ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

The full results and the judges' report will be on the ABPA main website in 'Events and Results' tomorrow.

For the writers who are anxiously awaiting to hear, officially --

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP WRITTEN SERIOUS
1st David Campbell Sweetwater
2nd Will Moody Driftwood
3rd Irene Conner When the Wattle Turns to Gold
4th HC Irene Conner Rebirth
5th Commended Shelley Hansen On the Brink?
6th Commended Paulene Haggith Procrastinating
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS WRITTEN HUMOROUS
1st Shelley Hansen Buy-Swap-Sell
2nd Will Moody The Busker and the Bikies
3rd Tom McIlveen Fishing for a Gucchi
4th HC Shelley Hansen Boiled Eggs
5th HC Tom McIlveen The Breathalyser
6th Commended Glenny Palmer Bush Justice

Because of the 2nd in both categories, the Overall Australian Written Champion is Will Moody

Congratulations to all and how wonderful to see a couple of poets who do not always enter succeeding at this high level.
BJ

Hearty congratulations to Will and David and all the place-getters. Thanks so much to the judges and organisers.

Congratulations also to performance champions Sue Pearce and Keith Lethbridge and all the others who achieved success.

Cheers
shelley

Congratulations all, and many thanks to Brenda, Robyn and Greg for the judging. And, of course, to the WA poets for all their hard work. I've sent "Sweetwater" to Neil, but won't post it online until after the magazine has come out.

Cheers
David

Congratulations to David, Shelley, Will And a special Congrats to my very good friend and mate - Irene.
Also to all the other winners.

The Championships were a fantastic success with very large crowds each day - more about that later.

Regards

Terry