Former Trinity Anglican College student Harry Smith has become a published writer, his work appearing in an anthology of work by top students across the state.
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Harry, who achieved top band results for nine of his 11 HSC subjects, is one of just 18 students selected to have their works printed in the 2018 HSC Young Writers Showcase anthology.
The teenager received a perfect score of 50 in English Extension 2, a 46 for English Extension 1 and a score of 90 for English Advance, as well as 94 in Mathematics and 46 in Mathematics Extension 1.
Harry was named dux of Trinity Anglican College last year, scoring an ATAR of 97.55.
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The Young Writers Showcase anthology is produced by the NSW Education Standards Authority and consists of major works from English Extension 2 students, including short stories, poems, critical responses, scripts and speeches.
The hard work of the newly-published writers was celebrated during the anthology's launch at NSW State Library's WordeXpress event on Monday night.
Chairman of the NESA Board Tom Alegounarias said the students should be extremely proud to see their works in print.
"These 18 young writers representing 17 schools, have been selected from the more than 1600 students who studied HSC English Extension 2 in 2018," he said.
"To be included in this anthology is testament to their extraordinary writing skills.
"The creativity, maturity and literary excellence demonstrated by them is quite remarkable and no doubt will be well regarded by potential employers in whatever field they pursue."
WordeXpress was first held in 2012, and showcases the work of HSC students onsite at the Library, online through the Library's website and on tour to regional NSW public libraries.
The anthology is on sale through the NSW Education Standards Authority shop online.
Digital journalists with The Border Mail.
Digital journalists with The Border Mail.
