all your local participating Beyond the Page libraries, so keep an eye out on the shelves for it!
Ngā mihi nui to everyone who took part in the competition – your creativity has truly made this project something special!
Our winners
We are proud to have 10 winners in each age category, ages 5–8 and ages 9–13, whose work is published in the anthology:
Ages 5–8
- Elliot Cooke
- Emma Robinson
- Holly Brooking
- Isabelle Wheeler
- Jasper Haobin Cao
- Milaan Brough
- Nadia Beban
- Ramona Robinson
- Sonia Gargee Ghosh
- Valerie Hannalla
Ages 9–13
- Bill Kelly
- Anna*
- Lena Maes
- Sophia Le
- Sameen*
- Max Tai
- Willow McIndoe
- Jeremiah Ayan Samuel
- Tui Blanch
- Katie Hooks
*Please note some writers have chosen to be published under a pseudonym.
Thank you again to everyone who entered – we’re so proud of all your amazing work. Keep writing!