 First Fruits from a Flying FoxAfter receiving recognition two years running in the Young Australian Christian Writer Awards, Skye Parry-Jones hesitated before entering again during her busy final year of high school. She was encouraged, however, by the creation of a new category, the Teen Writer Award. “It had a challenging, lower word count and 2010 would be the last year I was eligible!”After many nights spent “stressing over rhythm and rhyme” and scouring the English language for just the right words ‘Fiz the Flying Fox’ was entered and received a commendation.  Once at uni, Skye became serious about publishing. She contacted the CEO of Youthworks Media, whom she had met at the awards ceremony. Zac Veron and his staff were very supportive. A few months later Skye signed her first book contract and this year celebrated the launch of her very own children’s book.”It has been a long process of edits, changes and storyboarding and working with illustrator Nicole Maloney, but, two years after the first draft I now have ‘Fiz the Flying Fox’ bound in hard cover, on sale in bookshops around the country. None of this would have been possible without the Awards pushing me on by giving me much needed deadlines and a purpose for my writing.”
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