Class 1:  Traditional Verse, Australian Theme

HC = Highly Commended

1st Prize: “Drought” by Alys Jackson, Coromandel Valley SA

2nd Prize:  “Fairy Martins” by David Waterhouse, Oatley NSW

HC: “Tomorrows” by Leonie Parker, Brassall QLD

HC: “Where She Lies” by Helen Harvey, Coonamble NSW

HC: “Manacled and Shackled” by Tom McIlveen, Port Macquarie NSW

Class 2: Humerous Verse, Australian Theme

1st Prize: “Not Just a River in Egypt” by Jenny Blackford, Wallsend NSW

2nd Prize: “The Day That Mum Cooked Elvis” by Leonie Parker, Brassall QLD

HC: “Sub Zero at the Children’s Hospital” by John Carey,  Chatswood NSW

HC:  “The Bedroom Handicap” by David Campbell, Aireys Inlet VIC

Class 2:  Humerous Verse, Australian Theme

HC: “ A Beer, a Bath, a Woman” by Geoffrey Graham  Eagle Hawk VIC

Class 3:  Free Verse, Any Theme

1st Prize: “St John Ambulance, Apply First Aid” by Helen Thurloe, Avalon NSW                

2nd Prize: “Bushland Regeneration”by Viv (Bipi) Armitage, Cooks Gap NSW

HC: “Wedding Season FNQ” by Helen Thurloe, Avalon, NSW

HC: “Waiting” by Virginia Creer, Paddington NSW

HC: “Crypsis” by Virginia Creer, Paddington NSW

HC: “Nameless” by Ruth McConnell, Chapman ACT

Class 4:  Secondary School

1st Prize: “Mars and Stars” by Darcey White, Roseville College, Lindfield

2nd Prize: “The Door”by George Mitton, THLHS Grenfell NSW

HC: “For Times Like Those” by Sarah Knight, THLHS Grenfell NSW

HC: “I Don’t Want Much” by Brittany Doolan,  Coonabarabran High NSW

Class 5:  Primary School

1st Prize: “Helpless” by Neve Crotty, Ben Venue Public, Armidale NSW

2nd Prize: “Even Dead Animals Need Love” by Nicholas Jorgensen, Parktone Primary VIC

HC: “ Ancient Kingston Tower” by Marcus Lim, Mont Albert  North, VIC                                               

HC: “Our Men?” by Lily Hallawell, Saint Francis Xavier,  Woolgoolga  NSW                                                                              

Commended: “Poverty” by Ellesse Peltonen, Ben Venue Public,  Armidale NSW                                                                         

STATUETTE WINNER:  ALYS JACKSON “Drought”

Judge: DAVID GILBEY        

Class 1:  Open Short Story, any theme

1st Prize:  "A Single Breath"  By Alys Jackson, Coromandel Valley S.A.

2nd Prize:  "The River" by Kara Goodsell, Byron Bay NSW

HC:  "Ebb Tide" by Rowena Harding-Smith, Annandale NSW

HC:  "In The House of Sorrows" by Carmel Lillis, Yarraville VIC

Class 2:  Secondary School 

1st Prize: "Divine Consumption" by Jacqueline Brown, SCEGGS Darlinghurst NSW

2nd Prize:  "If Only" by Abby Strangward, Frankston High VIC

HC:  "Reprieve" by Elizabeth Hoyle, Parkes NSW

HC:  "Safe Haven" by Connor Day, THLHS Grenfell NSW

HC:  "The Photo Album" by Sarah Knight, THLHS Grenfell NSW

Class 3:  Primary School

1st Prize:  "Letty Smith" by Elsa Ray Lane, Coogee Public  NSW

2nd Prize:  "Larnar" by James Death, Caragabal Public NSW

HC:  "Sunk",by Arabella Smith, Roseville College NSW

HC: "The Night" by Eva Becker-Grahame, Coogee Public NSW

The Statuette is awarded to Alys Jackson, the winner of the Open Section.  She has also won the Statuette for her Verse entry.  This is a first, Alys winning both statuettes.