Australia: Student of All-Boys School Wins Coveted Writing Award

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'Blackfriars Priory School student, James Lawler, is the winner of “The Bic Young Australian Writer of the Year Award” for 2010. An initiative of not-for-profit community organisation, Children’s Charity Network, The Australian Children’s Literary Board aims to promote and recognise literary excellence via this national competition open to young writers from Years 3 to 12.

With approximately 20,000 entries, the school community is extremely proud of this accomplishment. James’ story “As I Stumble on Trembling Legs” tells the tale of a day working in the frenetic pace of a fast food restaurant. Tinged with humour, James builds dramatic tension in this story based on his own experiences in the industry.'