You have to be in it, to win it! The Lionel Bowen Young Writers Awards
In June of this year, I posted a blog about the poem I wrote and entered into the Lionel Bowen Young Writers Awards. The poem was called “In The Ocean’s Arms”. I received many lovely comments from all the readers. I really wasn’t expecting to win, as it was my first time entering this competition. …
Yesterday I was interviewed by Peter Dick and Mary Collier on Brisbane Radio 4BC
This time was different to my last interview. This time there was no warm up, they rang my house and said “Is this this the residence of Eve Cogan” No one has ever said that, so my mum said “What?” I came out of the shower and into the phone interview for Breakfast with Peter…
I just did my first Radio Interview with ABC Canberra 666
I did my first radio interview today and it was a wonderful experience. I was interviewed by Genevieve Jacobs. I really did not know what to expect, but she was really nice talking to me before the interview saying things like “Don’t worry if you make a mistake” And asking me lots of little easy…
David Warren’s Amazing Black Box
Let me tell you about my proudest school project. This initially started off as a project for my school. It’s the S.K Austin Award and it’s the biggest assignment that we get in year 5 and year 6. It is a very prestigious award at Claremont College as it is dedicated to one of the…
The Dot – Peter H Reynolds helping others to gain self confidence
I generally like reading substantial novels like Harry Potter or Hunger Games. I also like a quick short story too, but there is another way to enjoy a story and that is by watching a short story converted to video. I really enjoyed “The Dot” video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5mGeR4AQdM ) by Peter H Reynolds, who not only…
My Tunguska Documentary by 10 year old Eve Cogan
Enjoy my Tunguska video and tell me how it could be improved. For my school project, I had to choose a natural disaster and find an interesting way to present it. I wanted to select an event that no one else in my class would choose, so I went through a list on Wikipedia with…
Poem: In The Ocean’s Arms
UPDATE: I won it! — I decided to enter the ‘Young Writers Competition’ this year. This is my first time entering, so I don’t expect to win, but I’ve really tried my best to create a great poem. The only rules were that I had to involve the words ‘treasure’ or ‘reading’ in my work.…
