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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.
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- National Poetry Competition 2009:
Download
2009 Entry Form
- Member's Poetry Competition for 2008:
Winners of the National Poetry Competition
1st Prize: Living With de Chirico by Brenda Saunders
Highly Commended: Brown Hill Creek by Beverley George
Commended: Avocado Aubergines and Emu Eggs by Paula McKay
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To 2005 Competition Results
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To 2004 Competition Results
- National Short Story Competition 2009:
Winners of the National Short Story Competition 2009
1st Prize: A Cylinder for the Tree Trunk by Julie Chevalier
2nd Prize: The Man Who Stole the Sydney Opera House by Beverley George
3rd Prize: The Surprise Package by Michelle Manion
Highly Commended: My Emphatic Conscience by Ronda Plummer
- Member's Short
Story Competition for 2008
Winners of the Short Story Competition
1st Prize: Dark Shadows by Lucille de Lepervanche
Highly Commended: Winner Lose All by Elizabeth Best
Commended: Weeping Cherry & Mango Juice by Heather Bird
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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.
Download
2009 Entry Form
* 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.
* 2008 Winner is Jennifer Thorp *
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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.
* 2008 Winner is Brenda Niall *
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