Press Service International which coordinates the young writer ministry in conjunction with Christian Today has been running annual awards since 2013.
Venues
2013 - Melbourne
2014 - Tweed Heads
2015 - Sydney
2016 - Sydney
2017 - Sunshine Coast
2018 - Christchurch NZ
2019 - Melbourne
2020 - Gold Coast
Basil Sellers Winners
Australia
2013 - Alison Barkley
2015 - Belinda Croft
2016 - Tim Everton
2017 - Cheryl McGrath
2018 - Cheryl McGrath
2019 - joint – Kristen Dang, Roden Meares, Roydon Ng
2020 - Cartia Moore
New Zealand
2013 - Daniel Jang
2014 - Casey Murray
2015 - drawn - Matt Browning, Kara Greening
2016 - drawn - Sophia Sinclair, Jeremy Susited
2017 - Emma McGeorge
2018 - Jessica McPherson
2019 - Rebecca Howan
2020 - Caleb Haurua
Internationals
2015 - joint - Paul Lewis, Genevieve Wilson
2016 - Andrew Sinclair
2017 - Sharma Taylor
2018 - joint - Jason LaLone, Stacy-Ann Smith
2019 - Daniel Thomas
2020 - Darren Salmon
Photo - 2019 joint Australian Basil Sellers Winners – Kristen Dang, Roden Meares, Roydon Dang
Other categories
There are numerous other award categories
- Over 31s
- Sport writers
- Theology
- Youth Development
- Over v36s Seniors
- Tronson
All the 2020 awards can be viewed here
https://www.christiantoday.com.au/ministries/2020-young-writer-awards.html
For the awards from 2013 - view them here along with the videos
https://www.pressserviceinternational.org/awards.html
2021
The 2021 young writers conference is again on the Gold Coast
Time: Saturday 11 September 10.00am to 5.00pm
Venue: Living Temple Christian Church (Tugun Baptist)
Address: 24 Toolona St, TUGUN 4224
3 min taxi ride Gold Coast Airport
Calling for young people keen to explore their writing skills with Comment pieces published to an international audience. - timeout@bushorchestra.com 0419 917 713
Dr Mark Tronson - a 4 min video
Chairman – Well-Being Australia
Baptist Minister 45 years
- 1984 - Australian cricket team chaplain 17 years (Ret)
- 2001 - Life After Cricket (18 years Ret)
- 2009 - Olympic Ministry Medal – presented by Carl Lewis
- 2019 - The Gutenberg - (ARPA Christian Media premier award)
Gutenberg video - 2min 14sec
Married to Delma for 45 years with 4 children and 6 grand children
