Section 1: VERSE
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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.