Results of 2021 Blackened Billy Award
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 7:48 am
Received from Janine Keating, Blackened Billy Award Organiser ...
31st Annual Blackened Billy Verse Competition
2021 Award Winners
1st - Bittersweet Harvest - Shelley Hansen - Maryborough Qld
2nd - Billy Backytin - Glenny Palmer - Jimboomba Qld
3rd - Master Craftsman - Shelley Hansen - Maryborough Qld
Highly Commended
Convict Settlers - David Judge - Bendigo Vic
If Only - Irene Trimpone - Atherton Qld
Kadaitcha - Peter O'Shaughnessy - Eaton WA
The Last Farewell - Mal Beveridge - North Lakes Qld
Aussie Mateship - Shelley Hansen - Maryborough Qld
Commended
Bringing the Cattle Home - Irene Trimpone Atherton Qld
A Soldier's Fate - Trench Wall Grave - Mal Beveridge North Lakes Qld
Elegy - Irene Trimpone Atherton Qld
Old Man Drought - Tom McIlveen Port Macquarie NSW
The Landing - Peter O'Shaughnessy Eaton WA
Congratulations to all who entered this hard fought competition. Modern Australian bush poetry is striving and thriving.
Claycraft Productions are acknowledged as supporters due to their involvement crafting this unique trophy for the last 31 years from their base in Moonbi, NSW.
Thanks to Jodi Wales and Tamworth Trophy Supplies for maintaining support and the Tamworth link. They have the expertise and inclination to fuss with the curved panel the Billy requires.
The verse entries come in from throughout Australia. The stories and messages they contain are for everyone. Billy is good. Thank you to all who lend support.
Congratulations and thanks to all who contributed to another exceptional harvest of quality rhymed and metred Australian poetry. Applause to the winners.
CONGRATULATIONS ALL!
31st Annual Blackened Billy Verse Competition
2021 Award Winners
1st - Bittersweet Harvest - Shelley Hansen - Maryborough Qld
2nd - Billy Backytin - Glenny Palmer - Jimboomba Qld
3rd - Master Craftsman - Shelley Hansen - Maryborough Qld
Highly Commended
Convict Settlers - David Judge - Bendigo Vic
If Only - Irene Trimpone - Atherton Qld
Kadaitcha - Peter O'Shaughnessy - Eaton WA
The Last Farewell - Mal Beveridge - North Lakes Qld
Aussie Mateship - Shelley Hansen - Maryborough Qld
Commended
Bringing the Cattle Home - Irene Trimpone Atherton Qld
A Soldier's Fate - Trench Wall Grave - Mal Beveridge North Lakes Qld
Elegy - Irene Trimpone Atherton Qld
Old Man Drought - Tom McIlveen Port Macquarie NSW
The Landing - Peter O'Shaughnessy Eaton WA
Congratulations to all who entered this hard fought competition. Modern Australian bush poetry is striving and thriving.
Claycraft Productions are acknowledged as supporters due to their involvement crafting this unique trophy for the last 31 years from their base in Moonbi, NSW.
Thanks to Jodi Wales and Tamworth Trophy Supplies for maintaining support and the Tamworth link. They have the expertise and inclination to fuss with the curved panel the Billy requires.
The verse entries come in from throughout Australia. The stories and messages they contain are for everyone. Billy is good. Thank you to all who lend support.
Congratulations and thanks to all who contributed to another exceptional harvest of quality rhymed and metred Australian poetry. Applause to the winners.
CONGRATULATIONS ALL!