School Students Youth
Junior and Children,s Online Bush Poetry Competition entries close 17th October 2008. HURRY ENTER NOW !! The Gateway to Contemporary & Classical (Modern & Traditional) Bush Poetry
Carrying on the traditions of AB (Banjo) Paterson, Henry Lawson, Thomas E Spencer, CJ Dennis,
PJ Hartigan (John O'Brien), Adam Lindsay Gordon, Dorothea Mackellar, Harry Breaker Morant,
Henry Kendall, Barcroft Henry Boake, Will Ogilvie, Francis Kenna and George Essex Evans.
Presents National Junior Online
Bush Poetry Competition 2008
forAustralian school students or anyone from 6 to 18 years of age
You may not be a Henry Lawson, Banjo Paterson or Dorothea Mackellar to-day but if you start now you could be the poet of tomorrow. Lawson, Paterson and many other poets were the authors of the cool jokes, stories, and yarns in their day. As well as writing their stories in rhyme they were known hang out with their mates and tell each other stories while others listened with amazement. If you are between six and eighteen years old and want to be cool and impress you friends with awesome stories, then start now by entering this competition. You can write about anything that has to do with Australia, Australians or the Australian way of life using rhyme and metre.
Closing Date Friday 17th October 2008
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Competition Prizes
Category A 6 - 12 years of age
1st
2nd
3rd
The Book of Australian Popular Rhymed Verse by Jim Haynes Our Country - Classical Australian Poetry edited by Michael Cook Our Country - Classical Australian Poetry edited by Michael Cook
Category B 13 - 18 years of age
1st
2nd
3rd
The Book of Australian Popular Rhymed Verse by Jim Haynes Our Country - Classical Australian Poetry edited by Michael Cook Rise 'n' Rhyme by Marco Gliori
Closing date for entries is Friday 17th October 2008
Junior Online Bush Poetry Competition
This competition is a JUNIOR event for ORIGINAL verse (solely the work of the entrant) having good rhyme and metre, written about Australia, Australians and/or the Australian way of life. Poems can be humorous, serious, descriptive or a narrative. Entrants may enter as many poems as they wish.
Entrants must be between six and eighteen years of age on the closing date (Friday 17th October 2008).
Previously published poems that have not won a first, second or third prize in any written competition will be accepted.
Entries should be submitted as stated on the entry form.
Teachers may encourage and assist their students to enter.
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JUDGING: Poems will be judged taking into account the entrants age. The judges decision will be final and no further correspondence will be entered into.
CLOSING DATE:
Only entries received on or before Friday 17th October 2008 will be accepted.
ENTRY FEE:
There is no fee to enter this competition (entry is free).
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS: The Winners will be posted on the Junior Online Bush Poetry Competition Results page on 15th November 2008.
Selected poems will be posted on the Australian Bush Poets Association website.
Any entrant may post their entered poem in the youth section of the ABPA forum after 24th October 2008.
Any-one, eighteen years of age or under, may post their own bush poetry in the youth section of the ABPA forum anytime.
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