Aged between 16 – 22? Got a story to share?
The ABC Heywire
competition wants to hear from you. Heywire is a lived experience storytelling
competition for young people living in regional, rural and remote Australia.
Heywire winners work with ABC producers to have their story heard across the country and they win an all expenses paid trip to the ABC Heywire Regional Youth Innovation Summit in Canberra next year.
So tell us what life's like living in your part of the world; or tell us what you care about; or what you're frustrated by. You can share your story in writing, by recording some audio, shooting video or taking some photos; as long as it's a true story about some aspect of your life living regionally.
- This is Bec, the 2024
Heywire winner from Far North Queensland’s story: It felt
like I was being stabbed. I was told it was just 'regular period pains' - ABC
Heywire
- A recorded version of one of the earlier versions of the storytelling workshop can also be accessed online and used by teachers and students anytime.
- Through Heywire being
an initiative led by the ABC it means that participants are given a national
platform for their voices to be heard.
- Last year alone the ABC dedicated over 157 National TV broadcast slots to Heywire stories, and the stories being regularly played on Landline, News Breakfast, BTN, ABC 7.30, Radio National, iview and triple j.
For more information and to enter now, here's the link: https://www.abc.net.au/heywire
Closing Date :01/09/2024