Industry Award Winners
The Industry Awards were selected by an expert in the creative field for each competition, showing these young Australians really have what it takes to make a name for themselves in their chosen industry.
RockIT winners will receive a $5000 gift voucher to spend at Allan’s Music stores, while WriteIT and DesignIT winners will be helped along in their chosen fields with an iMac computer package.
Winners in the ShootIT category will be presented with a digital video camera, bag and accessories and SnapIT winners will receive a digital SLR camera, tripod, camera bag and accessories, both from Ted’s Camera Store.
| DesignIT Junior | |
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James Pearson - Put Yourself In The Picture |
| DesignIT Senior | |
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Robi Stalder - Hang With Me |
| RockIT Junior | |
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Irksome Bliss - Outta My Mind View Bio |
| RockIT Senior | |
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The Kentinos - Time Wasting View Bio |
| ShootIT Junior | |
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Andrew Babington - The Last Day |
| ShootIT Senior | |
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Elliot Heatwole - Beside the Seaside |
| SnapIT Junior | |
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Jason Morey - Got Pop |
| SnapIT Senior | |
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Brenna Sharp - Pavilion Scoring |
| WriteIT Junior | |
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Monika Holmwood - When the fighting begins |
| WritetIT Senior | |
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Kunal Sharma - Some Asian-Pacific Chronicles |
People's Choice Awards
People from around Australia were given the opportunity to vote for their favourites in the People’s Choice Award. In each category there is one winner and three finalists.
People's Choice Winners
Congratulations to the following entries which were voted most popular by the public. You will all receive a Sony digital camera valued at $1000!
| Category | Name | Entry | Location |
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| DesignIT Junior | Christine Le | believe.dream.live.grow | Punchbowl, NSW |
| DesignIT Senior | Bobbie-Lee Richmond | The Domino Effect | Westfield, WA |
| RockIT Junior | Irksome Bliss | Rain on your Parade | Manly, NSW |
| RockIT Senior | Brendan Maclean | Airport People | Arncliff, NSW |
| ShootIT Junior | Overthought (Jessica Orr, Heather O'Keeffe, Georgina O'Brien) |
Free the Trees | Carindale, QLD |
| ShootIT Senior | Timothy Ly | Clean Up Australia - From Carramar to Cabramatta | Fairfield, NSW |
| SnapIT Junior | Mel Gibbs | The Extremist | Bonny Hills, NSW |
| SnapIT Senior | David Easteal | Learn to Fly | Lyneham, ACT |
| WriteIT Junior | Gillian Brooks | Listen | Kareela, NSW |
| WriteIT Senior | Cara Rothery | One Friday Night in April | Kawana, QLD |
People's Choice Finalists
The following finalists will win a Casio digital camera valued at $500.
| Category | Name | Entry | Location |
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| DesignIT Junior | Felicity Case-Mejia | It begins Here | Carrum Downs, VIC |
| Andrea Crawford | Building a better world | Page, ACT | |
| Ryley Lawson | How To Change The World? | Cairns, QLD | |
| Design IT Senior | Matt Ranzetta | Snapshot | Forresters Beach, NSW |
| Bianca Stolar | The World is in Your Hands | Mount Waverley, VIC | |
| Tamera Sharp | Free the world | Yarra Glen, VIC | |
| RockIT Junior | Chris Sheehy | My Backyard | Maclean, NSW |
| Fushia | Time To Leave (Say When) | Greenslopes, QLD | |
| Danni Stefanetti | All The World To See | Sorrento, WA | |
| RockIT Senior | Old Kent Road | This Old Town | Birchgrove, NSW |
| Ben Curtis | Breathe | Heybridge, TAS | |
| The Cameo | Magnet | Jamisontown, NSW | |
| ShootIT Junior | Matthew Solomko | Hephaestus | Turner, ACT |
| Thomas George McCormack | Man's Last Days | St. Leonards, TAS | |
| Ika Jumali | The Tale of Three | Riverton, WA | |
| ShootIT Senior | Thanh Long Truong | A Happy Life | Cabramatta, NSW |
| Muy Lang (Linda) Ung | The Raid | Marsfield, NSW | |
| Carly Walker | When Nature Calls | Busselton, WA | |
| WriteIT Junior | Nikki Malvar | Epiphanies And Better Futures | Castle Hill, NSW |
| Melissa Wellham | My Language | Red Hill, ACT | |
| Taylor Berry | A better future? | Thornlie, WA | |
| WriteIT Senior | Stephanie Hing | No Sweet without Sweat | Camperdown, NSW |
| Gemmie Alllston | Our Changing World of Opportunities | Phillip, ACT | |
| Kelly Brettargh | Tears | Essendon, VIC | |
| SnapIT Senior | Grant Goodwin | Dare | Mitcham, VIC |
| Seumas Christie-Johnston | Unicycling NT | Berrimah, NT | |
| Sam Webster | Wall Hangings | Hornsby Heights, NSW | |
| SnapIT Junior | Lara Ivachev | Jump | Harkaway, VIC |
| Kathleen Livings | Backyard | Ingham, QLD | |
| Crystal Lee Garner | Helping Hands | Pascoe Vale South, VIC |
If you would like a chance to win some awesome prizes, why not submit an entry in National Youth Week 2008, which will be held from 5-13 April.
The National Youth Week team would like to thank all industry representatives, sponsors and those who voted for supporting these competitions, and everyone who entered.
View all shortlisted People's Choice entries
- Design IT, 12-17 Years
- Design IT, 18-25 Years
- Rock IT, 12-17 Years
- Rock IT, 18-25 Years
- Shoot IT, 12-17 Years
- Shoot IT, 18-25 Years
- Snap IT, 12-17 Years
- Snap IT, 18-25 Years
- Write IT, 12-17 Years
- Write IT, 18-25 Years