Roland Leach Poetry Prize

2016 Roland Leach Poetry Prize

The Roland Leach Poetry Prize is a biennial competition run by the City of Nedlands Library Service since 2005.  It aims to promote poetry in the community and to recognise and reward outstanding, original works of poetry written by young people in Western Australia.  The competition is open to school aged children and teenagers from Year 3 to Year 12, and is divided into 4 categories based on age group

2016 was the sixth year of the competition and had 1,116 entries from 95 schools across the state. 

Winners of the 2016 Roland Leach Poetry Prize Competition

Category A

 Category B

 Category C

 Category D

 Overall winner

1st Lewis Orr Scotch College

 
Most Enthusiastic School – East Manjimup Primary School with 113 entries
Most Poetic School – Methodist Ladies College with 3 winning entries