ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

Posted: **Tue Feb 19, 2019 11:19 am**

2019 BOYUP BROOK COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL WRITTEN COMPETITION

OPEN WINNER

CONGRATULATIONS— CATHERINE LEE (Bangkok, Thailand) - “Ghosts of Men”

Second Place—Shelley Hansen (Maryborough Qld) “This Land of Ours”

Third Place—Brenda Joy (Charters Towers Qld) “My Sacred Place”

Highly Commended—Tom McIlveen (Port Macquarie NSW) “From Gallipoli With Love”

EMERGING POET—WINNER

CONGRATULATIONS DEBORAH MACQUIRE (Glen Forest WA) “A Brokers Tale—of bush fires and floods”

Second place—Eliza Allan (Denmark WA) “The Little Wooden Dancing Hall”

Posted: **Sat Feb 23, 2019 2:42 pm**

Congratulations Catherine, Brenda, Tom - and the emerging poets.

Delighted to be named alongside these fine writers!

Cheers
Shelley

Posted: **Sun Feb 24, 2019 1:56 pm**

Well done everyone - that is an impressive round up. Congratulations

Posted: **Sun Feb 24, 2019 5:53 pm**

Thank you Maureen ... and guess what!! It was once again an upcycled writing workshop piece that gained me 2nd place!

So take a bow yourself!

Posted: **Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:29 pm**

Really??? Wow! - I'll have to start charging

Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2019 9:35 am**

Yep - consultancy fees! We won't be able to afford you soon!

An update - I just got third place in the international 2019 Rabindranath Tagore award for short English verse, behind a Canadian winner and Indian runner-up.

Guess what! The poem I entered was also an upcycled homework piece!!

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