CONGRATULATIONS to our winners in the 2008 annual literary competition.

A handful of the successful entrants who were present on the night:

Left to right: Tony Walbran, Jacqueline Winn, Michelle Brock, Susan McCreery, Lois Holland . . .  congratulations to these, and all our winners!

 

The presentation night took place on Friday 29th August 2008 at the Castle Hill Library. Our thanks to the library staff for proving the venue, and the Friends of the Library who kindly sponsored the Pauline Walsh Award. We take great pleasure in advising the following winners within our competition:

Category 1: Short Story: 

• 1st - Haley Katzen                  Mille Feuille
• 2nd - Jacqueline Winn            The One Tree
• H/C - Jacqueline Dent             Panthers Ahead
• H/C - Janeen Samuel              The Fossil
• H/C Susan McCreery             Kindness
• C - Majorie Ward                   Angie in Her 45th Year
• C- Patricia White                    The Jacaranda
• C - Tony Walbran                  The God Gene

Click on the following link to download a copy of the judges report for this category by Anne Howard and David Terelinck: 

http://www.hillsfaw.net.au/userimages/Shortstory2008judgingreport.doc

(Please note that the opinions and comments expressed in all judging reports on this website are the judges' alone, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Eastwood/Hills FAW members, the Committee, or other persons and bodies. The posting of these reports are for information purposes only and should not be considered an endorsement of any kind)

 

Category 2: Traditional Poetry:

• 1st - Rhonda W. Rice            Gift to a Mother
• 2nd - David Campbell            Dreaming Wings
• H/C - Ellis Campbell              The Lonely Miner  
• H/C - Lois Holland                Autumn
• C - Don Adams                     Look But Do Not Linger
• C - Janeen Samuel                  Sweet Prince

Category 3: Free Verse:

• 1st - Miles Trench                  Velvet Jack
• 2nd - John Egan                     Nothing like my Life
• H/C - Kevin Gillam                 full-stopping the sky
• H/C - Janet Upcher                Nebulae
• H/C - Patricia White               Clarinet and Chrysanthemum
• C - Beverley George               Flickering
• C - Patricia White                  Love Unspoken
• C - Magaret Ruckert               blank - page beginning

Category 4: Memoir:

• 1st - Kate Gilbert                  My Father's Forte
• 2nd - Kay Richter                  Crossing the Pacific
• H/C - Mchelle Lopert            The Madness of King Jules
• H/C - Michelle Brock            Vanishing
• C - Gloria McDougall            View From a Window
• C - Laurie Forth                     The Kolinsky Sable
• C - Delroy Oberg                  A Tale of Two Tonsils

Category 5: Pauline Walsh Award:

• Equal 1st - Tony Walbran      Legal Aids
• Equal 1st - Dianne Maquire    What Matters Most
• H/C - Dianne Maquire            Disclosure
• H/C - Susan McCreery          Cooking for One
• H/C - Elizabeth McVie           Saintly Matchmaker
• C - Andy King                       The Ute

Boree Log Award:

• 1st - David Campbell             The End of Midnight
• H/C - Kym Eitel                     The Ghost of Crackenback
• H/C - Ellis Campbell              The Boy Wonder
• H/C - Zondrae King               Strike Me Pink
• H/C - Ellis Campbell              The Rabbit Trapper
• C - Kym Eitel                         Flash Flood
• C - Zodrae King                     In the Distance
• C - Don Adams                     The Ringer's Ghost

Our apologies that other judges reports have not been made available at this time. We hope that this oversight is rectified in the near future. Should you require a copy of the other reports before they are posted, please email the competition secretary.