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The
Write Stuff Literary Competitions 2005
Category A The Write
Stuff Poetry Competition
This section was for a poem up to 200 lines in length.
The judge for the poetry competition for 2005 was Stephen Edgar, recipient
of the inaugural Australian Book Review prize.
WINNERS: POETRY SECTION
- 1st PRIZE: "Headless Portrait of a Pregnant Woman" by Esther
Ottaway (Tasmania)
- 2nd PRIZE: "To Set Out on a Journey" by Rebecca Edwards
(Queensland)
- Highly commended: "A Van Diemen's Land Inheritance" by Graeme
Hetherington (Australian poet now living in the Czech Republic)
Also highly commended: "Dementia Ward" by Rebecca Edwards
(Queensland)
- Judge's report (Stephen Edgar)
Category B The Write Stuff
Short Story Competition
This section was for a short story of 5,000 to 10,000
words (i.e no fewer than 5,000 and no more than 10,000 words). The
judge once again is Giles Hugo, journalist, writer and co-editor
of The Write Stuff.
WINNERS: SHORT STORY SECTION
Full details in the short story judge's
report (Giles Hugo)
- 1st PRIZE:
"Saturn Return", by EJ Shu (Victoria)
- 2nd PRIZE
"The Automated Man", by Dov Spinks (South Australia)
- Highly commended:
Fiji – Jon Easton (New South Wales).
Alaska and Antarctica – Jessie Borrell
(Victoria).
- Commended:
The Garden Path – Jennifer Compton (New South
Wales).
Tutti e Tre – Kate Holden (Victoria).
Full details in the short story judge's
report (Giles Hugo)
NOTES:
No future competitions are planned at this stage. Page last updated January 6, 2011 |
