Competitions
The following documents are for organisers, competitors and judges of competitions run
under the auspices of the ABPA.
Please ensure you are using the latest version (date shown in brackets).
| Document | Format | ||
| Guidelines | |||
| Bush Poetry Events Comparison (December 2018) | |||
| Bush Poetry Event Guidelines (December 2018) | |||
| Bush Poetry Show Guidelines (December 2018) | |||
| Performance Bush Poetry Competition Guidelines (December 2018) | PDF |
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| Written Bush Poetry Competition Guidelines (December 2018) | |||
| Yarn Spinning Competition Guidelines (December 2018) | |||
| Walk-up Performance Bush Poetry Event Guidelines (December 2018) | |||
| Performance Competitions | |||
| Assessment sheets | |||
| Bush Poetry (December, 2018) | MSWORD |
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| Yarn Spinning (December 2018) | MSWORD | ||
| Summary Sheets | |||
| Performance Summary Score Sheet (December 2018) | MSWORD | ||
| Performance Overall Champion Sheet (December 2018) | MSWORD | ||
| Written Competitions | |||
| Assessment sheets | |||
| Adult Bush Poetry (December 2018) | MSWORD |
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Steps for organising a major competition (pdf) — a guide by Brian Langley.
Tips for written competition organisers (pdf) — by David Campbell.
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