Winners from the Bay of Fires Youth Art Prize 2024

The winners from the Bay of Fires Youth Arts Prize were announced on Saturday, June 8 at the Portland Memorial Hall in St Helens.

The arts prize showcased more than 300 ocean-themed creations from children and young people across the state.

Group entries (small group)

First place - Sophie Curran and Isobel Fassett from St Helens District School (SHDS)

Second place - Evie Oman and Sabrina Blades SHDS

Highly commended - Declan Bean and Tommy Adam from St Marys District School (SMDS)

First place - Grade 1 Cook from Launceston Grammar Junior School

Second place - 2/4 Geale SHDS

First place - Sammy Hay SHDS

Second place - Everly Dunkley SHDS

Third place - Bella Bindon SHDS

Highly commended - Odin Behan SMDS

Emergency artist - Charlie Rodway from Bicheno Primary School

First place - Stella Dunkley SHDS

Second place - Indira Castor SHDS

Third place - Vera Groves SHDS

Highly commended- Kaylee Kok from Somerset Primary

Emerging artist - Jet Hawkins from Montello Primary

First place - Charlotte Bleathman from Riverside High School

Second place - Melody Zhang from Toroona High School

Third place - Danika Olwagen from Leighlands High School

Highly commended - Charlotte Weeks school NA

Emerging artist - Wilhelmina Simpson SHDS

Digital art - Archer Harrison SHDS

Indigenous theme - Cacia Charles from Launceston Grammar and Kaden Bannister SMDS

First place - Tommi Scicluna SMDS

Second place - Sophie Jones from Marist Regional College

Third place - Maddy Lowry SHDS

Highly commended - Ava Lileman from The Friends School

Emerging artist - Mary Soe St Patricks College

Digital artist - Aurora de Boer from Riverside High School and Astrid Wilson from Launceston College

Indigenous theme - Ty Maynard SMDS

Piper Shand from St Patrick's College

Category finalists can be found here.

First place - Stella Dunkley

Second place - Sammy Hay

Third place - Charlie Rodway

First place - Melody Zhang

Second place - Dino Eastman

Third place - Piper Shand