2014 Toolangi C. J. Dennis Written Poetry Competition

[Stephen Whiteside]

The results of the written poetry competition for the 2014 Toolangi C. J. Dennis Poetry Festival, as announced on Saturday as part of the festival, are as follows:

Adult Open

First: "When a Tree Falls" (David Campbell)
Second: "The Poitry Competition" (Shelley Hansen)
Third: "The Chorus of the Night" (Will Moody)

Highly Commended:
"Walers" (Anthony Hammill)
"The Day the Yea River Stopped Flowing" (Stephen Whiteside)

Commended:
"One Golden Autumn Day" (Helen Harvey)
"The Wattle" (Stephen Whiteside)


Open Themed (poems inspired by news items of events in Australia)

First: "Hire Education" (Will Moody)
Second: "Another Homecoming" (Will Moody)
Third: "Ginger Mick's Business Venture" (Shelley Hansen)

Highly Commended:
"I Heard it on the ABC" (Gwen Pascoe)
"Poor Joe" (Stephen Whiteside)


Adults Writing for Children

First: "The Scary Boy" (Bill Condon)
Second: "School Shoes" (Caroline Tuohey)
Third: "I Have a Cat Called CJ" (David Campbell)

Highly Commended:
"Liza O'Malley has Terrible Teeth" (Lynn Ward)
"The Useless Mutt" ( Jim Kent)
"My Granddad Came to School Last Week" (Val Wallace)
"Wild and Wonderful" (Shelley Hansen)
Vombatus ursinus (the common wombat) (Roger Gibson)


Poems by Students in Primary School
First: "The Travelling Bug" (Isabella Wallace)
Second: "The Cassowary" (Aaron Wallace)
Third: "The Outback" (Isabella Wallace)

Special Mentions:
"My Dog Fred" (Allie Weber)
"an alphabet poem" (Rupert Lausberg)


Poems by Students in Secondary School

This year there were no entries from secondary schools.


Congratulations to all the winners!