2019 Winners
River 94.9 Award – 5-7 Years
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Winner
1st
Play with Me Thomas Savige
2nd
The Unforgiving Season Allegra Clarke
3rd
Baby Turtle Noah Springall
Runners Up
Highly Commended
Aotearoa
Allegra Clarke
Highly Commended
Save the Goal
Thomas Savige
Highly Commended
The Beast Man
Joel Sage
Highly Commended
Nature
Zoe Gard
Ipswich District Teacher Librarian Network Award – 8-10 Years
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Winner
1st
Forevermore Isabella Holiday
2nd
Tricked Samuel Hollier
3rd
Sodium, Acid and Lotion (or the Reaction at Perth College) Elizaveta Fedotova
Runners Up
Highly Commended
My Memories
Charlotte Parkin
Highly Commended
The War Under the Sea
Charlotte Brown
Highly Commended
Brown
Leon O'Donnell
Highly Commended
Darkness
Dora Wang
Highly Commended
#HomeSweetHome
Alexandria White
Highly Commended
Fishing with Pa
Izach Parr
Highly Commended
The River
Ivy Guyatt
Highly Commended
The Vacuum Cleaner Got out of Control
Elisha Wilkinson
Broderick Family Awards 11-13 Years
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Winner
1st
The Journey of the Wind Callan Rhys Peterson
2nd
Happy Thoughts Pharell Nepe
3rd
Black Saturday Amaeh Reed
Runners Up
Highly Commended
Forget Me Not
Levi Vereyken
Highly Commended
The Poppy Tree
Amaeh Reed
Highly Commended
The Broken Among Us
Pharell Nepe
Highly Commended
Fire
David Moala
Highly Commended
Undertaker
Hudson Tille
Highly Commended
Lightning
Luke Frappell
Highly Commended
Trees
Madelynne Craig
Highly Commended
Decorated Cups
Leira Camille Caniones
Queensland Times Award- 14-15 Years
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Winner
1st
War Lion Tessa Quinlan
2nd
A Good Morning Holly Wallman-Craddock
3rd
To Split A Pomegranate Helen Lovegrove
Runners Up
Highly Commended
He Stole Excalibur from a Pawn Shop
Kirra Watkins
Highly Commended
JUST S(T)AY
Sally Bailey
Ipswich City Council Award – 16-17 Years
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Winner
1st
Cross Words Penelope Duran
2nd
Wash, Rinse, Repeat Penelope Duran
3rd
Cerulean Penelope Duran
Runners Up
Highly Commended
Soft Morning
Maja Vasic
Highly Commended
Father Time
Allegra Pestell
Highly Commended
Coughing up Wildflowers
Hunter Smith
Highly Commended
This System
Sophie van der Helder
Highly Commended
Her Own Knight
Penelope Duran
Highly Commended
Hermann Göring
Oscar Townsend
Ipswich Poetry Feast Awards Open Age – Bush Poetry
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Winner
1st
Kelly's Corner Heather Knight
2nd
Australis in Extremis Catherine Lee
3rd
A Simple Epitaph Tom McIlveen
Runners Up
Highly Commended
Mallee Farmer
Max Merckenschlager
Highly Commended
From Gallipoli with Love
Tom McILveen
Highly Commended
Song of the Water-Lilies
Max Merckenschlager
Highly Commended
Walk a Mile in Our Shoes!
David Campbell
Joy Chambers & Reg Grundy Awards Open Age – Other Poetry
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Winner
1st
Wanderers Jena Woodhouse
2nd
Nocturne for a Vanished Farm Jena Woodhouse
3rd
Grey’s Anatomy Damen O’Brien
Ipswich City Council Awards Open Age – Local Poets
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Winner
1st
The Last Summer Rose Leonie Parker
Picture Ipswich Awards – Open Age
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Winner
1st
The Extended Challenge Donald Walker
Ipswich Poetry Feast Encouragement Awards
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Winner
5-17 Years
Softly Burning Silence Portia Clair Hoole
Open Age
Death of the Brumbies Pat Fennell
School Winner
Westside Christian College
2019 Overall Winner & recipient of the Babies of Walloon bronze statuette
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Winner
Overall Winner
Jena Woodhouse
2018 Winners
Ipswich District Teacher Librarian Network Award – 8-10 Years
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Winner
First Prize
Henry's Poem Amaeh Reed
Second Prize
An Ode to Alzheimer's: Can You Remember? Alyssa Sim
Third Prize
Imagine This Arabella Goyal
Runners Up
Highly Commended
Family and Friends
Alya Turnell
Highly Commended
Australia
Max Stanevich
Highly Commended
Rippled in Mirrors
Isla Mannolini
Highly Commended
Chase Your Goal
Jayda Gillam
Highly Commended
Stage Fright
Meisha Fagerstrom
Highly Commended
I Wish
Xavier Jennings
Highly Commended
Nana's Maltese Slice
Byron Bell
Highly Commended
My Best Friend
Connor Bartley
Highly Commended
At Night
Benjamin Hobbs
Highly Commended
The Mighty Lion
Melody Stieler
Highly Commended
Forest
Violette Dobbie
Broderick Family Award – 11-13 Years
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Winner
Equal First Prize
An Ethical Irony Michael Swift
Grace Longhi
The Mansion That Time Forgot Equal First Prize
Second Prize
Technology Nation Emma Chambers
Third Prize
The Tanami Rafaela Southon
Runners Up
Highly Commended
The Door on The 3rd Floor
Gabriella Gigliotti
Highly Commended
If Only You Knew
Disha Raval
Highly Commended
Sea Change
Hannah Barrie
Highly Commended
Surfing on Waikiki Beach
Alexandra Willcock
Highly Commended
Humanty
Harmony-tree Hansen
Highly Commended
The Broken-Hearted
Mysheka Field
Queensland Times Award- 14-15 Years
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Winner
First Prize
Picturesque Aisha Wilson
Second Prize
A Haiku for Ants Grace Xu
Third Prize
The Start of Leaving Heidi Leeman
Runners Up
Highly Commended
The Second When Nothing Happened
Penelope Duran
Highly Commended
Megane - Glasses
Grace Xu
Highly Commended
Mother
Grace Xu
Highly Commended
Patchwork Heart
Yehezq'El Schuster
Highly Commended
A Message from the Sky
Grace Xu
Ipswich City Council Award – 16-17 Years
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Winner
First Prize
How to Write Poetry Emerson Hurley
Second Prize
First Performance in Leningrad Emerson Hurley
Third Prize
Her Guitar Brenda Tan
Runners Up
Highly Commended
We Do Not See the Moon
Maja Vasic
Highly Commended
Echo and Narcissus, the B-Sides
Erika Strehler
Highly Commended
A Yellow Envy
Brenda Tan
Highly Commended
Dead Souls, Pt. III
Emerson Hurley
Highly Commended
Crown of Thorns
Isabel Mitchell
Joy Chambers & Reg Grundy Award – Open Age Other Poetry
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Winner
First Prize
The Cold Snap Damen O'Brien
Second Place
Captain Cochlear Roger Vickery
Third Place
For my Mother Mark Miller
Runners Up
Highly Commended
The Last Ferry
Jan Iwaszkiewicz
Highly Commended
Pension Day
Roger Vickery
Highly Commended
Giant
Damen O'Brien
Highly Commended
The Cleaving
Glenny Palmer
Highly Commended
Precarious Balance
Damen O'Brien
Rosewood Green Award – Open Age Local Poets
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Winner
First Prize
Rough Country David Gagen
Second Prize
Dun Waiting Maureen Clifford
Third Prize
For King and Country Roads Maureen Clifford
Runners Up
Highly Commended
Conversations with the Bitch
Leonie Parker
2018 Overall Winner & recipient of the Babies of Walloon bronze statuette
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Winner
Overall Winner
Damen O'Brien
Overall Winner
Emerson Hurley
Ipswich Poetry Feast Encouragement Awards
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Winner
5-17 Years
Fishing Ever After Sophia Brady
Open Age
The Fossicker Melissa Harrison
School Award
Holy Cross School
Picture Ipswich Theme Awards
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Winner
First Prize
Golden Reign Kelly Millar
Second Prize
Tell Me Wellies Marie McMillan
Third Prize
Fernvale Road Ghosts Vanessa Page
Runners Up
Highly Commended
Muvvers Instruchins f'r Washin'
Ingrid Mason
Metro Hotel Ipswich International Award – Open Age Bush Poetry
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Winner
First Prize
Bluey Tom Mcilveen
Second Prize
Billy Backytin Glenny Palmer
Third Prize
The Morning Star Bruce Simpson
Runners Up
Highly Commended
She - Ode to the Wind
Mal Beveridge
Highly Commended
On Alison Bridge
Zillah Williams
Highly Commended
Hearts of the Wattle
Mal Beveridge
Highly Commended
Nothing Much to Tell
Tom Mcilveen
River 94.9 Award – 5-7 Years
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Winner
First Prize
The Ender Farmer Leo McNally
Second Prize
The Green Hero Iris Siu
Third Prize
My Home My Poem Gabriella Adams
Runners Up
Highly Commended
Little Dog
Shayla Agius
Highly Commended
Little Dog
Jonathan Lawrance
Highly Commended
A Magical Place
Zara Beveridge
Highly Commended
Ghosts
Madeleine Mossley
Highly Commended
Unicorn
Emilia Dorman
2017 Winners
| River 94.9 Award – 5-7 Years | Poem | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Eels | Freddy Davey |
| Second Prize | Night Time | Caterina Falco |
| Third Prize | Creepers in the Daytime | Leo McNally |
| Runners Up | ||
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| Highly Commended | I found a new HOME now | Ariba Omar |
| Highly Commended | Cars | Zachary Strickfuss |
| Highly Commended | Waiting for my true friend-not anymore | Ariba Omar |
| Highly Commended | I am a Bird | Ariba Omar |
| Highly Commended | Cowry Shell | Holli Lang |
| Ipswich District Teacher Librarian Network Award – 8-10 Years | Poem | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Why Willows Weep | Abby Jennings |
| Second Prize | When Cancer Won | Lillian Crocos |
| Third Prize | You Are my Star | Sophie Roussos |
| Runners Up | ||
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| Highly Commended | The Poppies Shine | Coby Fields |
| Highly Commended | Shake and Quake | Bridget Warren |
| Highly Commended | A Night at the Beach | Amelia Sim |
| Highly Commended | The Chestnut Stallion | Eleanor O’Brien |
| Highly Commended | Remembering Ipswich | Lilli Williams |
| Highly Commended | Fury Skies | Clodagh Cowman |
| Highly Commended | The Water and the Wind | Jackson Martin-Blakey |
| Highly Commended | The Charge of the Light Horse Brigade | Amelia Sim |
| Highly Commended | Zoo Family | Olivia Boase |
| Highly Commended | The Campfire | Arabella Basha |
| Highly Commended | Colder, Colder, Colder | Amelia Sim |
| Highly Commended | Winter | Pippa Ellis |
| Highly Commended | The Never-ending Sahara | Huntar Paterson |
| Broderick Family Award – 11-13 Years | Poem | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Red Dress on the Hill | Olivia Priddis |
| Second Prize | No Time for a Joy Flight | Portia Hoole |
| Third Prize | Pa’s Tale | Anna Davidson |
| Runners Up | ||
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| Highly Commended | Grandma’s Cupboard | Jade Martin |
| Highly Commended | Sister Sister | Rebecca Linton |
| Highly Commended | Delicately | Talia Bulstrode |
| Highly Commended | The Queen of Demons | Rebecca Linton |
| Highly Commended | Rabbit Proof Fence (Ballad) | Hayley Victor |
| Highly Commended | My Grandmother’s Masala | Soraiya Munshi |
| Highly Commended | The Secret Life of a Clock | Rebecca Linton |
| Highly Commended | The Education Of Lonely | Louis Langoulant |
| Queensland Times Award- 14-15 Years | Poem | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Beat Highway | Emerson Hurley |
| Second Place | Sparks | Jena Woodroffe |
| Third Place | Marco and Me | Emerson Hurley |
| Runners Up | ||
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| Highly Commended | Sp( )ces | Emerson Hurley |
| Highly Commended | Continuous Places | Emerson Hurley |
| Highly Commended | The Spoken Unspoken | Heidi Leeman |
| Highly Commended | Magnetic Aesthetic | Te Aroha Manuel |
| Highly Commended | *No Title* | Hayden Bradford |
| Ipswich City Council Award – 16-17 Years | Poem | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Zipper | Sonya Frossine |
| Second Prize | Marking of a Printed Title | Sidney Boen |
| Third Prize | Lament for Bruadair | Clare O’Sullivan |
| Runners Up | ||
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| Highly Commended | Commuter’s Requiem | Luke Bradshaw Poier |
| Highly Commended | The Man from Serayu River, an adaption of Banjo Patterson’s poem ‘The Man from Snowy River’ | Emily Bradley |
| Highly Commended | Outro Requiem | Isabel Longbottom |
| Highly Commended | Have you heard of the girl who breathes flowers? | Lauren Rawlings |
| Highly Commended | Mum | Rahim Mohammadi |
| Metro Hotel Ipswich International Award – Open Age Bush Poetry | Poem | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | The Cynic Route | Kate O’Neil |
| Second Prize | Up in the Devils Lair | Terry Piggott |
| Third Prize | The Lady of the Lakes | Terry Piggott |
| Runners Up | ||
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| Highly Commended | The Night The Kids Cooked Dinner | Caroline Tuohey |
| Highly Commended | A Racing Tale | Jim Kent |
| Highly Commended | The Flags That Fly at Castlebrook | Noel Stallard |
| Highly Commended | Bandy Bill | Jim Kent |
| Highly Commended | Real Time Dream Time | Kevin Pye |
| Highly Commended | Plywood Crosses | Graeme Johnson |
| Joy Chambers & Reg Grundy Award – Open Age Other Poetry | Poem | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Flying to Ipswich in the Company of Saint Jackie Howe | Roger Vickery |
| Second Prize | From the Wreck: Adam Lindsay Gordon 1833-1870 | Jeff Guess |
| Third Place | Endurance | Damen O’Brien |
| Runners Up | ||
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| Highly Commended | Along the Red Dirt Road: Drought Country Sequence | Mark Miller |
| Highly Commended | Appraisal | Damen O’Brien |
| Highly Commended | Pumpkins and Firewood | Mran-Maree Laing |
| Highly Commended | An Even Greater Fear | David Campbell |
| Highly Commended | The Museum | Mran-Maree Laing |
| Highly Commended | Archives of the Feet | Jena Woodhouse |
| Highly Commended | Faces in the Sea | Ashfield, Sydney, NSW |
| Chair’s Encouragement Awards | Poem | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 5-17 Yrs. Winner | Past | Alyssa Tang |
| Open Age | Birds Can Heal Through Water | Robert Chapman |
| Picture Ipswich Theme Awards | Poem | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Norman Foote Among the Pumpkins | Vanessa Page |
| Second Prize | Circa 1928 | P.S Cottier |
| Third Prize | An Ode to the F-111 | Leonie Parker |
| Runners Up | ||
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| Highly Commended | Double Take | Bernadette Whisson |
| Highly Commended | Outside the Lines | Joe Dolce |
| Chairperson’s School Award | Winner | |
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| Winning School | Springfield Central State High School, Springfield Central, QLD | |
| 2017 Overall Winner & recipient of the Babies of Walloon bronze statuette | Poem | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Winner | Norman Foote Among the Pumpkins | Vanessa Page |
| Rosewood Green Award – Open Age Local Poets | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
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| First Prize | Easter at the Coast | David Gagen |
| Second Prize | Where is Maggie Thatcher? | Gill Jewell |
| Runners Up | ||
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| Third Prize | When Gods Rules the Waves | David Gagen |
| Highly Commended | Behind a Perspex Screen | Leonie Parker |
| Highly Commended | War on Terror | Brett Dionysius |
2016 Winners
| River 94.9 Award – 5-7 Years | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
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| First Prize | The Library | Christy Davy |
| Second Prize | The Great Grey Cloud | Isaac Dorman |
| Third Prize | Playing | Sahil Syed |
| Runners Up | ||
|---|---|---|
| Highly Commended | I Love Cricket | Mitchell Harte |
| Highly Commended | Stunt Man | Archie Watts |
| Highly Commended | The War Stopped | Fergus Forrest |
| Highly Commended | Surfing Big Waves | Mali Simpson |
| Highly Commended | Spiders | Philippa Seymour |
| Highly Commended | Colours | Lucy McGowan |
| Ipswich District Teacher Librarian Network Award – 8-10 Years | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Sad Sunflowers | Abby Jennings |
| Second Prize | To My Dad | Chris Roussos |
| Third Prize | Dusk | Mia Groom |
| Runners Up | ||
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| Highly Commended | Crow | Alexia Leake |
| Highly Commended | Storm | Jack Beutel |
| Highly Commended | Into the Circles | Abby Jennings |
| Highly Commended | The Diggers | Gabriella Gigliotti |
| Highly Commended | A Poem for the ANZACs | Tadhg Stuckey |
| Highly Commended | My Favourite Pinball Game | Pippa Ellis |
| Highly Commended | Winter’s Wipe-Out | Indi Vidler |
| Highly Commended | The Sea | Dallas Kennedy |
| Ipswich City Council Award – 16-17 Years | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
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| First Prize | Fill the Hole with a Bird | Zoe McDonald |
| Second Prize | Trouble | Cara Roux |
| Third Prize | I Do | Freya Cox |
| Runners Up | ||
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| Highly Commended | Illuminated | Sarah Martin |
| Highly Commended | A Place | Rebecca Wang |
| Highly Commended | 11 Years a Punching Bag | Leon Miller |
| Highly Commended | Forgive me, Time (Thy Rhythmic God) | Chiara Folland |
| Highly Commended | Reaping | Emma Crisp |
| Highly Commended | I Don’t Care | Julina Frame |
| Metro Hotel Ipswich International Award – Open Age Bush Poetry | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
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| First Prize | Legacy of a Fool | Catherine Lee |
| Second Prize | Weapon of Words | Shelley Hansen |
| Third Prize | Bobby | Tom McIlveen |
| Runners Up | ||
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| Highly Commended | How Bluey and Me Joined the Cooee March | Val Wallace |
| Highly Commended | The Harder Road | Kay Gorring |
| Highly Commended | Far From Home | David Campbell |
| Highly Commended | Demons and Lambs | Tom McIlveen |
| Highly Commended | Harbour of Lost Dreams | Catherine Lee |
| Joy Chambers & Reg Grundy Award – Open Age Other Poetry | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Bird Stitcher | Roger Vickery |
| Second Prize | Colony Collapse Disorder | Damen O’Brien |
| Third Prize | Disappearance | Roland Leach |
| Runners Up | ||
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| Highly Commended | Rock Fisher | Bruce Marshall |
| Highly Commended | The Mort Street Badlands | Vanessa Page |
| Highly Commended | “Netsuke” Ivory and Blue | Gill Jewell |
| Highly Commended | Houses of the Living, Houses of the Dead | Jenny Blackford |
| Highly Commended | The Cranes | Damen O’Brien |
| Rosewood Green Award – Open Age Local Poets | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Grindle Road | Brett Dionysius |
| Second Prize | A Child Unafraid | Gill Jewell |
| Third Prize | A d’Arcy Doyle Painting | Leonie Parker |
| Runners Up | ||
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| Highly Commended | The Kulning Song | Louisa Janke |
| Highly Commended | Pot Pourri and Bar Room Roses | Maureen Clifford |
| Highly Commended | A Time to Dance, a Time to Mourn | Sue Osborn |
| Highly Commended | A Foot Soldier’s Lament | Gill Jewell |
| Chair’s Encouragement Awards | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 5-17 Yrs. Winner | Once | Poppy Bell |
| Open Age | The Pet Shop | Maree Reedman |
| Ipswich Theme Awards | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 5-17 Yrs. Winner | My Home Town | Abbie Graham |
| Open Age Winner | A d’Arcy Doyle Painting | Leonie Parker |
| Edwards Property Mentorship Award | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Wandjina | Maureen Clifford |
| Chairperson’s School Award | Winner | |
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| The Springfield Anglican College | ||
| 2016 Overall Winner & recipient of the Babies of Walloon bronze statuette | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
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| Bird Stitcher | Roger Vickery |
| Broderick Family Award – 11-13 Years | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
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| First Prize | Don’t Tell Me this will Pass | Eden Filbin-Yung |
| Second Prize | Last of the Peaks | Sara Chapman |
| Third Prize | Letter from a School Desk | Jordan Howlett-Jones |
| Runners Up | ||
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| Highly Commended | Bones | Annie Bond |
| Highly Commended | Doing it Again | Kate Hudson-James |
| Highly Commended | Shackled | Brodie Abraham |
| Highly Commended | Divorce | Leora Adler |
| Highly Commended | Winter | Charlotte Drynan |
| Queensland Times Award- 14-15 Years | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Among the Crosses | Emerson Hurley |
| Second Prize | They Belong | Emerson Hurley |
| Third Prize | The Writer | Rebecca Batrouney |
| Runners Up | ||
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| Highly Commended | Linger | Emerson Hurley |
| Highly Commended | Good Morning | Imogen Maher |
| Highly Commended | Infinity | Hannah Vesey |
| Highly Commended | The Daughter of the Moon | Grace Nakamura |
2015 Winners
| River 94.9 Award – 5-7 Years | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
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| First Prize | Little Chicks | Dakota Holmes |
| Second Prize | Dance Girl | Bayley Roylance |
| Third Prize | Let’s Go Nuts! | Charli Pakleppa |
| Runners Up | ||
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| Highly Commended | A Little Yellow Bird | Isabella Valinoti |
| Highly Commended | Frogs | Mitchell Harte |
| Highly Commended | The Great Big Turtle | Lilli Williams |
| Highly Commended | At the Beach | Luca Gigliotti |
| Ipswich District Teacher Librarian Network Award – 8-10 Years | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
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| First Prize | This is the Farm | Alexandra O’Brien |
| Second Prize | Sunset on Bulcock Beach | Abbey O’Toole |
| Third Prize | Our Town is in a Drought | Aliana Rogers |
| Runners Up | ||
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| Highly Commended | Marcus | Marcus Hargrave |
| Highly Commended | Midnight | Stephanie Rainbow |
| Highly Commended | Dragons | Isabelle Belt-Cannon |
| Highly Commended | Hopping Love | Jessica Sellick |
| Highly Commended | Midnight | Jazz Triggs |
| Highly Commended | My Family is Talented | Chloe Brook |
| Highly Commended | My Life | Kavindi Athuraliya |
| Highly Commended | Jellyfish and Wahoo | Kailani Clifton |
| Highly Commended | Motor Bikes | Dominic Cafe |
| Broderick Family Award – 11-13 Years | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | If Only the World was Black and White | Ashleigh Dowling |
| Second Prize | Thanatos and Elysium | Lewis Orr |
| Third Prize | Thy Proclivities | Lewis Orr |
| Runners Up | ||
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| Highly Commended | To End the Pain | Zoe Wing |
| Highly Commended | Emptiness | Bronte Schmidt |
| Highly Commended | If All the World were Water | Ella Watson-Paul |
| Highly Commended | My Saxophone | Hannah Larsen |
| Highly Commended | Nervous | Layla Williams |
| Queensland Times Award- 14-15 Years | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Kestrel | Brynnie Angharad Rafe |
| Second Place | Light | Alissa Nowak |
| Third Place | An Open Letter to God | Grace Vipen |
| Runners Up | ||
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| Highly Commended | Our Brave Boys | William Mellor |
| Highly Commended | My Wish for You | Alexandria Walker |
| Highly Commended | Orthodoxy is Unconsciousness | Vanessa Eagles |
| Ipswich City Council Award – 16-17 Years | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
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| First Prize | Staring at the Ceiling | Ingrid Brett |
| Second Prize | Aphelion | Ella Fox-Martens |
| Third Prize | (An Ode to Guilt) | Melanie Johnson |
| Runners Up | ||
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| Highly Commended | Where Do the Birds go? | Freya Cox |
| Highly Commended | Gone in a Day | Freya Cox |
| Highly Commended | Remorse | Jemma Payne |
| Highly Commended | Together | Holly Dignan |
| Highly Commended | Bookshelf City | Abigail Thomas |
| Highly Commended | Forgotten Children | Freya Cox |
| Metro Hotel Ipswich International Award – Open Age Bush Poetry | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | The Pact | Kay Gorring |
| Second Prize | Empty Beds and Broken Hearts | David Campbell |
| Third Prize | No Glory Here | Shelley Hansen |
| Runners Up | ||
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| Highly Commended | Murray Moon | Brenda Joy |
| Highly Commended | “Thy Will be Done…” | Brenda Joy |
| Highly Commended | Mine on Koolan Island | Hugh Allan |
| Highly Commended | Jack, My Friend | Shelley Hansen |
| Joy Chambers & Reg Grundy Award – Open Age Other Poetry | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Predicting a Greensborough Woolworths Sit In | Damen O’Brien |
| Second Prize | A Wheatfield, Very Yellow | Kate O’Neil |
| Third Prize | Memorial | Maree Reedman |
| Runners Up | ||
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| ighly Commended | Smoke and Stories | Maree Reedman |
| Highly Commended | What’s Left | Bry Throssell |
| Highly Commended | Lies about Space | Rafael S.W. |
| Highly Commended | Bollon on Wallam | Denise Parker |
| Highly Commended | There’s a Boy Falling | Dancey Gordon |
| Highly Commended | My Mother and Birds | Jena Woodhouse |
| Highly Commended | The Privy | Jena Woodhouse |
| Highly Commended | Mary | Valerie Read |
| Highly Commended | A Warning | Catherine Lee |
| Rosewood Green Award – Open Age Local Poets | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Atlas Shrugged | Brett Dionysius |
| Second Prize | Beneath Sovereign Pocket | Gill Jewell |
| Third Prize | No Storm Water Drains | Gill Jewell |
| Runners Up | ||
|---|---|---|
| Highly Commended | Wedge Tail | Mary McCarthy |
| Highly Commended | Camp Columbia | Brett Dionysius |
| Highly Commended | Parrot, Parrot | Mary McCarthy |
| Highly Commended | Ipswich on the Bremer | Maureen Clifford |
| Chair’s Encouragement Awards | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 5-17 Yrs. Winner | The Skyway up to Heaven | Grace Nakamura |
| Open Age | The Privy | Jena Woodhouse |
| Ipswich Theme Awards | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 5-17 Yrs. Winner | I Love Ipswich | Mathew O’Neil |
| Open Age Winner | Jacaranda | Leonie Parker |
| Edwards Property Mentorship Award | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Memorial | Maree Reedman |
| Chairperson’s School Award | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| The Springfield Anglican College | ||
| 2015 Overall Winner & recipient of the Babies of Walloon bronze statuette | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Kay Gorring | ||
2014 Winners
| River 94.9 Award – 5-7 Years | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Night Time | Abby Jennings |
| Second Prize | Something Red | Alex Milne |
| Third Prize | Running | Bastion Wright |
| Runners Up | ||
|---|---|---|
| Highly Commended | You Might… | Jarryn Emms |
| Highly Commended | The Desert | Chloe Goodingham |
| Highly Commended | The Beach | Olivia Weise |
| Highly Commended | The Great White Bite | Jarryn Emms |
| Ipswich District Teacher Librarian Network Award – 8-10 Years | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | The Sea | Cooper Whelan |
| Second Prize | Minecraft | Sophie Horner |
| Third Prize | Netball | Cadence Creighton-Jay |
| Runners Up | ||
|---|---|---|
| Highly Commended | Forest | Gemma Nicol |
| Highly Commended | The Junior Girls’ Toilets | Grace Finlay |
| Highly Commended | Sunset Dragon | Alycia Muchiri |
| Highly Commended | White Tiger | Emily Sopar |
| Highly Commended | Jacaranda | Ellie Richter |
| Broderick Family Award – 11-13 Years | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Happy Holidays! | Charlee Sutherland |
| Second Prize | Crows | Tiriei Kamide |
| Third Prize | Stream | Hannah Vesey |
| Runners Up | ||
|---|---|---|
| Highly Commended | World | Kiara Bell |
| Highly Commended | Home | Leisl Lucerne-Knight |
| Highly Commended | Stolen | Lisa Nguyen |
| Highly Commended | My Grandmother Refuses to Die | Olivia Williams |
| Highly Commended | The Fascinations of Millinery | Lewis Orr |
| Highly Commended | Television | Kate Chan |
| Highly Commended | What I Want to be When I Grow Up | Anna Harisson |
| Queensland Times Award- 14-15 Years | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | History Rewritten | Ella Fox-Martens |
| Second Place | The Cry of an African Heart | Erica Emms |
| Third Place | A Heart’s Desire | Dylan Burgess |
| Runners Up | ||
|---|---|---|
| Highly Commended | The Beauty within the Beast | Vegini Krishnamoorthy |
| Highly Commended | Who Dies in the End? | Sara Suk-Udom |
| Highly Commended | Old Man Winter | Emile Regano |
| Highly Commended | The Race | Darcie Smith |
| Highly Commended | Here We Stand Side by Side | Erica Emms |
| Highly Commended | I Forgive You | Erica Emms |
| Highly Commended | Yggdrasil | Simone Engele |
| Highly Commended | The Lady Who Went for Afternoon Walks in High Heels | Emily Parker |
| Ipswich City Council Award – 16-17 Years | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Wholly in the Deep | Kate Wilson |
| Second Prize | Return to Jerusalem | Joshua Dunne |
| Third Prize | Dear Ma | Gabriella De Oliveira |
| Runners Up | ||
|---|---|---|
| Highly Commended | Indigo Shadows | Tessa Campisi |
| Highly Commended | Across the Seas | Tessa Campisi |
| Highly Commended | A Trojan Elegy | Joshua Dunne |
| Highly Commended | Verging upon Virgil | Emma Hartley |
| Highly Commended | Marri Yatarla | Meg Stroud |
| Highly Commended | Fruit Bats at Lockyer Crescent | Serena Green |
| Highly Commended | Junk Dragon | Luka Zubcic |
| Highly Commended | Little Girls | Emily Eastwell |
| Metro Hotel Ipswich International Award – Open Age Bush Poetry | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | A Lesson in Life | Shelley Hansen |
| Second Prize | In the Wake of the Deluge | Brenda Joy |
| Third Prize | The Untold Story | Leonie Parker |
| Runners Up | ||
|---|---|---|
| Highly Commended | How Long Will We Cry? | Kevin Pye |
| Highly Commended | Fire at Dawson’s Run | Catherine Lee |
| Highly Commended | The Tale of Molly Riley | Catherine Lee |
| Highly Commended | The Property | Susan Sommerlad |
| Highly Commended | 100 Years Since Anzac | Jim Cosgrove |
| Joy Chambers & Reg Grundy Award – Open Age Other Poetry | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Ashes to Ashes | David Campbell |
| Second Prize | Sunflowers at Wilcannia | Kate O’Neil |
| Third Prize | Goddess | John Egan |
| Runners Up | ||
|---|---|---|
| Highly Commended | Hire Education | Will Moody |
| Highly Commended | Brother Wool | Janeen Brian |
| Highly Commended | Adhesive | Roland Leach |
| Highly Commended | Still Life | David Campbell |
| Highly Commended | Diptych: This Winter Beach | Mark Miller |
| Highly Commended | Without the Definite | Marjorie Lewis-Jones |
| Highly Commended | For Those Just Starting Out | Bruce Marshall |
| Highly Commended | Square of Yellow Light | Roland Leach |
| Rosewood Green Award – Open Age Local Poets | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Dementia, the Demon with a Sneeze | Ingrid Mason |
| Second Prize | Happiness | Kenneth Weaver |
| Third Prize | A Survey of Community Fireworks | Scott Thouard |
| Runners Up | ||
|---|---|---|
| Highly Commended | The Backyard Brothers | Marcus Richardson |
| Highly Commended | Flat-headed Catfish | Brett Dionysius |
| Highly Commended | My Mother Sewed for Me | Wendy Davies |
| Chair’s Encouragement Awards | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 5-17 Yrs. Winner | Uncle George | Sunseria Vestey |
| Open Age | People Like Us | Susan Sommerlad |
| Ipswich Theme Awards | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Open Age Winner | Flood Warning – 1974 | Fran Nicolaou-Wilmot |
| Edwards Property Mentorship Award | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora Australis | Anne Reardon |
| Chairperson’s School Award | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's College | ||
| 2014 Overall Winner & recipient of the Babies of Walloon bronze statuette | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| Shelley Hansen | ||
2013 Winners
| River 94.9 Award – 5-7 Years | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | The Under Water City | Mya Smith |
| Second Prize | The Frilled Neck Lizard | Henry Blackledge |
| Third Prize | Summer | Ella Tronc |
| Runners Up | ||
|---|---|---|
| Highly Commended | I want to be a Palaeontologist | Ethan Peno |
| Highly Commended | When I Grow Up | Chloe Goodingham |
| Highly Commended | Koalas | Carmen Oxenford |
| Highly Commended | Tim Tams | Jessica Gray |
| Highly Commended | The Platypus and the Croc | Harrison Rapmund |
| Highly Commended | Our Trip to Girraween | Kailani Clifton |
| Ipswich District Teacher Librarian Network Award – 8-10 Years | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Tiny Seed | Sarah Bown |
| Second Prize | The Wolves are Howling | Hannah Johnston |
| Third Prize | Little Brothers | Grace Finlay |
| Runners Up | ||
|---|---|---|
| Highly Commended | Aussie Nature | William Rea |
| Highly Commended | Family Tree | Astrid Cahill |
| Highly Commended | The Turtle Race | Aedyn Duffy |
| Highly Commended | Painting Peace | Grace Finlay |
| Highly Commended | Lucas | Riley Granzien |
| Highly Commended | No Grow | Jaxan Rackley |
| Highly Commended | Books | Sunny Thomas |
| Highly Commended | Barbie | Isabella Weise |
| Queensland Times Award – 11-13 Years | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Evangeline | Grace Nakamura |
| Second Prize | Open Grave | Isabella Sheehan |
| Third Prize | The Bushfire Brumbies | Eva Marsh |
| Runners Up | ||
|---|---|---|
| Highly Commended | The Ode of a Ghost | Erin Burge |
| Highly Commended | War | Isabella Sheehan |
| Highly Commended | Then Night | Munashe Mutambi |
| Highly Commended | I Pick Up the Stick | Eddie Newman |
| Highly Commended | The Book of Forgotten Words | Samantha George |
| Highly Commended | Dog Bath Blues | Peta Vanlieshout |
| Highly Commended | Horses | Emma-Jane Emms |
| Highly Commended | Jelly | Emma-Jane Emms |
| Highly Commended | Hey Echidna | Harmony Schloss |
| Highly Commended | Soup | Emma-Jane Emms |
| Broderick Family Award – 14-15 Years | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | The Wolf Understood | Emma Hartley |
| Second Prize | And It's Alice | Emma Hartley |
| Third Prize | The River | Tamara Livingstone |
| Runners Up | ||
|---|---|---|
| Highly Commended | Women of Arachne | Emma Hartley |
| Highly Commended | Suburban Storm | Rosie McCrossin |
| Highly Commended | Snail | Elena Bonetto |
| Highly Commended | Time | Shayla Parsons |
| Highly Commended | Tents and Campfires | Miriam Waldron |
| Highly Commended | Untitled | Stevie Tucker |
| Highly Commended | Things | Paige Spence |
| Highly Commended | School Lessons | Arrabella Armstrong |
| Ipswich City Council Award – 16-17 Years | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | No Time for Skipping Stones | Christine Collier |
| Second Prize | Children in Kansas Know What to Do | Siobhan Deacon |
| Third Prize | Red Sky in the Morning | Serena Green |
| Runners Up | ||
|---|---|---|
| Highly Commended | A Forgotten Persia | Emily Byrne |
| Highly Commended | Verlang | Reinette Roux |
| Highly Commended | Warmth | Rosaleen Cooney |
| Highly Commended | Descendant | Samantha Brenz-Verca |
| Highly Commended | Design | Joshua Murray |
| Highly Commended | Black Coffee for Breakfast? | Ellie Burton |
| Highly Commended | Shades of Red, White and Grey | Sean Adcock |
| Highly Commended | Express Yourself | Hania Syed |
| Metro Hotel Ipswich International Award – Open Age Bush Poetry | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Waiting | Catherine Lee |
| Second Prize | A Feather in a Locket | Robyn Sykes |
| Third Prize | A Victim of War | Tom McIlveen |
| Runners Up | ||
|---|---|---|
| Highly Commended | A Little Silver Locket | Allan Goode |
| Highly Commended | Aussies | Bessie Jennings |
| Highly Commended | The Jumbuck Drama Club | Shelley Hansen |
| Highly Commended | Said You Could Fly | Arthur Green |
| Highly Commended | Two Wars | Yvonne Harper |
| Joy Chambers & Reg Grundy Award – Open Age Other Poetry | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Slow Train Coming | John Egan |
| Second Prize | The Ghost of Bennelong | Spencer Ratcliff |
| Third Prize | Skin | David Campbell |
| Runners Up | ||
|---|---|---|
| Highly Commended | Meditations on Walking (after reading the rules) | Chris Armstrong |
| Highly Commended | The Hazards | Vanessa Page |
| Highly Commended | Twenty-Four Varieties of Flowers | Rory Hudson |
| Highly Commended | Opening Night | John Egan |
| Highly Commended | Lewin's Honeyeater | Brett Dionysius |
| Highly Commended | Lovesong of the International Management Consultant | Roger Vickery |
| Highly Commended | The Voice of Bunjil | Spencer Ratcliff |
| Highly Commended | Embarkation – 1914 | Sue Bailey |
| Rosewood Green Award – Open Age Local Poets | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| First Prize | Jacaranda Street | Damen O'Brien |
| Second Prize | Eight Embraces | Julie Lynch |
| Third Prize | Robowars at the "Swich" | Scott Thouard |
| Runners Up | ||
|---|---|---|
| Highly Commended | Bomb | Brett Dionysius |
| Highly Commended | Little Brisbane | Caitlin Prouatt |
| Highly Commended | The Elixir | Damen O'Brien |
| Highly Commended | Fishing | Maureen Clifford |
| Chair’s Encouragement Awards | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 5-17 Yrs. Winner | Black Coffee for Breakfast? | Ellie Burton |
| Open Age | My Dad is an Alcoholic | Melanie Gilchrist |
| Ipswich Grammar School | School |
| Ipswich Theme Awards | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 5-17 Yrs. Winner | A Walk through Ipswich | Majella Pearl |
| Open Age Winner | The Legacy Lives On | Brenda Joy |
| Edwards Property Mentorship Award | PoemArray ( ) | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| The Elixir | Damen O'Brien |
| 2013 Overall Winner & recipient of the Babies of Walloon bronze statuette | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| Damen O'Brien | ||