2026 JLTAV Inc. Junior Speech Competition
Sunday 30 August – Hawthorn Arts Centre
Prize Winners
| Primary | Years 5 and 6 (individual) | First | Celine Choi | Oakleigh Primary School |
| Second | Arya Banning | Fyans Park Primary School | ||
| Third | Gwen Lim | Oakleigh South Primary School | ||
| Primary | Years 5 and 6 (pair) | First | Anaya Malhotra Alara Shah | Westbourne Grammar School |
| Second | Yuan Xi Xu Arshi Nair | Westbourne Grammar School | ||
| Third | Asher Ang John Nunan | Xavier College | ||
| Primary | Open | First | Mia Fukuda | Oakleigh Primary School |
| Second | Eiji Yamanouchi | Oakleigh South Primary School | ||
| Third | Emily Bowden | Woodville Primary School | ||
| Secondary | Years 7 and 8 (individual) | First | Hiruky Pethiyagoda | Mount Waverley Secondary College |
| Second | Eva Tang | Korowa Anglican Girls’ School | ||
| Third | Carlo Collinson | Parkdale Secondary College | ||
| Secondary | Years 7 and 8 (pair) | First | Iris Cui Mark Dong | Haileybury |
| Second | Charlotte Chin Olivia Lu | Presbyterian Ladies’ College | ||
| Third | Layla Hughes Gigi Marziano | Parkdale Secondary College | ||
| Secondary | Years 9 and 10 (individual) | First | Esha Zhao | Presbyterian Ladies’ College |
| Second | Hajin Jeong | Melbourne High School | ||
| Third | Srujan Suresh | Westbourne Grammar School | ||
| Secondary | Years 9 and 10 (pair) | First | Amy Hong Genevieve Ng | Toorak College |
| Second | Claire Chen Zoey Zhou | Presbyterian Ladies’ College | ||
| Third | Victoria Chan Frances Velasco | Cranbourne West Secondary College | ||
| Secondary | Open | First | Hannah Choi | Mount Waverley Secondary College |
| Second | Kiana Conway | The Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School | ||
| Third | Yavanna Vimal | Haileybury |