Well, it’s been a very busy time reading all of your fantastic entries, but a very enjoyable one too. Some of the stories had me laughing out loud, and others had me scared to read the end – brilliant on both accounts! I was very impressed with the creativity from everyone in both categories.
Thank you to those of you in the Ten and Up age category for your patience. There were so many great entries, I had to go back and read some of them several times to make a final decision. But the decision has been made and without further ado, here is the Ten and Up shortlist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Claire Bennett (untitled story)
Eva Stockman \u2013 Being Imaginary Isn\u2019t Easy
Gabrielle Denyer \u2013 1915
Larni Komene \u2013 The Old Grannies
Mia Oliver \u2013 Under the Bed
Miranda from Mount Maunganui Intermediate (untitled story)
Nathan Appleton (untitled story)
Sarah Tan \u2013 That Dirty Underside
Stevie Loveridge \u2013 Nebular
Tasman Struthers \u2013 The Thing from Under My bed
Zara Beck \u2013 There Are Humans Under My Bed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the winner is… Claire Bennett!\u00a0Claire’s prize will be posted out to be awarded at her school. Congratulations Claire! If you missed the announcement, the winner of the Nine and Under category was Bill Kelly. You can find Bill’s very clever story on the Brain Bunny Blog<\/a>, along with the list of names on the Nine and Under shortlist<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks again for entering, everyone!
You can read her beautiful story in the next post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNine and Under Competition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Helen Vivienne Fletcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n