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| January 2011 |
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| January 2010 |
14 - 17
15 - 24
15 - 24
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16 - 24
16 - 24
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19
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20
21
21
21
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22 - 25
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31 |
Bulli NSW, Illawarra Folk Festival
1300 887 034
The Tamworth Country Music Festival has finished until next year.
Sam Smythe Bush Poets and Balladeers - Tamworth City Bowling Club ph 02 6562 6861
The 3 Larrikins and a Lady Country Comedy Show 8.30pm - 10.30pm featuring Laura Downing, Ray Essery, Dave Prior and Neil McArthur, will be held at the Longyard on Saturday Night
Longyard Poets' Breakfasts 8am till 10am
Hog's Breath Country Comedy Show 10am - 12 midday (except Sat 23rd) featuring Laura Downing, Neil McArthur, Adam Kilpatrick & Dave Proust
ABPA Walk-up Showcase Concert, 1.30 - 4.30pm, St Edwards Hall, 78-94 Hillvue Rd. Tamworth
ph 02 6652 3716
Australian Bush Laureate Awards, Tamworth Town Hall
Tamworth Golden Damper Bush Poetry Performance Competition (Heats), Wests Leagues Club 10am
Comedy Poems in Costume 11.15am, St Edwards Hall, 78-94 Hillvue Rd.
Tamworth
ABPA Walk-up Showcase Concert, 1.30 - 4.30pm, St Edwards Hall, 78-94 Hillvue Rd. Tamworth
ph 02 6652 3716 Annual General Meeting, 2pm, St Edwards Hall, 78-94 Hillvue Rd. Tamworth
ph 02 6652 3716
Tamworth Golden Damper Bush Poetry Performance Competition (Heats), Wests Leagues Club 10am
Comedy Poems in Costume 7.30pm, St Edwards Hall, 78-94 Hillvue Rd.
Tamworth
Tamworth Golden Damper Bush Poetry Performance Competition (Heats), Wests Leagues Club 10am
Newstead Vic, Poetry at the Newstead Festival poster and program
Tamworth Golden Damper Bush Poetry Performance Competition (Finals), Wests Leagues Club 9am
closing date NSW Bush Poetry Written Competition
closing date Boyup Brook Written Bush Poetry Competition Entry Form |
| February 2010 |
12
17 - 28
25 |
closing date Man From Snowy River Festival Adult Poetry Competition Entry Form & Information
Adelaide SA, Fringe performance And Their Ghosts May Be Heard Splash Theatre Company ph 08 8277 7293
closing date NSW Bush Poetry Performance Competition |
| March 2010 |
4 - 7
12
18 - 21
24
30 - 31 |
NSW Bush Poetry Dunedoo NSW
closing date Man From Snowy River Festival Junior Poetry Competition Entry Form & Information
Narrandera NSW, John O'Brien Festival Entry Forms -
closing date Gulgong NSW Henry Lawson Society Literary Awards Entry Forms 02 6374 1213
Winton 15th Annual Waltzing Matilda Bush Poetry Awards – Junior Section |
| April 2010 |
8 - 11
15
16
30 |
Man From Snowy River Festival Poetry Competition Entry Form & Information
closing date The Little Swaggies’ Written Competition Entry Form & Information
closing date Urban Country Music Festival - Written Bush Poetry Competition
ph 1800 810 400
Denman NSW, Bush Poet Evening, Enquiries Kaye Martin 0427 472 290 |
| May 2010 |
1 - 3
21
29
31 |
Caboolture Qld, Urban Country Music Festival - Bush Poets Breakfasts
ph 1800 810 400
closing date Australian Bush Poetry Championships Open Written Competition (Bush Lantern Award)
Bray Park Qld,
North Pine Bush Poets’ Annual Fund Raiser Concert, Club Pine Rivers
(07) 3482 3541
closing date Eastwood Hills Fellowship of Australian Writers - The Boree Log Award for Bush Verse Entry Form |
| June 2010 |
7
19-20 |
closing date Bendigo Goldfields Bush Poets, Burke and Wills Written competition Entry Form
Torquay Vic, Froth and Bubble Literary Festival, Contact
03 5261 2899 or 0421 043 272 |
| July 2010 |
4
9
9 - 11
30
30 - 1 |
Derby WA, Derby Bush Poets’ Breakfast, 7am, Derby CWA Cottage Grounds
ph (08) 9191 1782 ah.
closing date North Pine Bush Poets Written Bush Poetry Competition Entry Form
Australian Bush Poetry Bundaberg
Queensland
Nandewar Poetry Competition (Written) Entry Form
closing date North Pine Bush Poets Junior Written Bush Poetry Competition Entry Form
Queensland Bush Poetry Ravenswood Queensland |
| August 2010 |
6
14
20 - 22
28 |
closing date North Pine Bush Poets Camp Oven Festival Entry Form
closing date Bendigo Goldfields Bush Poets, Burke and Wills Performance competition Entry Form
Bray Park Qld, North Pine Bush Poets Camp Oven Festival Entry Form & Information
Mia Mia Vic, 150th Anniversary celebrations of Burke and Wills Camp 6, Contact
ph 03 5433 2427 |
| September 2010 |
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| October 2010 |
| 15 - 17 |
Victorian Open Bush Poetry
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| November 2010 |
| 19 - 21 |
Crookwell NSW Upper Lachlan Bush Poets Wool Wagon Awards |
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| March 2009 |
1
5 - 8
10
10
18
19 - 22
21
22 |
Bush Poets Rally at Raleigh NSW -
ph 02 6652 3716
Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival
Henry Kendall Written Awards - Central Coast Poets PO Box 276 Gosford NSW 2230
closing date Grenfell NSW Henry Lawson Festival Written competiton - SSAE PO Box 77 Grenfell 2810
closing date Gulgong NSW Henry Lawson Festival
PO Box 235 Gulgong 2852 Entry Forms
Narrandera NSW - John O’Brien Bush Festival -
ph 1800 672 392
Yackandanda Vic. Folk Festival
Sydney NSW Dust Poems (poems about the trucking industry)
(02) 9319 5090
Greenslopes (Brisbane) Bush Poets Breakfast Anita Reid 07 3343 7392 |
| April 2009 |
1
2 - 5
2 - 6
3
4
5
7 - 8
9
9 - 13
10 - 13
17
22 - 26
22 - 27
30
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Dusty Swag (Written) - Accepting entries 1st April to 20th June 2009, SSAE MHR 7 Vickery St. Alexandra 3714
Corryong Vic. The Man From Snowy River Festival
Tenterfield Oracles of the Bush PO Box 372 Tenterfield 2372 ph or fax 02 6736 2900
closing date Beef Australia 2009 Written Bush Poetry Competition Entry Form
Redcliffe Cultural Centre, Qld.Yodellers Bush Poets & Yarns
7.30pm Contact
0407 572 786
Ipswich Poetry Feast
Winton Junior Performance Bush Poetry Competition
closing date National Student Literary Awards Gulgong (See March 18 above)
National Folk Festival - Easter in Canberra
Roma Easter in the Country
1800 222 399 or (07) 4622 7505
closing date Caboolture Qld, 1800 810 400, Urban Country Bush Poets Written Competition Entry form
Boondooma Homestead - Spirit of the Bush Heritage weekend & Balladeers Muster
07 4188 0273
St Albans Folk Festival NSW -
closing date Bronze Swagman Award Written Bush Poetry Competition |
| May 2009 |
2
2 - 4
3
7 - 9
13
28 - 31
29
29 - 31 |
Warwick Qld, Peace Festival Poet's Breakfast Queens Park
Caboolture Qld,
Urban Country Bush Poets Breakfast
or 1800 810 400
Como (Perth) WA. Poets in the Park, Poetry Park - McDougal Park, Free entry 2 - 5pm
Thangool Qld Charlee Marshall Celebrations
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ph 07 4995 8108
Cancelled Beaudesert Golden Horseshoe Written Bush Poetry Competition
Casino NSW Beef Week, Bush Poets Breakfasts Ray Essery 02 6644 8285
closing date Bundaberg Qld Bush Lantern Award Written Bush Poetry Competition
Bundaberg Country Muster (07) 4159 1868 |
| June 2009 |
5 - 8
6 - 7
13
20 - 21
28
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Gulgong NSW Henry Lawson Festival
SSAE PO Box 235 Gulgong 2852
Grenfell NSW Henry Lawson Festival NSW SSAE PO Box 77 Grenfell NSW 2810
Coonamble NSW Bush Poetry Breakfast Liz Markey ph 02 6824 1550
Cancelled Beaudesert Bush Poetry Competition
and Bush Poets’ Brekky
ph 07 5541 4355
Torquay Vic. Froth and Bubble Literary Festival
03 5261 2899
Derby WA Poets Breakfast Robyn Bowcock ph 08 9191 1611
Greenslopes (Brisbane) Bush Poets Breakfast Anita Reid 07 3343 7392 |
| July 2009 |
13
30
31
31 - 3
31 |
closing date Junior Written Competition Australian Bush Poetry Championships
closing date Narrabri NSW, Nandewar Open Written Competition
SSAE PO Box 55 Narrabri 2390
closing date Australian Bush Poetry Championships Open Written Competition
closing date Ipswich Poetry Feast
Mt Kembla NSW Mining Heritage & Music Festival -
ph (02) 4271 3737
Queensland Bush Poetry Ravenswood Queensland |
| August 2009 |
1 - 2
11
14 - 16
21 - 23
25 - 30 |
Queensland Bush Poetry Ravenswood Queensland
closing date Australian Bush Poetry Championships Performance Competition
Brisbane Ekka Bush Poetry Comp -
ph 07 3268 3624
Casino NSW Heritage Festival ph David Thomas 02 6662 7804
Australian Bush Poetry Bray Park (North Pine) Qld.
Camooweal Bronze Spur Award ph Ellen Finlay (07) 47 482 186
Gympie Muster Bush Poets Amaville State Forest
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| September 2009 |
1
1 - 2
14
16
17 - 21
18
12 - 17
20
21
22 - 26
27
28 - 30 |
opens for entries Blackened Billy Verse Competition
Inverell NSW Outback Celebrations,
ph 02 6721 1127
Marong Vic - Rusty Nail Bush Verse Festival. Central Goldfields Bush Poets,
ph 5441 5121
closing date Victorian Open Bush Poetry Championships Written Competition
Gundagai NSW Turning Wave Festival
ph 02 6944 2200
closing date NSW Bush Poetry Championships Written Competition
Dorrigo NSW Nation Camp-Oven Festival David Thomas ph 02 6662 7804
Comboyne NSW Bush Poets Breakfast Comboyne Club,
Springsure Qld. Poets Breakfast Old Fort Rainworth, Colleen McLaughlin ph 07 4984 1274
Tuncurry NSW Poets Breakfast Reid Begg 02 6554 9788
Winton Qld. Waltzing Matilda Bush Poetry Awards
Greenslopes Qld. (Brisbane) Bush Poets Breakfast Anita Reid 07 3343 7392
Mildura Festival daily brekkies daily
0400 131 852
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| October 2009 |
1
2
9
10
12
16
16 - 18
16 - 18
17
19
23
23 - 26
25 - 26
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entry forms available Country Energy Tamworth Bush Poetry Competition
closing date NSW Bush Poetry Championships Performance Competition
closing date Victorian Open Bush Poetry Championships - Performance Benalla Vic
Nandewar Bush Poetry Awards Presentations
St Arnaud Vic Kath & Ross Vallance 03 5495 1992
Glen Innes NSW
ph 02 6732 2417
closing date Cervantes Written Bush Poetry Competition Entry Form
Victorian Open Bush Poetry Benalla Vic
NSW Bush Poetry Morisset NSW
closing date Walla Walla Wagon Wheel Written Awards
11/33 Mardross Crt Albury 2640
ph 02 6040 5337
Jamberoo Valley Lodge NSW One-day Festival ph 1300 887 034
Rolf Boldrewood Literary Awards. Prose & Verse Macquarie Regional Library
Po Box 1042 Dubbo NSW 2830
closing date Snowy River Festival Written Bush Poetry Competition Bush Poetry Entry Form
Widgee Bush Balladeers Muster, Poets’ breakfasts, Lex ph 07 4129 3145 or Merv 07 4159 1868
Harden NSW - A Taste of Country Performance Poetry Competition Poets Breakfast Sunday Morning
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| November 2009 |
7 - 9
9 - 11
15
14 - 16
27 - 29
30 |
Beechworth Celtic Festival Vic. Poetry & Music
ph 1300 366 321
Majors Creek NSW Folk Festival
ph 02 4842 2889
Woolgoolga Lake picnic area at 1pm
ph (02) 6654 7198
Dalgety NSW Snowy River Festival Poets Competition & Yarnspinning
Crookwell NSW Upper Lachlan Bush Poets Wool Wagon Awards
closing date Blackened Billy Verse Competition |
| December 2009 |
| 4 - 5 |
Young NSW Competition & Breakfast
ph 02 6382 2506 |
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