News about the School and its pupils

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“Re-Draft is what keeps me writing …”

One of New Zealand’s top teenage writers won a national title at the end of 2009. Rosie Bolderston, an entrant in the School for Young Writers ...

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Korean student succeeds in international competition

In 2009 Ben Lee, a Korean student from the Australian National University, won a place in Fishing for Birds, the ninth book in the Re-Draft ...

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Does creative life end at 20?

Of course it doesn’t, but emerging writers often express sadness at leaving the teenage years and becoming too old to enter ...

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From reading Write On to writing for Write On

From as far back as I can remember I have wanted to write. Last year my Aunty sent me a copy of Write On magazine because ...

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“Shreya’s Story”

I have loved writing ever since I could hold a pencil properly. Books, books, books were all that mattered when I was five. I read ...

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