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Awards
and Competitions
administered
by the Society
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Society conducts an annual Poetry Competition
and an annual Short Story
Competition. In alternate years both
competitions are either closed
to "Members Only," who
get their information from the
Society's Newsletter, or they
are open to all Australian Citizens. In
years when they are open they
are called "National"
competitions, for which entry
forms can be downloaded from this
site. In even-numbered years competitions
are for "Members Only",
thus "National" competitions
only take place in odd-numbered
years, for instance 2005.
Download Member's Short Story Competition Entry Form - 2008
Download Member's Poetry Competition Entry Form - 2008
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- National Poetry Competition for 2007:
Winners of the National Poetry Competition
1st Prize: Arty Party 21+ by Margo Ruckert
2nd Prize: Frangipani by Alison Thompson
3rd Prize: Prometheus at Bondi Beach by Paula McKay
Highly Commended: Wombats by Jane Baker
Highly Commended: A Granddaughter's Visit by Pat Lindsay
Highly Commended: Make Belief by Laura Shore
Highly Commended: The Man Who Trained Spiders by Alison Thompson
Highly Commended: Pink Journey by Ann Killen
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To 2005 Competition Results
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To 2004 Competition Results
- National Short
Story Competition for 2007
Winners of the Short Story Competition
1st Prize: Edna's Roses by Michelle Manion
Highly Commended: Like To Like - A Thin Veneer by Natalie Scott
Commended: Foxy Chick by Cree Marshall
Commended: Colours by Susan McMichael
Commended: The Rainbow Ribcage by Margaret Rucket
Commended: Amongst Other Things by Catherine Stewart
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To 2005 Competition Results
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To 2004 Competition Results
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Members'
Only Article Competition 2006
Winners of the Article Competition
2006
First Place: The Second Time Around
by Jo McGahey
Highly Commended: Reality Writes... by Sue Steggall
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Biennial
Book Awards: Every second
year, members are invited to submit
books published over the previous
two years. Separate awards are given
for fiction, non-fiction, poetry and
children’s books. Two Children’s Book
Awards may be given – one for a book
for younger readers, and one for an
adolescent/young adult book. The Awards
were last made in 2005.
* Biennial Book Awards for 2007 *
FICTION
1st Prize: Worm in the Bud by June Duncan Owen
Highly Commended: Dragon Wind Rising by Frances Burke
Highly Commended: Forget Me Not by Susan Steggall
Commended: The Fragile Hotel by Robyn Ianssen
NON-FICTION
1st Prize: Beulah Lowe and the Yolngu People by Dr Betsy Wearing
Highly Commended: Henbury The Early History of a
Country Golf by Colleen O'Sullivan
Highly Commended: Crazy Over Whales - A Journey Through Mental Illness by Joy Thompson
POETRY
1st Prize: Tangible Shadows by Dawn Bruce
Commended: Empty Garden by Beverley George
Commended: Baubles, Bangles and Beads by Amelia Fielden
JUNIOR FICTION
1st Prize: Lilies For Love by Felicity Pulman
Highly Commended: Ants in My Dreadlocks by Cynthia Rowe
Commended: The Goats by Elizabeth Best
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To 2005 Awards
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To 2003 Awards
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The
Abbie Clancy Award: This is
a bursary of $1,000 to $1,500, awarded
annually to a needy and deserving
English honours student studying at
an Australian university.
* 2006 Winner is Melinda Cooper *
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The
Alice Award: In conjunction
with other state branches of the Society
of Women Writers, this award is conferred
every two years upon an Australian
woman writer who, by her own written
work, has made a distinguished and
long-term contribution to Australian
literature.
* 2006 Winner is Rosemary Dobson *
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