Annual Prize Winners

Oracles of the Bush Senior Poetry Results 2007

Adult Section:  1. A Humorous Theme -

Winner:      

Claire Reynolds (Gloucester)  "The 2 That Got Away"

Commended:

Kathy Edwards (Merewether)    "The Perfect Aussie Male"

Lyn Bunkum (Paterson)  "Alone at Last"

Kym Eitel (Thangool) "Rocket and the Flea"

2. Battler Spirit, Larrikin or Contemporary Concerns                           

Winner: 

Kym Eitel (Thangool) "The Man from up Tom Groggin"

Commended:

Joyce Alchin (Corrimal)  "The Shadow of the Pine" 

Ellis Campbell (Dubbo) "Mary's Billabong"

Claire Reynolds (Gloucester)  "A Clydesdale Called Big Gyp"

Kym Eitel's other entries. 

3. Original Work 

Winner:     Craig Gascoigne (Kyogle)

4. By Other Poets

Winner:     Dennis Scanlon (some little place)

5. - Secondary Students

Winner:   Rochelle McKenzie (THS) - "Storms"                  

Encouragement Prize:   Simon West (THS) - "My Dog Pat"       

Commended: Rochelle McKenzie (THS) - her other entries                 

6. Primary (9 & Under)                                                                 

Winner:   Ashleigh Pulford (St. Joseph's)  -"Drought"                  

Encouragement Prize:   Nicholas Easton (S.H.P.M.S.) - "Honey Honey"    

7. Primary  Over 10

Winner: Ariel Jones (Drake) - "My Mum" 

Encouragement Prize:   Courtney Bolt (Drake) - "Wombat"

Commended: Annabel Campbell (S.H.P.M.S.) - "Bush Tree" 

8. Student Performance - Tenterfield Shire

Winner:  Daniel Duff (THS)

Encouragement Prize:  Ashleigh Pulford (St. Joseph's)  

9. Student Performance - All Districts

Winner:  Katryn Kelly (Evans Head)

Encouragement Prize:  - not awarded