Threatened Species Art and Writing Competition

The Threatened Species Art and Writing Competition 2022 has now closed. Thank you to all who participated.

About the competition

The Macarthur region, our backyard, is home to a wide diversity of native plants and animals. Many of these plants and animals are affected by a range of impacts such as habitat loss, competition and predation from non-native species and foreign diseases. There are a range of species occurring within the local region that are at risk of extinction and have been listed as ‘Threatened Species.’

The Threatened Species Art and Writing Competition (TSAC) is a regional environmental education program, involving Campbelltown City Council , Camden Council and Wollondilly Shire Council . The competition celebrates Biodiversity Month (September) and Threatened Species Day on 7 September.

The competition targets all stages of primary school, and is open to young people aged five -12 years. TSAC encourages students to learn about a local threatened species and represent it in an artwork or creative writing piece.

The competition is now in its fifteenth year and through its cross-curricula nature has been successfully engaging primary schools in Geography, Science, Visual Arts and English throughout the Macarthur region.

2022 Threatened Species Art and Writing Competition Winners

Art: five - six years

1^st Place	Muhammad Khan
2^nd Place	Andy Thomson
3^rd Place	Rohan Alexander Kurup
Highly Commended	Guilia Giorgi
Highly Commended	Stella Cannon

Art: seven - nine years

1^st Place	Xavier Ransom
2^nd Place	William Zaborski
3^rd Place	Abigail Wilson
Highly Commended	Athoy Islam
Highly Commended	Willow Gumbley

Art: 10 - 12 years

1^st Place	Zoe Reeves
2^nd Place	Torres Raboso
3^rd Place	Archie Hart
Highly Commended	Emma Pecotich
Highly Commended	Kyah Oran

Waste to Art

Overall winner

Neil Bhardwaj

Creative Writing

Overall Winner	Amina Khan
Overall Winner	Bella de Rooy

Winning Primary School

Overall winner

Harrington Park Primary School