Youth Creative Competition 2024

With the  theme of 'Health and Wellbeing' the City of Ryde’s second annual Youth Creative Competition once again uncovered some incredibly talented young artists and writers

Winners for 2024 were announced on 20 November 2024 at Lachlan’s Line Auditorium, where the exceptional entries enchanted the judges.

In the art category, entrants submitted images of paintings, drawings, photographs, digital artworks, collages or short film.

Writers submitted short stories, fan fiction, poems, reviews, or other prose pieces up to a maximum of 1,000 words.

The winners were:

Art Category

12 - 15 years
Winner - Cathy Chen - P(m)e(n)tal illness
Runner Up - Zoha Ali – Escapism
Highly Commended - Veronica Nguyen - Can't Remember

16 - 19 years
Winner - Flora Gao – Refractions
Runner Up - Jessica Liu - Sweet Illusion
Highly Commended - Gabriel Gao - Everything Everyhair All At Once

20 - 24 years
Winner - Stephanie Henderson - I can't wait not to go home

Writing Category

12 - 15 years
Winner – Sophia Shi - Under those couch cushions
Runner Up - Grace Anderson - She Was Enough
Highly Commended - Lucas Faro-Beer - THE VISION OF CAMUS

16 - 19 years
Winner - Amelia Mayne - The Anatomy of Colour
Runner Up - Rozana Eshghighadiri - 2 eggs with yolks intact
Highly Commended - Tahlia Hall - Passing Storms

20 - 24 years
Winner - Thuhashini Celia Thirimanna - Melanin and Mental Illness
Runner Up - Audrey Elia Fallone - Bug Bites