National Writing Competitions 2019 Results
Winners:
Kathy Prokhovnik – A Day at the Beach (Fiction)
Joanne Ruppin – Night Reunion (Poetry)
Nicole Lenoir-Jourdan – Frothing (Non-Fiction)
Highly Commended:
Jean Flynn – Forty (Fiction)
Anne Carson – What if the lake … (Poetry)
Susan Steggall – Re-Carving an Identity (Non-Fiction)
Commended:
Anna Bay – The Tamarillo Tree (Fiction)
Margaret Ruckert – Unconformity (Poetry)
Carmel Bendon – The Gift of a Book (Non-Fiction)
National Writing Competitions 2017 Results
The Society of Women Writers NSW Committee would like to congratulate the following winners:
National Non-Fiction Award for Essays and Articles 2017
- First Prize - An Appetite for Awe - Anni Webster
- Second Prize - Pilbara Boots - Robyn Elliott
- Third Prize - WB Yeats and Yours Truly - Megan Wallens
- Highly Commended - You Are All Dreamers - Carol Middleton
- Highly Commended - Slippery Side of the Street - Judith O'Connor
- Highly Commended - Please Don't Tell - Joanne Ruppin
National Short Story Competition 2017
- Short Story Competition 2017
- First Prize - ‘Paper Nautilus’ - Fran Collings
- Second Prize - ‘Traumeri’ – Paulette Gittins
- Third Prize - ‘Rewind’ – Polly Jude
National Poetry Competition 2017
- Equal First Prize - Persistence in Three Languages - Helen Thurloe
- Equal First Prize - Stille Nacht and Silent Night - Joanne Ruppin
- Highly Commended - The Night Before the Truck - Susan Fealy
- Highly Commended - Thomas Merton - Shane McCauley