Signals 2015
The
Michael King Writers’ Centre launched the fourth issue of Signals, its literary journal for young writers, on Saturday 5
December at the National Library in Auckland.
The
journal features the work of senior secondary students who took part in this
year’s Young Writers Programme, as well as showcasing winning pieces from the Chris
Cole Catley Writing Awards. Alumni of the Programme are also published in Signals 4.
Winners
of the Chris Cole Catley Awards were:
Poetry
Winner:
Sophie van
Waardenberg
Second
Place: Amelia Kendall
Third
Place: Rachel Meadows
Prose
Winner: Joanna
Li
Second
Place: Mirren Rabbette
Third
Place: Daniel Meech
The
2015 Programme attracted more than 120 senior students, representing schools
from all over Auckland.
Leading
writers contributed to workshops and master classes in collaboration with
tutors Ros Ali and Jo Emeney. Guests included Charlotte Grimshaw, Paula Morris,
Anna Smaill, Ian Wedde, Robert Sullivan, Tusiata Avia, Virginia Larson, Toby
Manhire and Tim Wilson.
Copies
of Signals will be
distributed to Auckland secondary schools and libraries. The journal will be available
from the Michael King Writers’ Centre.
The
Young Writers Programme thanks Creative New Zealand for its support. Signals is published thanks to a grant
from the Joyce Fisher Charitable Trust.
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Michael King Writers’ Centre
PO Box 32-629, Devonport, Auckland 0744
Ph: 09 445 8451
www.writerscentre.org.nz
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