2026 Science Writing Prize Winners
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*Please note this list is not indicative of place winners, entries have been listed in alphabetical order. Prize winners will find out the outcome of their entry at the Presentation Ceremony.
Prize Winners
- R-2 Prize Winners
- 3-4 Prize Winners
- 5-6 Prize Winners
- 7-8 Prize Winners
- 9-10 Prize Winners
- 11-12 Prize Winners
Highly Commended
- R-2 Highly Commended
- 3-4 Highly Commended
- 5-6 Highly Commended
- 7-8 Highly Commended
- 11-12 Highly Commended
Click on 'more information' to view written reports for each project.
R-2 Prize Winners
Benjamin Bates-Eu
St Peter's College
Project: My Backyard Biosphere
Benjamin Ghabriel
Burnside Primary School
Project: Discovering Spriggina
Molly McKenzie
Mercedes College
Project: My Backyard Biosphere
3-4 Prize Winners
Joshua Khoo
Highgate School
Project: How to turn organic waste into treasure?
Evelyn Weeks
Highgate School
Project: TIME TRAVELING TO INTERVIEW SPRIGGINA
Kelly Wang
Concordia College - St John's Campus
Project: If We Could Cure It: The Promise and Ethics of Stem Cells
5-6 Prize Winners
Ryan Bran
Burnside Primary School
Project: Greek fire: An Unstoppable force
Sarah Fazlur
IQRA College
Project: We could cure it: The promise and ethics of stem cells
Trystan La Fou
Burnside Primary School
Project: Discovering Spriggina
7-8 Prize Winners
Harris Zi-Rong Cheong
Pembroke School - Middle School
Project: Discovering Spriggina: South Australia's Window Into Life's Beginnings
Susannah Craig
Mount Compass Area School
Project: Next Giant Leaps: From NASA to Life Beyond Earth
Radhe Ramson
Wilderness School
Project: The World at War - The Threat of Uranium 235
9-10 Prize Winners
Gregor Forster-Rohal
Home Education
Project: Science For Peace: Small Discoveries, Big Changes
Yesha Patel
Glenunga International High School
Project: Spriggina: Palaeontological Secrets Discovered in Stone
Alina Thai
St Aloysius College
Project: Discovering Spriggina
11-12 Prize Winners
Nihal Keremane
Unley High School
Project: James Webb Space Telescope
Jack Yingjian Li
Pembroke School - Middle School
Project: Alkali extraction and reductive precipitation as a novel pathway for arsenic recovery from wastewater sludge
Muhammad Malik
IQRA College
Project: Emerging Immunotherapy in Multiple Myeloma: Evaluating Bispecific and Trispecific Antibodies
Lana Napoli
St Mary's College
Project: Application and Limitations of Biomimetic Supramolecular Protein Matrices in Tooth Enamel Regeneration
2026 Science Writing Highly Commended
R-2 Highly Commended
Abigail Thomas
Westbourne Park Primary School
Project: Discovering Spriggina
3-4 Highly Commended
Austin Bosco
Hillcrest Primary School
Project: From Trash to Treasure
Layla Harry
St John's Grammar School - Junior
Project: Algal Bloom: Bloom Trouble
William Son
Richmond Primary School
Project: From a Linear to a Circular Economy: Transforming Waste into Resources
5-6 Highly Commended
Tiara Samaraweera
St Peter's Girls' School
Project: A Day on Mars in 2090 How space science is helping humans live beyond Earth
Genevieve Weir
Walford Anglican School for Girls
Project: Hoverflies to the rescue: Can Catnip Protect Roses from Aphids
7-8 Highly Commended
Kiana Cowper
Harvest Christian College
Project: When water turns green: The hidden danger of Algal Blooms
11-12 Highly Commended
Charles Tang
Prince Alfred College
Project: Colossal Bioscience's Woolly Mouse as a step towards de-extinction