Essay Winners
Australia

Award-Winning Student Essays

G'day! Here they are: our amazing essay winners from Australia and the Oceania region. All the excellent essays make great reading and are a wonderful inspiration for your next writing project!

We are delighted that our annual writing competition has inspired so many young students from Australia. The creativity and talent shown by these young writers are truly inspiring!

The participants shared many fascinating stories about national heroes, unique travel experiences and thoughtful reflections. They also wrote uplifting accounts of everyday life.

Now enjoy some of the most inspiring essays from students living in Australia and New Zealand.

Essays from Australia

2025
"Two Sets of Eyes"
Merit Junior

Theme 2025: "My World - Our Future"

Arini Kazi: "Two Sets of Eyes."

Dubbo South Public School/ Australia

2024
"My Favourite Hero"
Merit Junior

Theme 2024: "My Culture - Who I Am"

Angus Lansdown: "My Favourite Hero - Dr Richard 'Harry' Harris"

Shore Preparatory School Sydney/ Australia

2023
"Wondrous Wildlife"
Merit Senior

Theme 2023: "Wildlife - Nature's Stars"

Elise Doecke: "Wondrous Wildlife"

Temple Christian College Mile End in Adelaide/ Australia

2022
"Freedom"
Winner Junior

Theme 2022: "My Life - Make Happiness A Habit"

Songchen Zuo: "Freedom"

Unley Primary School in Malvern/ Australia

2022
"Bushy"
Runner-up Junior

Theme 2022: "My Life - Make Happiness A Habit"

Henry Jansen: "Bushy"

Unley Primary School in Malvern/ Australia

Essays from New Zealand

2025
"The Diary Of A Peace Tree"
Runner-up Senior

Theme 2025: "My World - My Future"

Jayath Jaiganesh: "The Diary of a Peace Tree"

Scots College in Wellington/ New Zealand

2016
"New Zealand - Aoteorea"
Winner Junior

Theme 2016: "My Country"

Matilda Rumball-Smith: "New Zealand - Aoteorea"

Ngunguru School/ New Zealand

New Zealand by Kids for Kids
Inspiring Insights

Why Aoteorea? The students at Hauraki Primary School were especially busy writing essays about their home country, New Zealand, while thinking about the question: What makes my homeland so special?

Although none of the students made it into our winning ranks this time, some of their texts are definitely worth sharing. Enjoy the students' wonderful insights here:

Theme 2025: "My World - Our Future"

Stories shared by 8 to 11 year-old students from Hauraki School in Auckland/ New Zealand

Do you want to know more about our competitions?

If you were not aware of our competition, here are some basic statistics. Below you can see our infographic for our the 2025 competition.

Simply click on the infographic to learn more about the competition winners.

Enter in our next competition:

Find out more about the next writing competition - and maybe we will hear from your students soon!

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