April/May 2009 

Denise Aldridge:    

• 2^nd, in-house John Kelly Award.

Carolyn Alfonzetti: 

• Highly Commended & Commended in Trad Verse Section, FreeXpression Lit Comp.
• Commended in Scribbligum 'Gumnuts Poetry Comp.
• 2^nd, in-house April Comp. on editing
• 1^st, in-house John Kelly Award.

Anne Benjamin:

• 5 tanka published in Eureka St.
• Featured Speaker, Montreal QC Chapter of Canadian Authors Assoc.
• Paper on Human Rights & Education accepted, Internat. Conference in Lapland

Beverley George:

• Haiku reading with Mariko Kitakubo (Tokyo) at Gosford Regional & tanka reading with Mariko at Julie Thorndyke's book launch
• Full day presentation, Brigidine College (3 sessions)
• Tanka published in Gusts 9
• Haiku published in Heron's Nest, Vol.10, 2009.
• Haiku in I-News Imbari Japan.
• 5 tanka & tanka sequence written with Julie Thorndyke, published in Take Five best contemporary tanka, Baltimore, Modern English Tanka Press, 2008.

Helena Hamilton: 

• Highly Commended, in-house April Comp. on Editing.

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Anne Howard: 

• 1^st for Memoir, in-house Monthly Comp.
• 1^st in-house April Comp on Editing.

Mary Milton:          

• Highly Commended for Memoir, in-house Monthly Comp.

Margaret Longhurst:

• 2^nd for Memoir, in-house Monthly comp.

David Terelinck: 

• Very Highly Commended & Highly Commended in Gumnuts Poetry Comp.

 Julie Thorndyke:      

• 3 tanka in Modern English Tanka3(3), Spring, 2009.
• Book review in Incite, April & May, 2009.
• 2 tanka accepted for Eucalypt 6.
• Tanka in Take Five, best tanka of 2008 anthology, MET Press.
• Tanka in Moonset.
• 2 tanka accepted for Red Lights
• 1 tanka in Ribbons.

March 2009

 Adeline Burton 

·        Named a recipe book for Blacktown Computer Pals                                                 

Helena Hamilton 

·        2^nd place, Pauline Walsh Short Story Competition                                                 

Carmel Summers 

·        1^st place, Pauline Walsh Short Story Competition

February 2009

 Carolyn Alfonzetti:

·        1^st in-house Writing for Children.

·        1^st in Kokado Tanka Competition [NZ]

·        Commended in FAWNS Super Short Story Competition

·        Shortlisted in Eltham Little Theatre '10 minute Quickie' Play Competition, to be performed in Melbourne in May.

Jan Foster:

·        1^st in-house Monthly competition for Biography.

Beverley George:

·        Article, Haiku in the Seasons in Blithe Spirit 18 (4) 2008 [UK]

·        Haiku in BHS member anthology, Building

·        Tanka published in Red Lights vol 5 no.1 January 2009.

·        Tanka published in Modern English Tanka 3 (2) Winter 2008.

·        Tanka published in Ribbons vol 4 Winter 2008.

·        2^nd in Kokado International Tanka Competition [NZ].

·        Haibun renga between two New Zealand and two Australian Writers published in Four Tellings, Teneriffe, 2009.

Philippa Holland:

·        Equal 2^nd in-house Competition, Writing for Children

·        Highly Commended in-house Monthly Competition for Biography

Anne Howard:

·        Equal 2^nd in-house Monthly Competition, Writing for Children.

Michael Hooker:

·        Highly Commended in-house Monthly Competition for Biography.

Julie Mackin:

·        2^nd for 'Close the Door Tightly' poem.

Maureen Meehan:

·        Highly Commended in FAWNS Super Short Story Competition 2008.

Mary Milton:

·        2^nd in-house Monthly competition for Biography.

Carmel Summers:

·        2 Tanka published in Eucalypt  No 5.

Julie Thorndyke:

·        Tanka in Ribbons

·        Tanka in Red Light

·        Tanka accepted for Moonset.

September 2008

David Terelinck:  

• 2nd - City of Perth Library Haiku Competition 
• Shortlisted Haddow/Stuart Short Story Award FAW, WA

Jacqui Winn:

• 1st - CJ Dennis Literary Awards
• H/C - CJ Dennis Literary Awards
• Finalist - Albury City Short Story
• 2nd - Eastwood/Hills FAW 2008 short story
• Hon Mention/publ - Monmaya Press
• Finalist/publ - First Writer
• Shortlisted - Haddow/Stuart Short Story Award FAW, WA

Smiling with Success in August 2008

 Some of our successful members. These people recently assisted with publicity for our annual presentation night by making themselves available for interviews with the Hills Shire Times press. They are (left to right):

Standing:

Tony Calabrisello - recently had his children's book - Spiderlings and Their Families - published by Brolly Books.

Dr Anne Howard - a frequent contributor and winner of poetry and short story competitions (and has been published in poetry anthologies). Anne recently judged the Eastwood/Hills FAW annual short story competition alongside David Terelinck.

Brian Beesley - bush balladeer who has won many nationally recognised competitions for traditional bush verse (and is also a competent resident judge of our annual Boree Log Competition).

Seated:

Connie Vallis - a writer of memoirs (a published edition which she is holding) and a valuable resource and mentor within our group.

Julie Thorndyke - A often-published and winning author of short stories and poetry. Julie has had many tanka accepted in international publications, and is soon to publish her tanka collection entitled Rick Rack. This will be available from the publisher (Ginninderra Press) and leading book retailers. More information on Julie's book will be available on this website at the time of publication.

August 2008

Carolyn Alfonzetti:

• Commended Australian Horror Writers Association "Flash Fiction"
• Story published in "My Weekly" magazine 

Beverley George:

• Tanka in Ribbons 4 (2) 2008 [US]
• interview on Haiku: Three Questions [US]
• tanka set to music by Robert Patterson [US composer] and included in song cycle on Luna Nova site: www.lunanova.org/audio.html
• collaborative tanka with Meredith Ferris. Published in Modern English Tanka (MET) June 2008.

Julie Mackin:

• 2nd - short story to be published in Positive Words in August

David Terelinck:

• Short0listed for mention in FAW WA literary comp (short story)

Julie Thorndyke:

• 5 tanka in MET
• 2 tanka in Ribbons
• tanka collection 'Rick Rck' accepted for pubication by Ginninderra Press. 

Jacquie Winn:

• Finalist & published short story in First Writer magazine [UK]
• Finalist Albury City Short Story Competition
• Short-listed for metion in FAW WA literary comp (short story)