Fiction
2023 Orbit Writing Competition Winners
Mr Erasmus and Sylphie Quicksilver
Articles
Play with Your Words
article by Zoë Disher , photos by Alamy
Fiction
The Most Boring Street in the World
story by Bill Nagelkerke, illustrated by Tohby Riddle
Poems
The Sea
poem by Paula Stevenson, illustrated by Marjorie Crosby-Fairall
Fiction
Remembrance Song
story by Simon Cooke, illustrated by Jenny Tan
Plays
The Fastest Girl in the World
play adapted from a Greco-Roman myth in Ovid’s Metamorphoses by Ursula Dubosarsky, illustrated by Kerry Millard
Fiction
Midnight in Gnome City
story by Terry Lavelle, illustrated by Douglas Holgate
Fiction
April Fool
story by Katherine Battersby, illustrated by David Legge
Fiction
Missuk’s Snow Geese
story by Anne Renaud, illustrated by Greg Holfeld
Fiction
The Flying Test
story by Sara Matson, illustrated by Douglas Holgate
Fiction
The Clever Sun and Moon
story by Melissa Marr, illustrated by Vivienne To
Poems
When
poem by Kristin Martin, illustrated by David Legge
Poems
The Dry Country
poem by Vanessa Proctor, illustrated by Heidi Cooper Smith
Plays
Santa’s Big Secret
play by Elizabeth Klein , illustrated by Greg Holfeld
Poems
End of Term
poem by Anne Bell, illustrated by Cheryl Orsini
Articles
Where the blue bees fly
article by Carolyn Galbraith, photo Amegilla cingulata by Chiswick Chap
Other
Tricky Challenge Time: Find a DINKY DI word
activity by Mr Erasmus the Sloth
Plays
Tomorrow Never Comes
play by Tohby Riddle, illustrated by Craig Phillips
Fiction
Three … Two … One!
story by Jenny Robson, illustrated by Peter Sheehan