Annual Prize Winners

Oracles of the Bush Senior Poetry Results 2006

Adult Section:  1. A Humorous Theme -

Winner:      

Shirley Everingham (Wauchope)  "Caught Short"

Commended:

Richard Forbes (Goonellabah)    "The Long Farewell"

Kim Eitel (Goovigen)  "The CWA Bake-off Disaster"

Trevor Shaw (Thangool)    "Big Bird Dancer"

2. Battler Spirit, Larrikin or Contemporary Concerns                           

Winner: 

Kym Eitel (Goovigen) "Who Were You Ellen Kelly?"

Commended:

Joyce Alchin (Corrimal)  "The Book Launch" 

Kym Eitel's other entries. 

3. Original Work 

Winner:     JimBrown - "Taken"

4. By Other Poets

Winner:     Jim Brown - "The Black Rose"

5. - Secondary Students

Winner:   Calvin Grogan - "King of the Bash"                  

Encouragement Prize:   Rochelle McKenzie - "A Farmer's Pain"       

Commended: Jordan Tselepy - "Australia"                  

6. Primary (9 & Under)                                                                 

Winner:   Ashleigh Pulford - "Horses are Magnificent"                                             

Encouragement Prize:   Hannah Whitton - "My Black Silky-haired Calf"    

Commended: Phoebe Saunders - "Swagman"

7. Primary  Over 10

Joint Winners:   

Jessica Tselepy - "Bretta, the Shearer" 

Aysha Scott-Irving - "Trusty Work Mate"

Commended: Gitana Deans - "Sailing to Australia" 

8. Student Performance - Tenterfield Shire

Winner:  Daniel Duff - "Dog Habits"

Encouragement Prize:  Calvin Grogan - "Sixteen Candles"

9. Student Performance - All Districts

Winner:  Thomas Finnerty (Port Macquarie) - "Dog Habits"

Encouragement Prize:  Katherine Kelly (Evans Head) - "Grandma and the Snake"