Competition

2009 Winners

River 94.9 Award - 5-7 Years

First Prize - I am Socks by Amy Murray
Second Prize - My Cat Says Lots of Things by Breanna Gow
Third Prize - Last Night I Dreamed of Elephants by Catriona Clarkson
Highly Commended - Lost by Sage Weale
Highly Commended - Our Chooks by Lara Murray
Highly Commended - Chickenpox Socks by Elisha Tilley
Highly Commended - Bee Bee Bumble Bee by Jasmine Jones

Ipswich District Teacher Librarian Network Award -
8-10 Years

First Prize - Brace Face by Philippa Maguire
Second Prize - Boat Ride by Miranda Kidd
Third Prize - The Peaceful Box by Emily Knobloch
Highly Commended - Shadow at the Gate by  Kristin Gray
Highly Commended - All Packed by Megan Humphreys
Highly Commended - Books by Aisling Miller
Highly Commended - Athena’s Will by Tatiana Mills
Highly Commended - Relief by Antonia Langenegger
Highly Commended - Cyclone by Ryan Langer
Highly Commended - When a Storm Comes by Kate Dillon
Highly Commended - Winter’s Silence by Megan Humphreys


Education Queensland Award - 11-13 Years

First Prize - Alzheimer’s by Boyd Tarlinton
Second Prize - Drought by Jamie-Lee Egberts
Third Prize - A Tale of Two Worlds by Alexandra Kerslake
Highly Commended - My Window  by Amelia Le-Bherz
Highly Commended - Invisible by Margaret Colbrahams
Highly Commended - The Guardian by Boyd Tarlinton
Highly Commended - Be the Change you Want to See in the World by Wensy Ng
Highly Commended - My Cat Holden by Hayden Welge
Highly Commended - Fallen by Amber Hilton
Highly Commended - The Divorce by Sam Maclean
Highly Commended - The Bush by Sarah Josey

14-15 Years

First Prize - The Hanging by Kirily Greenbank
Second Prize - A Perpetual Sound by Clara Fannjiang
Third Prize - No Longer by Sarah Merry
Highly Commended - Nest of Notes by Rosie Maguire
Highly Commended - Funeral in a Small Town by Violet Macdonald
Highly Commended - Father to Son by Violet Macdonald
Highly Commended - When I First Stepped Out by India Nicholls


Ipswich City Council Award - 16-17 Years

First Prize - Echoes of Innocence by Ella Ruuskanen
Second Prize - First Brother by Rebecca Lynch
Third Prize - Tribute to Captain Clarence Smith Jeffries VC by Caelli Greenbank
Highly Commended - A Memory from Summer by Celina Macdonald
Highly Commended - Universe - Earth by Kirsty McCormack
Highly Commended - Consequential Silence by Terri Keevers
Highly Commended - “Too Country” by Stacey Beumer

The Babies of Walloon Award - Open Age Bush Poetry

First Prize - Pride by David Campbell
Second Prize - Waterloo by Brenda Joy
Third Prize - What They Learned Me in the War by Bill Martin
Highly Commended - The Legend of the Rocking Roo by John Fegan
Highly Commended -The Long Paddock by Zondrae King
Highly Commended - Living in the Aussie Bush by Susan Greenbank
Highly Commended - The Old Man’s Splendid Ball by Steve Lewis
Highly Commended - Poor Old McPhee by Valerie Read
Highly Commended - Hidden Gully by Zondrae King


Joy Chambers & Reg Grundy Award - Open Age Other Poetry

First Prize - Shell by Ashley Capes
Second Prize -Between Barcaldine and Us by Vanessa Page
Third Prize - Wet Robots by Brett Dionysius
Highly Commended - Girl in Winter/Driftwood by Michael Crane
Highly Commended - Kindergarten-Sized-Shoes by Nicholas Eldridge

Rosewood Green Award - Open Age Local Poetry

First Prize - Tiaro Shack by Julie Lynch
Second Prize - Disconnected Grammar by Sue Bailey
Third Prize - Evening Scene by Caitlin Prouatt
Highly Commended - Rugby by Brett Dionysius
Highly Commended - Vinnie’s by Julie Lynch


Chair's Encouragement Award - 5-17 Years

Metrophobia – Fear or hatred of poetry by Joshua Garvey

Chair's Encouragement Award - Open Age Categories

What Can I Use This For? by Brenda Joy


Edwards Property Group Mentorship Award

Disconnected Grammar by Sue Bailey


Read the Judges' Report on the 2009 Winners

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