2021 winners

Last year, hundreds of entries from schools were submitted, and after a lengthy adjudication process, the winning stories were selected.

1st place: Afrika kinders by Xia Du Toit | Laerskool Mikro – Metro East | Teacher: Thealize Blake

2nd place: Troubling Times by Kungawo Ntoyanto | Blossom Street Primary – Metro Central | Teacher: Andrea Liddle

3rd place: Ash-tastic’s save from NoWhere Land by Ashlynn Jansen | Monte Vista Primary – Metro North | Teacher: Jennifer Rose

4th place: Noise solution by Xanon Muller | Mitchell's Plain PS – Metro South | Teacher: Florence Gamanie

5th place: no title by Muhamad Burhaan Manjoo | Star College – Metro Central | Teacher: Muneerah Khan

6th place: Felix and Felicity: The Pizza Chronicles by Nabeelah | The Grove – Metro Central | Teacher: Cathrine Lee

7th place: no title by Maja Pejanovic | Sweet Valley PS – Metro South | Parent: Karolina Pejanovic

8th place: Die emoji planet by Marike-Mari McAlpine | Montagu PS – Cape Winelands | Teacher: Waldo Erasmus

9th place: Kitaar dans in the ertjiesop by Juwan | Mikro PS – Metro East | Teacher: Lutzia Burger

10th place: “We did it, we did it!” by Tyla Goldschmidt | Bellpark PS – Metro East | Teacher: Frances Putter