ABC Heywire celebrates 35 young regional Australians in its 2021 storytelling competition.
Since 1998, Heywire has become a powerful platform for rural youth to share their stories and make a difference in their communities.
This year, hundreds of people entered from across Australia. The winners were chosen for “telling it like it is” about life in their part of the country.
From growing up in a refugee camp, to busting myths around Autism and celebrating LGBTQI pride. Lawn bowlers, bull riders, young farmers, linguists, female cricketers and disability advocates share what life is like for them in regional Australia.
Shakira, a proud young Jingili woman from Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory is one of the latest Heywire winners.