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DUNGALA KAIELA WRITING AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Another successful Dungala Kaiela Writing Awards ceremony has been organised and the winners announced.
Inaugurated in 2012, the awards provide an opportunity for writing and selfexpression in the indigenous communities.
The competition features three different categories open to a variety of age groups and this year’s open section in the story category was taken out by Lena-Jean Charles-Loffel with her short story titled Sadie.
Ms Charles-Loffel wrote a touching piece about a close bond she shared with someone special.
Other recipients of the Stories, Yarn, Article or Play category included Margie Tang (elder) for her piece Freckled Oranges Down The West, Mazz Post (youth) with Stolen and Kiarra Egan (junior) with The Black Girl With White Skin.
There were two award winners for the Aboriginal Language section.
Narida Miller took out the open category with Ellara and Ian Clarke and Krystal Oelfke were the joint winners in the junior category with The Day I Killed a Turkey and How I Got My Spikes respectively.
Denise Charles took out the open category of the Poem, Lyric, Rap section with Radi and Elsie Anderson was the winner of the elder section with My Very Special Moments Are Known To Me As ‘Dreams’.
They were joined by youth winner Miranda Cox with The Traveller and junior winner Vanessa Harbrow with My Culture.
The presentation evening was on this month at the Rumbalara Football Netball Club rooms.