Our competitions for the Knowing movie tickets, Shea Fisher albums and Mary & Max tickets giveaways have now closed. Thank you to everyone that entered we had an overwhelming response. The winners are below & your prizes will be sent this week. Thanks again to Icon Film Distribution and Universal Music for your support!

Knowing tickets

T Vandenberg – Brunswick, VIC
C Poshoglian – Sydney, NSW
H McCutcheon – Newtown NSW
G Richards – Fremantle WA
A Stephens – Glenelg SA
M Kouparious – Hobart TAS

Shea Fisher albums

S Brown – Port Noarlunga SA
K Martin – Arundel QLD
L Clark – Chelsea Heights VIC
A Donohoe – Oakdale  NSW
M Kynion – Manning WA
K Mackey – Roselands NSW
P Chapman – Broken Hill NSW
H Bellamy – Campbelltown NSW
S Rooney – Townsville QLD
M Teo – Tennant Creek NT

Mary & Max tickets

D Hadiwibawa – Chifley ACT
J Constantino – Mt Gravatt East QLD
R Lichacz – St Ives NSW
K Anastassiou – Bundoora VIC
C Roberts – Toodyay WA
M Peters – Cooma NSW
C Ward – Morwell VIC
A Black – Subiaco WA
N Felleto – Albert Park VIC
M Savarro – Pennant Hills NSW

Two Flat Whites has been a supporter of this competition for a number of years now. You can see our interview with the 2008 Lexus Young Chef of the Year winner Jake Nicolson here .

Electrolux Appetite for Excellence is searching Australia for emerging talent with a passion for excellence in the restaurant & catering industry. Each year, your chefs, front of house service professionals & now in 2009, young restaurateurs are judged by Australia’s finest chefs, restaurateurs & industry leaders.

All three category winners experience unique & career changing opportunities through overseas travel, inspirational work experiences, national publicity & mentoring. Applications are now open for 2009 . Applications close on the 24th April 2009.

Two Flat Whites is happy to encourage our readers to check out a wonderful website that promotes Writing Competitions. There are hundreds of competitions for all age groups from students to adults, from poetry to short stories, from big cash prizes to publishing opportunities. The Australian Writers’ Resource website has a competition for everyone. Check out some of the competitions running over June 2008 below: –

The 2008 Eureka Street/Reader’s Feast Award for Social Justice/Human Rights Writing (open age category) – $5,000 in prize money

Margaret Dooley Award for Young Writers 2008 – $2,000 in prizes

The Blake Poetry Prize 2008 - $5,000 first prize

Australia’s Richest Radio Play Writing Competition – $3,000 first prize

Young Aussie Writers Award – cash prizes

Max Afford Playwrights’ Award – $10,000 in prizes

Are you a student or teacher looking for a hands-on, exciting and rewarding plant science activity that you can do at school or home? Would you like to develop skills in science and research methods, mathematics, problem solving, data collection, report writing, team work and communication? Well, this competition is for you! Get ready to learn more about field crops, science, agriculture, the environment and much more.

The competition closing date has been extended by one week to Friday 23 May 2008. Check out this wonderful website for students who want to join one of many science competitions Australia wide running throughout 2008. The Schools’ Plant Science Competition 2008 runs as follows.

Experiment 1: Design your own experiment to test the germination rate of two packets of sorghum seeds. You can also do this test on any other seeds (e.g. flowers or vegetables). Do some research into the importance of seed viability and establishing robust field crops.

Experiment 2: Using instructions provided, grow a high and low-density crop of sorghum and observe what happens to the plants. Do some research into the consequences a high or low population density crop could have for a farmer.

Fun test (optional): Can you sprout it? Search your garden shed for the oldest seeds you can find and try to germinate them. If you find the oldest seed that germinates, you will win a prize!

Compile all your research, experiment details, observations and findings into a project report and submit to DPI&F Hermitage Research Station by the closing date (16 May 2008).

Drawing competition (optional) – years prep to 7: Bring a seed to life this year by creating your best drawing or painting of a cartoon character seed, complete with super-hero style name! Prizes will go to the students with the best artwork in each year level.

For more information email: 

The 2008 Byron Underwater Festival will be held from Wednesday the 30th of April to Sunday the 4th of May 2008 in Byron Bay, the most easterly point of the Australian mainland.

Check out the winning photos of the underwater photo shoot-out competition from 2007 as well as some photos from the Marine Visions Art Competition 2007 .

The Byron Underwater Festival is aimed at everyone wanting to experience our marine environment for themselves. Participate – whether you want to learn more about it, dive it, snorkel it, kayak it … or even paint it.

What will be happening ?

– Underwater photo & video shootout – 4 days – over $20,000 prizes

– Snorkel tours – snorkel with turtles at Julian Rocks discover the wreck of the Tassie II

– Olympus Underwater camera try-outs

– Australian Premiere of SHARKWATER

– Introduction to SCUBA – resort dives – blow bubbles for the first time at Julian Rocks become inspired

– Kayaking with dolphins – including information sessions on dolphin biology and more

– Marine wildlife and artists presentations

– Underwater Photography Workshops with Mathieu Meur

– Underwater film screenings

– Underwater art competition