Competition
2008 Winners
River 94.9 Award - 5-6 Years
First Prize - I am a Ballerina by Ellie Bradford
Second Prize - My Chooks by Zack McAlpine
Third Prize - Nature by Harvey Brown
Highly Commended - Kangaroos by Elsie Salkeld
Ipswich District Teacher Librarian Network Award -
7-9 Years
First Prize - Winning by Tahniae Hale-Reeve
Second Prize - Colours of the Sun by Samuel Cujes
Third Prize - Australian Babies by Megan Humphreys
Highly Commended - About me by Bryant Strong
Highly Commended - The Beach by Matthew Johnstone
Highly Commended - I am a River by Christopher Beckman
Just Blinds & Shutters Award - 10-12 Years
First Prize - Write Forever by Molly Jackson
Second Prize - Inside the Fridge by Molly Jackson
Third Prize - Moments in Time by Boyd Tarlinton
Highly Commended - Memories by Amanda Chaudhari
Highly Commended - Family Breakfast by Amanda Chaudhari
Highly Commended - Alphabet Poem by Eliza Pullar
Highly Commended - Secret Spies by Jaycee-Leigh Robinson
Highly Commended - Biodiversecology by Elizabeth Waldron
Highly Commended - Grief by Katelyn Fritz
Highly Commended - The Sorrow Box by Liam Garton
Highly Commended - Magic Shows by Luke Swanson
Highly Commended - Butterflies by Danika Gebhardt
Highly Commended - The Parched Earth by Boyd Tarlinton
Highly Commended - Seasons by Brittany Paull
Highly Commended - This is no Territory of Mine by Philippa Arrowsmith
Highly Commended - The Stalker by Claire Smith
Highly Commended - Long-Lining by Karlee Cooper
Highly Commended - Sadness by Daniel Coveney
Highly Commended - When I was There by Bridget Kenny
The Queensland Times Award - 13-15 Years
First Prize - Salty Memories by Kirsty McCormack
Second Prize - Bottled Lie by Clara Fannjiang
Third Prize - The Knot by Violet Macdonald
Highly Commended - Severe Lingering Maths-itis by Nina Carpenter
Highly Commended - Spoken by Clara Fannjiang
Highly Commended - The Faceless by Kirsty McCormack
Highly Commended - First Time on Board by Violet Macdonald
Highly Commended - In sa ni t y by Kirsty McCormack
Highly Commended - Untitled by Alyce Barker
Highly Commended - Wild Time by Teri Milburn
Highly Commended - Femme Fatale by Olivia Whitt
Ipswich Waste Services Award - 16-17 Years
First Prize - I've Heard it Hundreds Times by Dhaniel Guatama
Second Prize - Oppression of the Night by Anthony Khoo
Third Prize -At First by Jessica Wood
Highly Commended - Diamonds aren't a Girl's Best Friend by Ellyza Gray
Highly Commended - Humans and Champions by Celina Macdonald
Highly Commended - Haunted Memories Kill by Annabelle Chapman
Highly Commended - Pain, Heartache, Loss by Rob Harrington
Highly Commended - Untitled by Tara Heffernan
Highly Commended - The Hell that burns Humanity by Kevin Bui
Highly Commended - Eighteen by Jessica Duncan
Highly Commended - Motion Sickness by River Romeo
Ipswich City Council Award - Open Age Bush Poetry
First Prize - The Photograph by David Campbell
Second Prize - Magnificent Seven by Max Merckenschlager
Third Prize - Of Men and Rats by Ron Stevens
Highly Commended - Graystar by Graeme Johnson
Highly Commended - Rust & Rivets by Graeme Johnson
Highly Commended - Silver Moon by Zondrae King
Highly Commended - Egg-onomics by Brenda Joy
Joy Chambers & Reg Grundy Award - Open Age Other Poetry
First Prize - 25 words or less by Lyrian Fleming
Second Prize - Farm by Ashley Capes
Third Prize - The Mariner by John Egan
Highly Commended - Rendering by Marjorie Lewis-Jones
Highly Commended - Occasions of Birds by Mark Miller
Highly Commended - The Hollow Men by David Campbell
Highly Commended - Shapes in the Weather by Vanessa Page
Highly Commended - Reading Letters to the Editor by Stephen Paice
Rosewood Green Award - Open Age Local Poetry
First Prize - Fionnuala by Caitlin Prouatt
Second Prize - Paper Scrap Hope by Caitlin Prouatt
Third Prize - Wicker Basket by Kirsty McCormack
Highly Commended - Winter in Ipswich by Robert Bos
Highly Commended - Memory by Robert Bos
Highly Commended - To a Friend by Caitlin Prouatt
Chair's Encouragement Award - 5-17 Years
Orange Blood by Clara Fannjiang
Chair's Encouragement Award - Open Age Categories
Billy in a China Shop by Ruth Tuxworth
Chair's School Encouragement Award
Chapel Hill State School, Chapel Hill, Qld
RT Edwards Mentorship Award
Winter in Ipswich by Robert Bos
Read the Judges Report on the 2008 Winners
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