Presented at combined meeting of the marketing and programs group, and the reference and information services group at Blacktown 7 August 2019

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Young Creatives Awards
Lysele Assarapin
Lightening Talks
Max Weber Library
7th August 2019
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3Young Creatives Awards 2018/2019
AIMS
The Young Creatives Awards 2018/2019 is a competition organised by Inner West Library and
History Services.
The Young Creatives Awards 2018 encouraged talented young illustrators and writers living,
working or studying in the Inner West Council and who are a member of one of the Inner West
Libraries to compete for two awards.
The two awards, Young Writer and Young Illustrator were opened to Inner West students and
residents aged 12-18 years.
Main requirement was to produce a piece in response to the Library’s collection.
Writers were required to produce approximately 1000 words based on their chosen work and
illustrators were asked to provide four A 3 illustrations.
2 Categories Writing: 12-15, 16 -18, Illustrating 12-15, 16-18

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Empowering Youth
Leo Lorents
12-15 year Illustrator winner 2018
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Timing
• 3 months for competition (February – April 2018)
• Terms and conditions
• Lead time: School Visits and consultations with Head Teachers English,
Visual Arts and Librarians
• Presentations to local high schools, staff meetings and assemblies
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Promotion
Postcards
Web
Media releases
Enewsletter
What’s On
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Judges and shortlisting
40 entries
• Writing
• Hillary Bell
• Will Kostakis
• Andrew Tennant (English teacher Tempe High)
• Luke Carman
• Illustration
• Cate James
• Sophie Hardcastle
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Participating Schools
• PLC
• Ashfield Boys
• Dulwich Hill High
• Tempe High
• De La Salle
• Fort Street
• Canterbury Boys
• Sydney Secondary College (Balmain, Leichhardt)
• Sydney Grammar
• Steiner School
• Canterbury Girls
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Writing
The Carnival by Moss Johnson, Fort
Street High (16-18)
A whimsical melody floated up from the Coney
Island merry-go-round, its jauntily painted
horses almost gaudy in the afternoon sun.
Further down the boardwalk, a tinny voice was
singing from a gramophone, and even further
down, towards the Big Tent, distant screams
from the rollercoaster echoed down to the
pastel streaks of sand and sea. The park was
slowly grinding into the next gear, preparing for
the crowds that came to admire the electric
lights at night, laughing with delight at the
fireworks that were set off every Saturday
night, teenagers daring each other to go on the
rollercoaster…..
Lockwood & Co, The Empty Grave
Book by Aoife Brazil, St Scholastica's
Suddenly it hit me. A wave of shrieking and
cackling and screaming, all at once. I fell to the
ground with a thump and the noise died. I
picked myself up, unsheathed my rapier and
motioned towards the convenience store. We
knew that the source had to be around there
somewhere, and a small store would be the
perfect place to hide something. We easily
cracked open the steel gate and back to back,
rapiers at the ready, headed into the tiny shop
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Prizes and Award Presentation
• $500 to the Young Writer Award and
Young Illustrator Award winners for 12
– 15 year olds
• $500 to the Young Writer Award
winner and Young Illustrator Award for
16 -18 year olds + Associate
Membership of the NSW Writers’
Centre
• $250 runner up prizes for Young
Writer and Illustrator for 2 age
categories
• Award Presentation St
Peters Library
• Students read their
piece and explained
artwork
• Certificates
• Councillor York – Prize
giving
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Winners
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2019 Young Creatives Awards
56 entries
• Competition opened during
April and July school
holidays
• 2 school terms for
promotional visits
• Entries via Smartygrants
• School holiday workshops
based around writing and
illustrations
• Thank you
Lysele.Assarapin@innerwest.nsw.gov.au
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