Parallax is the school’s student-run literary and arts journal. We publish student creative writing, poetry, photography, and art annually. All contributors to our sixth edition will receive a Parallax badge and become published authors/artists before leaving high school!  

Our theme this year is ‘Trick of the Light’, and we encourage you to take inspiration from this, as well as our weekly prompts posted on our Google Classroom (twik52i) and our Instagram (@parallax.literary).  

Please send all journal submissions before 31 July to our email ([email protected]). This is an excellent opportunity to share your creative work with the broader school community and pick up a new extracurricular for your report or CV.  

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Want to win up to a hundred dollars in prizes for entering your short story? Entries for the first-ever Parallax Short Story Competition are open until the last day of Term Two, 5 July! The Booklover Bookshop is generously sponsoring this competition, and we are incredibly grateful for their support and encouragement of the next generation of authors! Year 12s and 13s are especially encouraged to enter. The prizes are as follows: 

Juniors (9-11): 3rd Prize: $20 Booklover gift voucher  

2nd Prize: $40 Booklover gift voucher  

1st Prize: $80 Booklover gift voucher 

Seniors (12-13): 3rd Prize: $30 Booklover gift voucher  

2nd Prize: $60 Booklover gift voucher  

1st Prize: $100 Booklover gift voucher  

 All prizes include the Booklovers Bookshop tote bag, notebook and pen.

Entries must be under 1500 words. The entry form and further details are on our Google Classroom.

Please don’t hesitate to contact [email protected] or Gemma at [email protected] with any queries.