Results of 2021 King of the Ranges Written Poetry Competition

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Results of 2021 King of the Ranges Written Poetry Competition

Post by Shelley Hansen » Fri Oct 01, 2021 3:21 pm

King Of The Ranges 2021 Written Poetry Competition Results

Serious

1. Where the Curlews Nest - Helen Harvey
2. Freddy K - Tom Mcllveen
3. The Master - Helen Harvey
HC - The Ballad of Billy Mateer - Tony Hammill
C - Henry - David Judge

Humorous


1. The Weebo Sailing Club - Peter O’Shaughnessy
2. Revenge of the Chooks - Catherine Lee
3. Dear Sir - Helen Harvey
HC - The Bandywallop Ball - Tony Hammill
C - How Bill Cured his Stutter - Helen Harvey

Congratulations to the winners and place-getters, and a special cheer for our two active forum participants, Catherine Lee and David Judge.
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Re: Results of 2021 King of the Ranges Written Poetry Competition

Post by HelenHarvey » Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:33 pm

Thank you for your well wishes Shelley - much appreciated, and congratulations to all the other poets who did so well in this wonderful comp.
Pretty happy to know my name will be on the Stockman sculpture! ;)
Regards to all,
Helen Harvey

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Re: Results of 2021 King of the Ranges Written Poetry Competition

Post by Shelley Hansen » Wed Oct 13, 2021 3:35 pm

Lovely to hear from you, Helen.

For those who would like to read Helen's evocative winning poem, it has been posted on the Poetry page of our website. Here is the link: https://www.abpa.org.au/Files/award-poe ... arvey.html

Cheers
Shelley
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Re: Results of 2021 King of the Ranges Written Poetry Competition

Post by Maureen K Clifford » Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:12 am

Congratulations to all those who did so well in this competition. Some beautiful poems here. Helen your poem is outstanding, a beautifully crafted write.
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Re: Results of 2021 King of the Ranges Written Poetry Competition

Post by Catherine Lee » Wed Oct 20, 2021 8:37 pm

Congratulations Helen, and to all other winners. Helen, your poem is wonderful, and a most worthy winner of the KOTR 2021 trophy!

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Re: Results of 2021 King of the Ranges Written Poetry Competition

Post by HelenHarvey » Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:44 am

Thank you so much Maureen and Catherine ... coming from great poets such as yourselves this is high praise indeed and I know it won't be long before I'll be posting congratulatory comments for you - Shelley too!

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