Junior Writers Awards

Junior Writers Awards
Junior Writers Awards
Location	Hong Kong
Country	Hong Kong
First awarded	2014
Website	www.jwya.org

The Junior Writer Awards (JWA) is educational charitable community outreach initiative and an English literacy writing competition for secondary school students based in Hong Kong and Macau. It was founded in 2014 by Norton House Education, and organised jointly with Upper House Academy in Macau, Education Bureau of Hong Kong, British Council, University of Hong Kong, Cambridge University, Oxford University Press, Eslite Bookstore and South China Morning Post, as a philanthropic educational initiative to raise English literacy levels, thinking skills and social awareness of secondary students in Hong Kong and Macau.^[1]^[2]

Winners

Past winners include:^[3]^[4]^[5]

Junior Group

Age Group: 11–13 years

Year	Essay Topic
2014	What is my role in society?

Year	Champion		1st Runner Up		2nd Runner Up
Year	Name of Contestant	Representing School	Name of Contestant	Representing School	Name of Contestant	Representing School
2014	Lok Chi Yeung ^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]	International Christian School (Hong Kong)	Liam Fung	Chinese International School	Olivia Ko	St. Paul's Co-educational College

Intermediate Group

Age Group: 14–16 years

Year	Essay Topic
2014	What does Rule of Law have to do with me?

Year	Champion		1st Runner Up		2nd Runner Up
Year	Name of Contestant	Representing School	Name of Contestant	Representing School	Name of Contestant	Representing School
2014	Serena Chan^[12]	St. Paul's Co-educational College	Edward Mak	King George V School (Hong Kong)	Gregory Wong^[13]	La Salle College

Advanced Group

Age Group: 16+ years

Year	Essay Topic
2014	If I could go back in time to any period of history, when would it be and why?

Year	Champion		1st Runner Up		2nd Runner Up
Year	Name of Contestant	Representing School	Name of Contestant	Representing School	Name of Contestant	Representing School
2014	Reo Shoshi ^[14]	French International School	Victoria Cherrington	West Island School	Charlotte Lam^[15]	St. Stephen's Girls' College

Greatest Pen Winner

Year	Name of Contestant	Representing School
2014	Lok Chi Yeung^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]	International Christian School (Hong Kong)

Greatest Potential

Year	Name of Contestant	Representing School
2014	Fong Man Hong Maxwell^[22]^[23]^[24]	Pui Ching Middle School (Macau)

Most Inspirational

Year	Name of Contestant	Representing School
2014	Yeung Chak Sze	Wong Kam Fai Secondary & Primary School

Most Innovative

Year	Name of Contestant	Representing School
2014	Ronaq Mathur	Island School

Scholastic Writer

Year	Name of Contestant	Representing School
2014	Adrian Au	Diocesan Boys' School

Most Promising Young Writer

Year	Name of Contestant	Representing School
2014	Lui Hei Ching Tiffany	Diocesan Girls' School

References

Junior Writers Awards (South China Morning Post) official Website: http://yp.scmp.com/juniorwritersawards
Junior Writers Awards Winners 2014: http://www.jwya.org/top-writers-winners/winners-2014
Junior Writers Awards Top 100 Winner 2014 on South China Morning Post: https://apiwinecircle.scmp.com/YoungPost/juniorwriterawards/result.php
2014 Mar 31 - Apple Daily (Hong Kong): 延續已故港大抗癌鬥士精神　伍庭發表弟　膺最佳少年作家 http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20140331/18674324
2014 Mar 31 - Sing Tao Daily (Hong Kong): 頌讚抗癌鬥士　表弟奪作家獎 http://std.stheadline.com/yesterday/edu/0331go03.html
2014 Mar 31 - Ming Pao (Hong Kong): 港大抗癌鬥士垂範後輩頓悟生命寶貴表弟繼承不放棄精神 http://news2.mingpao.com/pns/%E6%B8%AF%E5%A4%A7%E6%8A%97%E7%99%8C%E9%AC%A5%E5%A3%AB%E5%9E%82%E7%AF%84%E5%BE%8C%E8%BC%A9-%E9%A0%93%E6%82%9F%E7%94%9F%E5%91%BD%E5%AF%B6%E8%B2%B4%20%20%E8%A1%A8%E5%BC%9F%E7%B9%BC%E6%89%BF%E4%B8%8D%E6%94%BE%E6%A3%84%E7%B2%BE%E7%A5%9E/web_tc/article/20140331/s00011/1396203932209
2014 Mar 27 - Va Kio Daily (Macau): 英文寫作「少年作家獎」頒獎十三歲楊樂至膺「最佳作家」 http://www.vakiodaily.com/index.php?tn=viewer&ncid=1&nid=205808&dt=20140327&lang=tw
2014 Mar 20 - South China Morning Post (Hong Kong): Legacy of a cancer hero http://www.yp.scmp.com/home/website/article.aspx?id=6421
2014 Mar 20 - South China Morning Post (Hong Kong): Freddie's my inspiration http://www.yp.scmp.com/home/website/article.aspx?id=6422
2014 Mar 20 - South China Morning Post (Hong Kong): How does the rule of law affect me? http://www.yp.scmp.com/home/website/article.aspx?id=6431
2014 Mar 20 - South China Morning Post (Hong Kong): Going back to the Age of Exploration http://www.yp.scmp.com/home/website/article.aspx?id=6432
2014 Mar 20 - Macao Daily News (Macau): 培正生獲少年作家潛質 - http://www.macaodaily.com/html/2014-03/20/content_887678.htm
2014 Mar 20 - Macao Daily News (Macau): 永援教師校本培訓 - http://www.macaodaily.com/html/2014-03/20/content_887679.htm
2014 Mar 18 - South China Morning Post (Hong Kong): Heartfelt story takes top gong - http://www.yp.scmp.com/home/website/article.aspx?id=6407&section=hong

External links

Junior Writers Awards on Facebook

[1] Junior Writers Awards official website

[2] Junior Writers Awards (South China Morning Post) official website

[3] Junior Writers Awards Winners 2014

[4] Junior Writers Awards Top 100 Winner 2014 on South China Morning Post

[5] 2014 Mar 27 - Va Kio Daily (Macau): 英文寫作「少年作家獎」頒獎十三歲楊樂至膺「最佳作家」

[6] 2014 Mar 20 - South China Morning Post (Hong Kong): Legacy of a cancer hero

[7] 2014 Mar 20 - South China Morning Post (Hong Kong): Freddie's my inspiration

[8] 2014 Mar 18 - South China Morning Post (Hong Kong): Heartfelt story takes top gong

[9] 2014 Mar 31 - Apple Daily (Hong Kong): 延續已故港大抗癌鬥士精神　伍庭發表弟　膺最佳少年作家

[10] 2014 Mar 31 - Sing Tao Daily (Hong Kong): 頌讚抗癌鬥士　表弟奪作家獎

[11] 2014 Mar 31 - Ming Pao (Hong Kong): 港大抗癌鬥士垂範後輩頓悟生命寶貴表弟繼承不放棄精神

[12] 2014 Mar 20 - South China Morning Post (Hong Kong): How does the rule of law affect me?

[13] 2014 Mar 22 - La Salle College - School Achievements Junior Writers Awards & Lions Club Writers Awards (English)

[14] 2014 Mar 20 - South China Morning Post (Hong Kong): Going back to the Age of Exploration

[15] 2013 Mar 19 - St.Stephen's Girls College: Junior Writers Award 2014 (1st Annual)

[16] 2014 Mar 20 - South China Morning Post (Hong Kong): Legacy of a cancer hero

[17] 2014 Mar 20 - South China Morning Post (Hong Kong): Freddie's my inspiration

[18] 2014 Mar 18 - South China Morning Post (Hong Kong): Heartfelt story takes top gong

[19] 2014 Mar 31 - Apple Daily (Hong Kong): 延續已故港大抗癌鬥士精神　伍庭發表弟　膺最佳少年作家

[20] 2014 Mar 31 - Sing Tao Daily (Hong Kong): 頌讚抗癌鬥士　表弟奪作家獎

[21] 2014 Mar 31 - Ming Pao (Hong Kong): 港大抗癌鬥士垂範後輩頓悟生命寶貴表弟繼承不放棄精神

[22] 2014 Mar 20 - Macao Daily News (Macau): 培正生獲少年作家潛質

[23] 2014 Mar 20 - Macao Daily News (Macau): 永援教師校本培訓

[24] 2013 Mar 31 - 澳門培正中學最新消息: Ref: 1546

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