Hi all,
Happy to say that anyone with chronic hep B who resides in NSW, Australia at the moment can enter our Hep B Writing competition, yeah~~!
The winner will get $250 cash and every participants will get rewarded somehow.
Why do you hesitate? Just open a Word file and start writing:)
And send it to hnsw@hep.org.au
Looking forward to reading your stories!
Mina from Hepatitis NSW
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I hate to say it, Mina, we want a cure and not winning a writing competition.
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Hi, @Stephenw
I understand why youâre saying this, and I hope you get what youâre hoping for.
Itâs not easy to write about something when you donât even want to think about it.
With all due respect, hopefully someone here could still consider sharing their âwaiting for cureâ story for others and earning some money, I think.
Again, I truly hope you get what you want to soon.
Kind Regards,
Mina
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Hi @Stephenw, completely understand your viewpoint.
I would like to offer a different one: to increase the funding and increase awareness of hepatitis B, we need to really change its perception in society. For this, we do need the stories from the affected community to change minds and provide context.
I say this as someone doing the actual research for a cure that every opportunity we can take to raise the worldâs consciousness to this condition, the better the chances we have for resourcing, funding, and attracting bright minds to this super difficult problem.
I do encourage anyone who might be eligible for this competition to consider entering and sharing your story.
Thomas
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The HBF in America asked its viewers to share their stories for years. I believe that to be very helpful to people and their families struggling with HBV. But to write to win a competition is different.
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Hi @Stephen,
The name of âcompetitionâ might be challenging you, I understand.
We would like to reward any effort of people writing stories for their time and care. Everyone will be rewarded in some way.
I apologise if it might hurt your feelings. But our intention is as what Thomas said.
Mina
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Dear @Stephenw,
This is a great point and I hadnât really thought of it this way. I agree with you that a competition can frame it in a way that is unnecessarily adversarial, particular for what is being achieved.
@Mina, while the intentions are good, it may be worthwhile considering for future. Do you think there are possibilities in future to, for example, assemble the entries into an anthology, so that it could be made available to the hepatitis B affected community to let them know that theyâre not alone? Of course, it would mean making sure that everyone is appropriately remunerated, but it would be something that might make a bit more impact in the community too.
Thomas
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Jack Wallace reacted to your message: |
Thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us about this Sharing Stories project.
We chose a competition format mainly because we needed a due date for budget purposes, and it allowed us to allocate more of the funding on this project. During our first competition (Chinese and Korean), this approach was convincing, and there were 12 participants wrote stories and all received prizes.
However, we never intended for it to feel unnecessarily adversarial. Weâve taken your feedback seriously, and weâll definitely keep it in mind for future projects.
Weâre still very much looking forward to hearing your stories. While we know there are some limitations on our end, if you live in NSW and youâre visiting this website, weâd really love for you to share your story with us.
email address hnsw@hep.org.au
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Great to hear, @mina!
Completely understand the practical limitations that you are under and thank you for being open to the feedback from the community for future approaches.
Again, I encourage anyone who is eligible to enter this competition!
TT
Hello Mina thanks for sharing the opportunity and Congratulations to the winners. Canât u people allow us who are out of NSW to also write our stories and participate to win
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Dear hepbcommunity friends,
Weâve wrapped up our recent Hepatitis B writing competition. From our vibrant Vietnamese community, weâve uncovered two meaningful stories that can touch our hearts.
- âFirst place goes to Thi Ninh Nguyet Nguyen
Meet her through her story of building a healthy daily life with quiet strength and determination.
[I love My Liver](Hep B writing competition 2025 | Hepatitis NSW) â click to read her story
âŚWhen I arrived in Australia, I visited a GP for a routine health checkâsomething considered a luxury back in Vietnam. To my surprise, I was told I was a hepatitis B carrier . I was confusedâŚ
- Second place goes to James Pham
Enjoy his humorous and heartfelt tale involving his father, his family, and their shared experience with hepatitis B.
[My Father Has HIV(?)](Hep B writing competition 2025 | Hepatitis NSW) <âclick to read his story
âŚâYes, doctor say I have HIV. But good newsâŚhe give me medicine. Now I donât have anymore!ââŚ
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Both Thi and James will be receiving awards for their contributions.
This isnât the end â just a pause. Weâll be back soon, sharing more Hep B stories from diverse place, in a new and refreshing format.
Thanks for your interest and kind words toward our sharing story journey!
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Yes, congratulations to the winners and hepBCommunity.org thanks them for sharing their stories on such a wonderful platform!
Thomas
Loved ready the stories.
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