A short play by a Year 11 Carroll College student has taken out the top spot in this year's Mayor's Writing Competition.
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Sam Bath, 16, said he was inspired inspired by poetry to pen the piece called "The Last Tram", a play which brings three very different people together on a tram.
"I am passionate about writing, I'm also an actor, so I write characters I would like to play or see on stage," he said.
Sam's most recent role was Doug Hastings in the Carroll College production of Strictly Ballroom.
Sam was awarded the Mayor's Writing Competition's Syd Hayes Creative Writing Award and received a pen made by Richard Turley, from swamp mahogany sourced near Preddys Wharf.
The annual Mayor's Writing Competition calls on Eurobodalla authors aged 5- to 18- years to submit an original work in any style of creative writing.
Finalists in the six age categories received a copy of the Mayor's Writing Competition Anthology 2021, which includes their work.
Winners received a $50 Moruya Books voucher and runners-up a $30 Moruya Books voucher.
Encouragement award winners and special mentions in each category also received a certificate.
One of the four judges for the competition this year, Alice Johnson, said the entries showed an impressive range of writing modes, styles and subject matter.
"It was a thoroughly worthwhile and rewarding experience reading creative pieces from such a talented group of writers," she said.
"Judging was definitely a challenge."
The awards were presented by Eurobodalla Mayor Liz Innes at the Moruya RSL Hall last week.
Cr Innes said over the past 12 years the competition had received more than 2,500 entries.
"This competition is a fantastic platform for our young people to express themselves and show their creative talents," she said.
"To become a finalist in the Mayor's Writing Competition is a huge achievement, congratulations to all of you."
Age category finalists and winners:
5-6 years: Special mentions Sofia Burazer and Abigail Piper, encouragement award Aleera Murphy, runner-up Bella Cowling, winner Sunnie Thompson.
7-8 years: Special mentions Peyton Apps and Lachlan Hanns, encouragement award Zara McCarthy, runner-up Isabella Stanton, winner Poppy Mitchell.
9-10 years: Special mentions Evelyn Bailey and Joey Clark-Mori, encouragement award Max Kay, runner-up Abigail Heane, winner Daisy West
11-12 years: Special mentions Sophia Carver and Makhenzie Mathie, encouragement award Naomi Steffan, runner-up Maison Heane, winner Ollie Burke.
13-14 years: Special mentions Erin Drewsen and Scarlett Walters, encouragement award Emma Penberthy, runner-up Charlie-May Hough, winner Angus Blythe.
15-18 years: Special mentions Makadde Ethell and Bethany Russell, encouragement award Ryles Walters, runner-up Alana Holley, winner Sam Bath.
Syd Hayes Creative Writing Award: Sam Bath, "The Last Tram".
