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Speaker 1: We know that we've got so many wonderful territories, so

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Speaker 1: many young, wonderful territorians doing great things around the place.

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Speaker 1: And well, the winners of the twenty twenty two Northern

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Speaker 1: Territory Literary Awards, which celebrate the unpublished work of established

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Speaker 1: as well as emerging Northern Territory writers, have indeed been announced.

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Speaker 1: I think they're announced about a week or so ago now,

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Speaker 1: the kath Menzie Estate Youth Award. For this one, entrants

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Speaker 1: need to be aged between twelve and eighteen years old.

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Speaker 1: And this year's winner, as I understand it, has actually

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Speaker 1: won it three times over a four year period. Her

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Speaker 1: name is Alisha Pettett and she joins me in the

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Speaker 1: studio right now.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Alisha, good moning.

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Speaker 1: It's lovely to have you in this studio, and well,

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Speaker 1: keen to find out a little bit more about these awards.

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Speaker 1: Obviously they are the literary awards, and they do indeed

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Speaker 1: celebrate the unpublished work of writers like yourself. How come

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Speaker 1: you decided to enter?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, writings always been so something that I've done, whether

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Speaker 2: through school or a bit on the side as well.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, this year just had had a bit to

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Speaker 2: write about after finishing school last year and kind of

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Speaker 2: in one of those transition periods and you kind of

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Speaker 2: move on. And I hearing a lot of my peers

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Speaker 2: talk about that as well, So a lot of inspiration

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Speaker 2: to draw upon.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, how wonderful. And so is that what you're focused

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Speaker 1: on for this year's award? Yes, tell us, I mean

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Speaker 1: it must have been. I guess I find writing quite therapeutic.

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Speaker 1: But to those who aren't writers, they maybe find it

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Speaker 1: a little bit more difficult, you know, to put that

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Speaker 1: pen to paper or to jump on a computer and

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Speaker 1: you know, and smash out your thoughts. I suppose is

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Speaker 1: what I do. But what's the process like for you?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? For me, I kind of start at the beginning.

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Speaker 2: I don't have a set story, plot or ending to

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Speaker 2: work towards. Kind of you start with one idea and

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Speaker 2: build it up from there and just see where the

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Speaker 2: story takes you. I think. I think that weighs a

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Speaker 2: lot less stressful.

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Speaker 1: Yep.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: And so this year obviously talking about that transition period,

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Speaker 1: I guess of or writing about that transition period of

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Speaker 1: finishing school and what it's been like for you and

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Speaker 1: the people around you. What has it been like for

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Speaker 1: you because you are just you've just turned eighteen. I

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Speaker 1: know that you're working at the moment, but you're going

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Speaker 1: to be heading off to university next year, aren't you.

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: And so has it been Has it been a difficult

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Speaker 1: time or has it been a fun time?

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Speaker 2: Yes, it's actually been really fun. Yeah, yeah, pretty exciting. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: lots of things I've never done before working and they're

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Speaker 2: going to Uni next year, not to look forward.

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Speaker 1: To the world is your oyster. It's such an amazing

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Speaker 1: time of your life. Now you've actually, as I understand it,

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Speaker 1: won this award three times over the course of four years.

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Speaker 1: What have you written about in the previous years?

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Speaker 2: So yeah, this year's one was a little bit different

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Speaker 2: to the previous to This one was more of a

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Speaker 2: kind of reflection about Dawen the previous two and more

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Speaker 2: of your conventional short story formats.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Now, I know there'll be people listening this morning

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Speaker 1: wondering what are you going to go and study at

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Speaker 1: university as well? Is to be writing or are you

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Speaker 1: going down a different path?

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Speaker 2: No, it's going to be Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor

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Speaker 2: of Environmental Science in Brisbane.

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Speaker 1: How wonderful. And so do you find is writing something

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Speaker 1: that you just sort of enjoy doing on the site.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, definitely. I think it keeps the creativity flowing

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Speaker 2: well as well.

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Speaker 1: And you obviously love it. You enjoy getting out there

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Speaker 1: and writing.

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Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, yep, Well.

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you what it's I think it's an amazing thing.

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Speaker 1: And I always think that it's really important that we

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Speaker 1: do celebrate territory instead are doing great things, particularly young

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Speaker 1: territory inst that are doing great things. And as I said,

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Speaker 1: this is actually the third time that you've won this award.

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Speaker 1: What's it like for you when your name gets read

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Speaker 1: out and you find out that you've won. I mean,

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Speaker 1: the first time it would have been a shock, But

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Speaker 1: how is it when you sort of win it three times?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I thought the second time was lucky, and then yeah,

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Speaker 2: the third time was unreal.

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Speaker 1: How awesome. Now a lot of people may or may

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Speaker 1: not be aware, but not only are you obviously a

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Speaker 1: fantastic writer and you are obviously going to university to

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Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, I dear like the running.

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Speaker 1: You are a fantastic runner. I know your dad's fast

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Speaker 1: as well, does your mum dabble in a bit of running.

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Speaker 2: Yeah she does, she does.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, your dad's definitely fast. But yeah. I think

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Speaker 1: it's great when we see young Territorians doing wonderful things.

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Speaker 1: And I was really pleased when I'd seen that it

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Speaker 1: was you who had taken out this award, and then

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Speaker 1: to learn that it was for a third time in

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Speaker 1: four years. It is amazing stuff. So a big congratulations

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Speaker 1: to you and thanks so much for coming in having

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Speaker 1: a quick chat with us this morning. Thank you, Thank you,

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Speaker 1: Alisiha lovely to talk to you. And that number if

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