IMS Refugee Week Writing Competition

The Illawarra Multicultural Services (IMS) hosted a Refugee Week Writing Competition in collaboration with the South Coast Writers Centre (SCWC) with the theme of the competition being ‘Healing’. The event has reached new heights with a new record of over 210 entries from as far north as Bulli and as far south as Nowra.

The Refugee Week Writing competition is a creative space that provides opportunity for all members of the community to express their ideas and reflect on or relate to the refugee experience from any perspective through writing.

Competition Winners

Adult Category:

1st Place: Fatima Sayed

2nd Place: Hanan Khorsheed

Teen Category:

1st Place: Paige Rzeminski

2nd Place: Emma Whitehouse

Children Category:

1st Place: Adiba Fatima

2nd Place: Dilara Ceylan

IEC Winner: Ziqing Zhang

TAFE Winner: Maneepon Morard

MAX Winner: Truc Mai

ESL Winner: Shahed Al Jasry

Congratulations to the competition winners and we would also like to thank all of those participants who submitted a piece of writing into the competition. We would also like to thank all of the schools and teachers for their enormous efforts in supporting their students to participate in the Refugee Week Writing Competition.