Museum of the Great Southern’s Writing Competition, Western Australian Museum, 18 March 2026
The results are in for the Museum of the Great Southern’s Writing Competition, and the winning entries prove just how much can be said in very few words.
From Wednesday 4 February to Friday 6 March, writers of all levels were invited to respond to the theme Albany: Then and Now, reflecting on the city’s past, present and future as part of Albany’s bicentenary. The catch? It had to be in 200 words or less.
Summing up Albany in so few words may seem like an impossible task, but people rose to the challenge, submitting a diverse mix of forms and perspectives. Entries were shaped by memory, experience, imagination, history, change and a strong sense of place.
The competition ran as part of the Museum of the Great Southern’s current exhibition, Albany Then and Now: Historical Panoramas of Menang Noongar Boodja, which also marks the bicentenary by exploring changing views of Albany over time.
You can read the winning entries below, then keep the creativity coming with the Albany Then and Now Photography Competition, now open until 30 April.
Winners: Adult Category
First Place: Amelia Tennyson
Second Place: Susan Ffoulkes
Third Place: Jennifer C. Chan
Winner: Youth Category
Annice Whitley