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2008 YSW

RDS McWilliams Young Science Writers' Competition - 2008 Prize-Winners

Age 12 - 13 Years

Science Report
First Prize Conor McDonnell Time Travel
Second Prize Jane Taylor The ABCs of Immunisation

Short Story
First Prize Steven Shannon About a Dog
Second Prize Ciara Barry Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Age 14 - 16 Years

Science Report
First Prize Aisling Cooke The Symmetry of Things
Second Prize Henry Glass Another Invasive Alien Arrives
Highly Commended Chloe Doran Can Science Influence World-Class Sprinters?
Highly Commended Daron Anderson The Light Fabulous

Short Story
First Prize Aaron Elbel When Botanists go Bad (2008 Overall winning entry)
Second Prize There was no prize awarded
Highly Commended Lucy Nolan The Perfect Crime, Or So He Thought
Highly Commended Lisa Sills Corrupted

Age 17 - 19 Years

Science Report
First Prize There was no prize awarded
Second Prize There was no prize awarded
Highly Commended Catherine Duane Immunology - The Panacea for the Third World
Highly Commended Aoife Cassidy We Are Their Universe

Short Story
There was no prize awarded


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