Results of 2020 Boyup Brook Written Competition

[Shelley Hansen]

Received today from Meg Gordon ...

RESULTS OF BOYUP BROOK WRITTEN COMPETITION
Held in conjunction with Boyup Brook Country Music Festival 2020

WINNER -
Shelley Hansen (Maryborough QLD) “In Praise of the One Teacher School”

SECOND –
Tom McIlveen (Port Macquarie NSW) “Fishing For A Gucci”

Equal THIRD –
Peter O’Shaunessy (Bunbury WA) “I Came Across A Shearing Shed”
Tom McIlveen (Port Macquarie NSW) “From Gallipoli”

Emerging Poet –
Deb McQuire (Glen Forrest WA) “Bush Carpet”

Judge’s Comment –
Some interesting stories and great imagery. Quality writing but lack of punctuation often dictated final score.

Congratulations to the winners.