ABC News 5 Jul, 2025 by Maddie Nixon and Zara Margolis

When teenager Jasmine Harvey received a WhatsApp message saying she would soon be an internationally published author, she thought it was a scam.

“I was midway through my walk and I got a notification, my music paused … it was really just a shock.”

The 14-year-old from Mount Isa in Queensland’s outback was one of 11 winners in an international writing competition where the prize was every writer’s dream — to become a published author.

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