2023 Primary Longlist
The Mysterious Brown Liquid
Alexander
Year 2 – NSW
Alan! Let’s Go!
Auley
Year 3 – VIC
A Swimming Dream
Isabella
Year 3 – NSW
The Day I Never Knew was Coming
Jenny
Year 3 – SA
The Egg Trial
Lena
Year 3 – NSW
The Elegantly Mute Cat
Ryan
Year 3 – NSW
The Week Without Grandma
Fire Like A Dragon
Tsz Shuen
Year 4 – NSW
Jimmy the Dino Kid
Benjamin
Year 4 – NSW
The Journey
Harper
Year 4 – NSW
The Land of Forgotten Music
Jasmine
Year 4 – NSW
The Monster of the Summer Woods
Sanuthi
Year 4 – WA
The Mythical Tree
Skylar
Year 4 – NSW
Beyond the Reef
Matilda
Year 5 – NSW
Darkness
Erum
Year 5 – NSW
Figment or Friend
Mila
Year 5 – NSW
Flame
Charlie
Year 5 – VIC
Life Beyond the Fridge
Lac
Year 5 – VIC
Our Grey World
Bijou
Year 5 – NSW
Stuck
Adeline
Year 5 – TAS
The Black Lace
Neve
Year 5 – TAS
The Boy And His Wish
Zoe
Year 5 – VIC
The Door
Annabel
Year 5 – NSW
The Last Promise
Frankie
Year 5 – NSW
The Last Stripe
Ariana
Year 5 – VIC
The Uncontrollable Fire
Rachael
Year 5 – WA
When It Rains
Ella
Year 5 – VIC
A Bedtime Story
Aditya
Year 6 – NSW
A Brand New Me
Eu Ming
Year 6 – WA
After Midnight
Alice
Year 6 – WA
Carousel
Evie
Year 6 – NSW
Curse of the Pirate King
Patrick
Year 6 – NSW
Deep Down
Leonardo
Year 6 – VIC
Ebbing Away
Esther
Year 6 – NSW
Everything We’ve Ever Known
Sarannah
Year 6 – QLD
Forged By Flames
Adya
Year 6 – NSW
I ACCIDENTALLY DELTED THIS
Zia
Year 6 – VIC
Irene
Frankie
Year 6 – NSW
Lord of the Wings
Mary’s Flowers
Abigail
Year 6 – NSW
Mylop the Dreamhorse
Esther
Year 6 – NSW
Sparrowbrook Sorrow
Loukya
Year 6 – VIC
The Brave Count
The ‘C’s
Yuhan
Year 6 – WA
The Great Adventure of an Ordinary Erasable Pen
Lyla
Year 6 – ACT
The Man on the Bike
Ava
Year 2 – NSW
Aileen
Year 6 – NSW
The Unseen Light
Camilla
Year 6 – NSW
This Is No Disney
Triton Savage and the Red Monster
Lucas
Year 6 – NSW
2023 HIGH SCHOOL LONGLIST
Afterlife
Sofia Cyan
Year 7 – VIC
Feathers and Flight
Adeline
Year 7 – VIC
The Beach
Caitlyn
Year 7 – WA
The Eyes Weren’t Plastic
Alyssa
Year 7 – QLD
The Illusionist’s Shadow
Nozomi
Year 7 – NSW
Through the Glass
Sophia
Year 7 – QLD
Wolf
Sophie
Year 7 – VIC
On The Ball
Lin-Ling
Year 8 – NSW
Raven’s Haven
Lydia
Year 8 – VIC
Sparrow
Sandani
Year 8 – VIC
The Dunes
Ruby
Year 8 – NSW
The Inside World
Karunamuni Sanuli
Year 8 – TAS
The Prey
Annabelle
Year 8 – NSW
The Trench
Maisie
Year 8 – NSW
When the Dying Girl Dies Last
Zoe
Year 8 – VIC
Comforted By Delusion
Annabel
Year 9 – NSW
Dearest Marjorie
Isla
Year 9 – QLD
Love, The Body
Chloe
Year 9 – TAS
Now Viewing: Drafts
Aditi
Year 9 – QLD
School Photo Shenanigans
Eleni
Year 9 – WA
Technology is Faster
Charlize
Year 9 – VIC
The Window
Gabriel
Year 9 – SA
A Life of Love
Finley
Year 10 – QLD
A Perfect Date
Evangeline
Year 10 – NSW
Apocalypse Mornings
Isabel
Year 10 – VIC
Medusa
Micah
Year 10 – SA
The Man, The Myth
Olivia
Year 10 – VIC
Unwritten
Fiona
Year 10 – VIC
Cellotape
Sri
Year 11 – NSW
Fruitful
Maya
Year 11 – NSW
Light
Matilda
Year 11 – TAS
Moment
Grace
Year 11 – NSW
Ocean Wide, Skin Deep
Henry
Year 11 – NSW
Sea-stars
Chloe
Year 11 – QLD
Still Beautiful When She Screamed
Hailey
Year 11 – NSW
Storge
Esther
Year 11 – NSW
The Harrowing of Endless Life
Christina
Year 11 – NSW
The Jovian Plutonian Gravitational Effect
Marina
Year 11 – NSW
Through the Window
Molly
Year 11 – NSW
Window for the Night
Samalmi Sandasika
Year 11 – WA
A Day to Remember, A Promise
Jade
Year 12 – NSW
A Hollow Pearly Heart
Lara
Year 12 – QLD
Allegiance
Jai
Year 12 – NSW
Cremation
Owini
Year 12 – VIC
Confessions
Ruby
Year 12 – NSW
Paint Baggage
Leyi
Year 12 – NSW
Ribboner
Emily
Year 12 – QLD
Zombie Within the Cage
Leon
Year 12 – QLD
2023 HONOURABLE MENTIONS
The Last Tide
Grace
Year 7 – VIC
The Balcony
Isabella
Year 8 – NSW
To Kill a Moc- Monster
Charlotte
Year 8 – NSW
Technical Difficulties
Jared
Year 12 – NSW
Caring too much about the wrong things
Olive
Year 10 – VIC
The Lottery
Olive
Year 10 – WA
The Python’s Tongue
Arnav
Year 11 – NSW
Blueberries
Juliette
Year 11 – NSW
Never Change Yourself
Prabhjeet
Year 11 – VIC
Liverpool ‘72
Katherine
Year 12 – NSW
