WILL Balkin is an apprentice motorcycle mechanic and an aspiring Finke Desert Race rider. Now, he's also a Heywire story writing competition winner.

The 17-year-old from Moulamein was one of 35 nationwide winners announced last week.

The long-running Heywire competition asks young people from regional and rural Australia to write and record stories about their lives.

And that's exactly what Wil...