The Night was really successfull with a big crowd of people who turned up to hear our judges Gavin Bishop and Joanna Orwin speak and to find out if they had won a prize.

The competition invited young writers between the ages of 8 and 18 to select a work of art from the Gallery's online collection and use it as inspiration for a short narrative or poem.

And the prize winners are...

Drum roll please.....

Laura Penn of Clarkville School: 8 -12 years olds - commended

Jordyn Hawker of Sefton School: 8-12 years olds - commended

Tierney Reardon who is home schooled: 8-12 years olds - winner

Amy Huang of Rangi Ruru Girls' School: 13 -15 year olds - commended

Phoebe Powell-Moore of Cashmere High school: 13 -15 year olds - commended

George Letham of St Andrew's College: 13 -15 year olds - commended

Tom McGowan of St Andrew's College: 13 -15 year olds - commended

Kristen Blaber-Hunt of darfield School: 13 -15 year olds - winner

Hayley Russell of Rangi Ruru Girls' School: 16- 18 years old commended and winner.

If you want to see what our clever writers produced have a look here.

Congratulationd to all our winners and thanks to everyone who entered.