ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

For anyone interested the Boree Log Award results are now available.
Apart from the Boree Log (bush Poetry) there are several other awards as well.
As members of the forum have won awards in other categories I have mentioned these as well
If there are others whose name I didn’t recognize, apologize. Terry


BOREE LOG RESULTS (Full Results)

(1) Brenda Joy / A Nullabor Draesming

H/C Ellis Campbell / The Bull rider
H/C D.G. Adams / My Riverina Home

C Terry Piggott / The Old Mine
C Ellis Campbell / Evensong For Mary
C Tom Mcliveen / The Barraba Drovers
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Free Verse

(1) David Cambell / Raggedy Man

David also got a H/C / Wild Child

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Short Story

David Campbell (second Place)
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Traditional Poetry

Second Place Ellis Campbell / Rainy Day

Commended David J. Delaney / Why (sonnet)

Those Campbells blizted 'em again! Congratulations David, Terry and Dave (plus all the others I don't know). Tom is doing well too.

Heather

Might have to start writing under one of them things that Maureen spelt for me so long as it is a Campbell ?????


Bob

Thank you for posting Terry & congrats to all, I entered all sections so I'm very happy with my commended for my sonnet considering the class I was competing against.

No worries David and congratulations again, also to David Campbell who cut a swathe through the comp.

I would have liked to have been able to post the judges reports from both the Boree Log and the Traditional poetry as I think they may have been of interest to people thinking of entering this or other comps in the future.
Unfortunately the printing was very small, and although you can photo copy ok it was hard to get a readable copy to email.

Oops back again, nearly got cut of at the pass then.
Windows updated my computer so I had to rush and close everything, made it with 12 seconds to spare,

I only entered The Boree Log and my old favorite got close again, I had added an extra stanza to it to see if I could go that extra yard, but the outstanding quality of the poets in front of me was simply far too good. So I'll retire that poem for at least a year or two if not permanently.

Terry

G'day Terry, I would'nt retire your poem permanently, I threw 'Old life dreams' in everywhere & was very happt with all the results it received & because it has not won a 1st or 2nd place I will keep entering it in comps I am allowed to.

Hoping the results are posted on their web site so I can copy & paste as I agree about the judges comments.

You've all done very well BIG CONGRATULATIONS

Hi Maureen & David,

David,
This poem 'the Old Mine'
Has won an award each time I have entered it (I think) it has had seconds but no money so I have been able to keep entering it.
I'm just a bit worried I might be overdoing the entering of it.

I entered it here because I won this award last year and wanted to have a good followup poem this year.

I'll have another go at seeing if I can somehow post those judges comment as I think they're wort a read.

Cheers Terry

Congrats everyone, well done.

Thanks Terry (plus Marty, Heather, Bob, David, Maureen and Leonie), and congratulations to you and David.

For those who don’t know this competition, and who might like to enter next year, it’s a long-standing and well-run (by the Eastwood-Hills FAW in Sydney) written comp. that offers something for just about everyone. The Boree Log is bush verse, but there are also separate sections for free verse, traditional verse, memoir (might interest the yarn-spinners) and short stories (one max. 3000 words and one max. 800 words).

The judges’ report doesn’t say how many entered the Boree Log and traditional poetry sections, but the other categories were: free verse-117; memoir-83; 800 word SS-64; and 3000 word SS-141.

Brian Beesley is the regular (and ABPA accredited) judge for the Boree Log, and his comments reinforce the importance of “consistent rhythm, uncontrived rhymes, credible storylines and poetic language”. He criticises poor rhymes, such as rhyming a singular with a plural, and also those poems which deteriorated in rhythm structure: “Generally speaking, the first verse determines the make-up of the poem, both in the number of lines and the syllable count.” As he says, “every word must count”.

So for those who are interested in competitions, keep an eye out for this one. It usually has a closing date at the end of May. And no, this isn’t a paid advertisement…it’s based in a different city and I have nothing to with its organisation! But we’ve seen a few competitions struggle recently and, although this one isn’t simply a bush poetry event, we need to support our writing comps and hard-working organisers wherever possible.

Cheers
David