Youth
Writing up a storm in a pandemic
Not even a pandemic can stop aspirant young writers from pursuing their dreams. Seventeen King David High School Victory Park students from Grades 9-12 entered the South African Council for English Education (SACEE) Creative Writing competition this year, producing 21 entries between them.
The entries ranged from short stories to poems, monologues, and flash fiction. Emma Fittinghoff (Grade 9) won a gold award (second place) in the Junior Poetry category; Levi Lipschitz (Grade 9) won a silver award (third place) in the Junior Short Story category; Jessica Matheson (Grade 9) won a gold award (second place) in the Junior Monologue category; Liora Scop (Grade 10) won a silver award (third place) in the Senior Poem category; and Santosh Kabir Singh (Grade 12) won a silver award (third place)in the Senior Short Story category.