Me, My Culture and NSW

Competition

Proudly funded by

Me, My Culture and NSW

Woke has had the privilege of being funded by Multicultural NSW to create the ‘Me, My Culture and NSW’ competition. Our aim was to give an opportunity for young people to celebrate diversity, share their culture and join us in combating cultural stereotypes and racism. We can definitely say that we have achieved this!

Our competition was a huge success! We had hundreds of participants, whose entries were extremely insightful and of the upmost quality. We received so many outstanding entries and as the calibre of submissions was so high, we have created two new categories: Highly Commended and Honourable Mention.

We also want to take this opportunity to invite any young person who’s passionate about social justice to write for Woke. Have a look at our writing guidelines and don’t hesitate to contact us via our email ourwoke@gmail.com, we’d love to hear from you!

Now, we’re excited to announce the winners of the competition below!

Writing

1st Place

The Coexistence of Two Selves

By Munira Ahmed

Baulkham Hills HS

2nd Place

The Asian Voice

By Yuden Sae-Ueng

Nothmead Creative & Performing Arts HS

3rd Place

Falling Apart at the Seams

By Sidra Afroz

Penrith HS

Highly Commended

Writing Beyond: the Terrorist & the Bollywood Dancer

By Aalia Syed

North Sydney Girls HS

Highly Commended

Ext. In a Botanical Garden

By Tianna

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Highly Commended

9am In My Grandmother's Dining Room

By Josephine Sarayar

Girraween HS

Honourable Mention

Old Home, New Home

By Maria Kakali

Willoughby Girls HS

Honourable Mention

We Can’t Breathe

By Ethan Lin

Fort Street HS

Honourable Mention

Woolworths & The Asian Store

By Jason

Girraween HS

Writing - Shortlisted entries recognised by the editors

The Editors of Woke have further recognised the following work for their amazing merit as well!

You Stole my Pride

By Helena Chen

North Sydney Girls HS

I Am So Sorry

By Sarah Algarawi

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How is Australia?

By Rachel Jung

Ryde Secondary College

Red to Black

By Aishani Sivashankar

Penrith HS

The hate you give

By Dominion Ojo

Arthur Phillp HS

Conscious

By Oliver Burke

Wyndham College