2022
Topic: 'Give me a break and I'll fix it!'
Congratulations to Saumya Chanana, 2023 intern at Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) - SA Health, on winning the OWL Essay 2022.

Read Saumya's winning essay
We would also like to congratulate the runner-up and highly commended entries:
Runner-up:
Suzen Agharia, medical student at Monash University, VIC
Read Suzen's runner-up essay here.
Highly commended:
WA: Annora Kumar, medical student, University of Western Australia
QLD: Shutong Mo, postgraduate year two, Queensland Children's Hospital
NSW: Kate Hurst, medical student, University of Notre Dame, Wagga Wagga
Read the highly commended entries here.
2021
Topic: Give a girl a hammer.
Winner
Congratulations Belinda Ong (SA medical student, University of Adelaide) for being selected as the overall winner for the 2021 OWL Essay. Read Belinda's winning submission here.
We'd also like to acknowledge and congratulate the joint runners up and highly-commended submissions:
Joint runners up
- Annabel Fraser, QLD postgraduate Year 2, Gold Coast University Hospital
- Sophie West, QLD postgraduate Year 4, Cairns Hospital
Highly-commended submissions
- Sally Heading, NSW intern, Port Macquarie Base Hospital
- Claudia Yarad, NSW medical student, University of Newcastle
- Bree Gardoll, NSW medical student, University of New South Wales, Wagga Wagga Rural Clinical School
- Helena Franco, QLD postgraduate Year 4, Cairns Hospital
- Saumya Chanana, QLD medical student, Bond University
2020
Topic: Orthopaedic surgeons are born, not made.
Winner
Congratulations Kathlyn Andersen (VIC medical student, University of Notre Dame, Ballarat Clinical School) for being selected as the overall winner for the 2020 OWL Essay. Read 'The Lifecycle of the Orthopod' and Q and A.
Highly commended
A highly commended winner was chosen from each state where the highest essays were marked. Congratulations to all recipients:
- Madeline Temple (NSW intern, Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital)
- Natasha Abeysekera (QLD intern, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital)
- Evelyn Axelby (SA medical student, University of Adelaide)
- Jessica Paynter (VIC intern, Bendigo Health)