ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

Open category
First – Monster by David Campbell
Second – A Daughter’s Tale by Roger Vickery
Highly Commended – Then Her Father Left by Kerry Lown Whalen
Commended – Drowning in Grief and Guilt by Tania Pearce

Theme category
First – One Night Only by Dannielle Line
Second – The Gem Miner by Margaret Finger
Highly Commended – Set in Stone by Dannielle Line
Commended – Opal Dilemma by Barbara Tector

Micro Fiction category
First – Ambition Ignited by Carmel Lillis
Second – First Date by Serika McBride
Highly Commended – I Love You by Janet Kenny
Commended – The Fairy by Barbara Tector

Poetry Rhymed category
First – Kathleen by Tom McIlveen
Equal Second – Darken the Night by David Campbell
Equal Second – Bert’s Hand by Bob Pacey
Highly Commended – The Leather Belt Seller by Sim Smailes
Commended – Glowing Monuments by Theadora Biesheuvel

Poetry Free Verse category
First – Epitaph by David Campbell
Second – Echoes for Breaker Morant by Patricia Raynor
Highly Commended – Quandamooka Wintering by Jena Woodhouse
Commended - Dead Possum by Tim Collins

Junior entries
Encouragement Award – A Dove and a Sparrow by Lauren Grace
Encouragement Award – Where the Wind Blows by Ella Kruger

GOODONYA Bobbity!! Wow!

Wow Bob, good on you -and everyone else.

Sue

....and Wow you too David! (I got carried away seeing Bob in league with Mr Campbell & forgot to congratulate him..... ......and our Tom...oh dear. )
Well done....everyone

Congrats to all those familiar names!

Thanks Glenny, Sue and Robyn! If anyone's wondering what the 'Open' category is about, it's not poetry...it's for short stories.

The competition is named in honour of a former lecturer at Central Queensland University. She was the editor of Idiom 23, a literary magazine, and also organised the Bauhinia Literary Awards for many years. She died in 2011.

Cheers
David

Nice to see our mob holding their own in other categories as well - well done everyone

Congratulations David - across all three genres is really impressive -- Tom and of course especially Bob as a less frequent prize winner (so far).
B-J

Thank you, Maureen and Brenda. I've been playing with the idea of putting together a book containing a mix of rhyming and non-rhyming verse, but there may not be a ready audience for it...

Cheers
David