Eastwood/Hills Competitions 2009
EASTWOOD/HILLS FAW 2009 LITERARY COMPETITION RESULTS
BOREE LOG COMPETITION 2009
1st Crossed Tracks Ron Stevens
Highly Commended The Quest for Annabelle Ellis Campbell
Highly Commended A Plucky Little Fellow D.G. Don Adams
Commended A Grave Unknown Ellis Campbell
Commended The Stockman Ellis Campbell
Commended Pride David Campbell
Category 1 Short Story
1st Quirk and Peccadillo Jacqueline Winn
2nd Come Back Jimmy David Van Dort
Highly Commended Just a Job Jacqueline Winn
Highly Commended Drifting Judith Eburn
Highly Commended Another’s Shoes Janeen Samuel
Commended RSVP Susan McCreery
Commended A Touch of Gypsy Jacqueline Winn
Commended Rob the Robber Michael Hunt
Category 2 Traditional Rhyming Poetry
1st Gone But Not Forgotten Ellis Campbell
2nd Best Laid Plans Robert Scott
Highly Commended Life’s Lottery Robert Scott
Highly Commended The Secret David Campbell
Highly Commended A Day at the Races Tony Walbran
Commended Treasured Images Philomena Essex
Commended Looking for Alice Judith Eburn
Commended Grannie’s Calendar Frank Cardiff
Category 3 Free Verse
1st My Life Beatrice Norrie
2nd Overture Patricia White
Highly Commended Faded Colours Elizabeth McLaughlin
Highly Commended Terra Australis Michael Woodhouse
Commended Mother of the Bride Juliana Machin
Commended Her Front Cement Step Jennifer Steele
Category 4 Memoir
1st Christmas Morning Shirley Buckley
2nd The Girls at 48 Jacqueline Winn
Highly Commended Of Horses and Rides Eva White
Highly Commended Life in Plastic Bags Shirley Buckley
Highly Commended The Shrug Janeen Samuel
Commended When I Was a Coward Aleesah Darlison
Commended Digesting My Life Cecile Yazbek
Commended The Shoulder Bag Patricia Pettet
Pauline Walsh Award
Equal 1st No Chips for Stan Andy King
Equal 1st Trainee Susan McCreery
Highly Commended Rock Star Catherine Ferla
Commended Pegged Catherine Ferla
Commended Tragedy in Three Acts Doreen Mackenzie
Commended A Love Story Sheryl Maloney
Commended Postscript Deborah Lee Talbot
Well done all!
The Boree Log Award for Bush Verse
Father Patrick Hartigan (1875-1952) was ordained in 1903, and served in various positions, including twenty-seven years as parish priest at Narrandera. Writing under the pseudonym, John O'Brien, he published two volumes of poetry: Around the Boree Log in 1921, and, posthumously, 'The Church at St Mel's'. He is fondly remembered for poems such as 'Said Hanrahan' and 'The Old Bush School Parramatta
Conditions of Entry
1. Ballad to be written in perfect rhyme and metre, within a maximum of 80 lines, with an Australian bush theme.
2. First Prize $200 plus trophy and certificate. Certificates awarded for Highly Commended and Commended places. Maximum of three entries per entrant.
3. Entries to be in English, the original unpublished work of the entrant and not to have won a cash prize in another competition at 31st May 2009.
4. All entries to be typed on one side of A4 sized paper.
5. NO NAME TO APPEAR ON MANUSCRIPT. Pages to be numbered with a short title of the entry on top or bottom of each page.
6. The Judge's decision is final. Winner will be notified by phone and published in The Australian Bush Poets' Association Newsletter and Writers' Voice. Date for presentation of prizes to be confirmed after successful entrants are known.
7. Entries will be destroyed after results are announced. Please enclose a Business size SSAE for results.
8. No entry form required, however, a separate sheet stating name, address and phone number of poet together with title of ballad must be included.
9. Entry Fee - $5 per entry.
10. Closing date - 31st May 2009.
Send entries to:
Competition Secretary - Boree Log ←(please include 'Boree Log' with address)
Eastwood/Hills FAW
PO Box 4663
North Rocks NSW 2151
Boree Log 2009 downloadable version
Eastwood/Hills Fellowship of Australian Writers
Literary Competition 2009
Category 1 Short Story - Max. 3000 words
First Prize $200, Second Prize $100
Category 2 Traditional Rhyming Poetry - Max. 40 lines, no bush verse
First Prize $150, Second Prize $50
Category 3 Free Verse Poetry - Max. 40 lines
First Prize $150, Second Prize $50
Category 4 Memoir - Max. 1500 words. First $150, Second $50.
(For the purpose of this competition memoir means: an
incident from one's own life and experiences.)
Category 5 Pauline Walsh Encouragement Award for Short Story
- open only to writers who have never won a cash prize for short story. 800- 1500 words. Two prizes of $50 each.
All categories open theme.
No entry form, but all entries must include a cover sheet stating name,
contact details and, for short story and memoir, word count.
Closing Date: 31st May 2009
Entry Fee: $5 per entry or $20 for five entries
(Cheques or money orders in AUS$ payable to: Eastwood/Hills FAW.
Do not send cash in the mail.)
Entries to:
Competition Secretary (AC), Eastwood/Hills FAW,
PO Box 4663, North Rocks, NSW 2151, Ph 9484-9223
Conditions of Entry
- Entries to be in English, the original unpublished work of the entrant, and not to have won a cash prize in another competition as at 31st May 2009.
- Entries to be typed on one side of A4 paper. Short stories and memoirs to be double-spaced. Poetry can be single-spaced.
- Where an entry is more than one page, all pages of the entry should be stapled together.
- NO NAME TO APPEAR ON MANUSCRIPT. Pages to be numbered with a short title of the entry on top or bottom of each page. Entries will be numbered for judging.
- The decision of the judges is final. Winners will be notified by mail and announced in Writers Voice. Presentation of prizes will be at a presentation night several weeks after the closing date.
- Entries will be destroyed after results are announced. Please enclose a business-sized SSAE for Result Sheet.
- Entry to this competition signifies acceptance of the above. Entries not meeting these conditions will not be judged and the entry fee will not be refunded.
Eastwood/Hills Literary Competition - downloadable version