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Category: School Competition 2021

Winners’ Announcement

August 10, 2021

Winning Entries – Judges Comments

1st – Gurmehar Bajwa
Ormiston Senior College
Poem; ’Mudita’

This was a standout entry to our judges.  They loved the subject matter, and were impressed by the clever use of imagery and rhyming.  While being emotionally driven, it was formally well-structured and displayed a high level of empathy and maturity.

2nd – Hannah Thompson
Botany Downs Secondary College
Artwork; ‘Childhood Imagination‘

The judges thought this was a clever idea, and the interplay of inside and outside space was well executed.  They were impressed by the artistic skill and application of the paint, as well as the resulting sense of childhood imagination and joy.

3rd – Esther Oh
Diocesan School for Girls
Prose; ‘The Violin’

The judges loved this entry. They felt it was thought-provoking, beautifully written and constructed, with great use of descriptive language and a clever ending that tied in perfectly with the theme.

4th Highly Commended – Dina Aziz
Carmel College
Artwork; ‘Three as One’

The judges thought this entry was a lovely idea, well-considered with strong composition, good skill and use of colour. They felt it related well to the theme portraying the love and security of family as a thing of joy. For further information, please contact:

Nina Tomaszyk | General Manager | Kate Edger Educational Charitable Trust

Phone: 09-358-1044 | Email: nina.tomaszyk@kateedgertrust.org.nz. The Kate Edger Educational Charitable Trust (KEECT) supports the promotion, advancement and encouragement of women within education, whether it be for research and professional activities, or for artistic and creative activities. The KEECT is one of the biggest supporters of women’s tertiary education in New Zealand, providing financial assistance of approximately $600,000 to over 100 women annually. Funding primarily comes from the proceeds from Academic Dress Hire, as well as generous private individualsand partner sponsors.

Isha Davies – Michael Park School

August 7, 2021

Porcelain Skin 

I could admire you forever
Running my hands down your skin
Through your hair
Tracing your tattoos
Everything about you is a work of art.
We’ve found a new way
A kind of New York movie romance
Its as if you’re undressing me with your eyes
And pulling me in through your smile
For it’s not all tangled and messy
Nor a delusion of happiness
I see pure love and joy within your glances
It’s as if everything you feel is what I feel
Like we’re interlinked
We talk for hours and hours
Our souls mixing and binding together
You saved me
Pulled me back to life
I could never bear to hurt you.
As porcelain hits the ground it chips into a million pieces;
And once broken
it’s almost impossible to fix.
I could never break your porcelain skin
Nor would i ever want to
I found a light in you
And i hope for the life of me it never fades
only remaining besmirched on me like a coffee stain
at the bottom of a porcelain tea cup.

Isha Davies
Michael Park School

Henry Ludbrook – Kerikeri High School

The Tree

After a sudden death in the family, we drove up to our lake house. Shortly after the arrival I found myself on  boat, which is odd because I am not a boat head, I am however a good sport.

Not long after the boat trip began is when I saw it, a  beautiful tree. It was an old red spruce, stick straight, standing alone near the water. Leaning at a beautiful, melancholy angle.

I ventured round the lake to the tree daily, during our stay.  In the morning and evening. It always looked perfect, like a tree a child might draw. Its shaded-out branches, now dead, were still hanging there like memories.

During my trips to the tree, as I stared at it, amid grief it seemed to say something specific: growing old can be frightening. But age can be marvelous.

On my final trip to the tree as I walked along the pebble shore, I looked at several trees surrounding the tree and saw they were dying to. Although none were as beautiful as the old spruce, it brought me joy knowing he hadn’t aged alone. I walked back to the house in peace knowing,  I wasn’t alone in my grief either.

 

Henry Ludbrook
Kerikeri High School

Mackenzie McElroy – Baradene College of the Sacred Heart

What brings me joy

Joy, what is joy, joy is a feeling happiness, compassion, love and warmth. Joy can’t be situated into one thing, because it isn’t one thing. Joy is a place, a place where you feel safe, joy is home. Home not just being a building with windows and walls, but home being the people who surround us, the people we choose to talk to, the people we choose to laugh and cry with. These people are our home. Home is the warm feeling that wraps around us, it’s the smile lines adjacent to our eyes, home is in people, our joy is in others. We find ourselves in others, we see the similarity between each-others humour, each-other’s eyes and smile. We see each-other in each-other, we see our joy in our homes, we see our homes in our people. Joy isn’t always a feeling of happiness though, it’s a feeling of warmth on a cold winters day, joy is the feeling of arms wrapping around the small of your back from the person you love. Joy is comfort, safety, trust. My home brings me joy.

 

Mackenzie McElroy
Baradene College of the Sacred Heart

Note from the author: Home is the warm feeling that wraps around us, it’s the smile lines adjacent to our eyes, home is in people, our joy is in others.

Anwesha Banerjee – Epsom Girls Grammar School

From the artist: Thoughts we often toy with alone, they are ideas, potential tools for building new connections. These provide the fuel for roads of infinite universal paths. It is this neuroplastic nature of our existence that brings me joy.

Anwesha Banerjee
Epsom Girls Grammar School

Maddie van Leeuwen – Diocesan School for Girls

From the artist: What brings me joy is my grandmother. In this image, I feel as if I can see her story written on her skin, the story of herself, of my family, and myself. I think it captures her knowledge and being, bringing me joy.

Maddie van Leeuwen
Diocesan School for Girls

Logan Bow – Auckland Boys Grammar

August 6, 2021

“Seven Wishes”

From the artist: My painting, “Seven Wishes” denotes the long process of painting. My aim for perfection, in this process, is what gives me joy and satisfaction. The seven figures of myself conveys the notion of creation; with seven being a number of completeness and perfection.

Logan Bow
Auckland Boys Grammar

Dina Aziz – Carmel College

“Three as one” – Acrylic on canvas, 12 x16.

From the artist: My family brings me joy through their love, comfort, support and encouragement which help me reach for beautiful things, like the stars in the night sky. They inspire me to shine and to keep going even when things become challenging. I am so lucky and grateful to have them in my life. It’s not material items or temporary friends/relationships that bring true joy, family does.

Dina Aziz
Carmel College

Hannah Thompson – Botany Downs Secondary College

From the artist: My painting represents childhood imagination. As children, we could easily slip into make-believe worlds. Being creative was such an easy and joyous feeling to achieve. My childhood was full of joy, and looking back on memories, these nostalgic emotions remind me of that unique feeling.

Hannah Thompson
Botany Downs Secondary College

Stella Bilger – Baradene College

What brings you joy? For me its the small things in life. My friends and family as well as the nature around me!! Memories is another thing that brings me joy.

Stella Bilger
Baradene College