Giving Voice to the Brunswick Valley Poem Credits Some poems in this collection have had competition results, or have been previously published, as shown below. |
Wollumbini Kangaroo – very highly commended Leeton Eisteddfod Poetry Competition, 2003;
published by Kindamindi Publishing Moving On With Giggles and Dreams, 2003; published
FAW Summerland Jottings, 2004; published Central Coast Poet’s anthology, Suburbs of the Mind 2004
A Cicada Sings Summer (as ‘One Cicada Singing’) – highly commended FAW Far North Coast Literary competition, 1999; commended Moocooboola FAW Literary Competition, 2000 District Saw Mill (as ‘Stumps’) – commended Ballarat Writers Festival, 1999; Equal First Midlands Vacation Literary Competition, 2000; published Central Queensland University Idiom 23, Vol 13 No1, 2000 Anzac (haiku sequence) – Second prize FAW Far North Coast Literary competition, 2001 Anzac Child – commended Grenfell Henry Lawson Festival, 2000; highly commended Eastwood/Hills FAW 2000 competition; First prize FAW Hastings Competition 1998; published Grand National Poetry Stakes 1999; published Galloping On Vol IX, 1998; Count Your Blessings – published Galloping On, VIII 1997 Home Delivery (as ‘Pop’) – highly commended FAW Far North Coast Lierary competition 1997 and 2000; second prize Moocooboola FAW competition, 2001 Village Butcher – First prize FAW Hastings competition, 2000 The Greek Cafe (as ‘K’s’) – Third prize Australian Poetry Awards, 1998 Glory Box (as 'Glory') – Second prize Cedarville Rainforest Literary Awards, 2003 For My Own Good – commended Victor Harbour Writing Awards, 2000; published Fathers’ Day magazine Boy with Dog – highly commended and published Grenfell Henry Lawson Festival, 2000; commended Max Harris Literary Awards, 2000; published Central Coast Poets Anthology, 2000; published Sydney Mosaic (Internet), 2001 The Tribe – First prize Kings Cross Literary Competition, 1999 and published; published Central Coast Poetry Society Walking the Bird anthology 2001; published Dangerously Poetic anthology All the way home, 2009 Brunswick Footbridge (as ‘Footbridge’) – highly commended Manly FAW Literary Competition, 2000; Riverside Pine (as ‘Norfolk Island Pine’) – commended Bendigo Writers competition, 1999; First prize and statuette, and published in anthology Grenfell Henry Lawson Festival, 2000 Lady at the park swing – highly commended FAW Far North Coast Literary competition, 1999; highly commended FAW Lambing Flat competition, 1999; First prize Wannabee Publishing Poetry Competition, 1999; commended Max Harris Literary Awards, 2000 Brunswick Heads Revisited – Commended FAW Lismore 2002; First prize Ararat Golden Gateway Festival 2004 Village Keepers (as ‘Summer Goalie’) – highly commended FAW Macarthur Literary Competition, 1998; published Centoria Poetry Magazine, 1998 Fishing Partners – highly commended FAW Hastings 1997 and 1988 competitions; commended FAW MacArthur Literary competition, 1998; First prize Bundaberg Arts Festival, 1998; published Grand National Poetry Stakes 1999; published Galloping On # X, 1999 News at No2 Tunnel (as ‘Country News’) – highly commended Henry Kendall Poetry Awards 2002; published Central Coast Poets’ anthology Bird Before Landing; published by Kindamindi Publishing Moving On With Giggles and Dreams, 2002 Somewhere to come from – published, University of Southern Queensland Coppertales No5 1998 Down to the Sea (as 'Mullumbimby') – commended Yellow Moon Literary Competition and published in Issue #12, 2002 Out There (as ‘Edges’) – commended FAW Eastwood/Hills competition, 2004 Jack and the She-Oaks – commended Jean Stone Poetry Award 2004; Second prize Logan City Writers competition 2004 Euchre Night – Commended Grenfell Henry Lawson Festival, 1999; First prize Eastwood/Hills FAW 2000 Lit Comp Dalley Street (as ‘Elm Street’) – Commended Centorfold Poetry Comp, 2000; Commended Forest FAW Comp, 2000; Highly Commended Moocooboola FAW Lit Comp, 2000; Second prize FAW Far North Coast Lit. Comp, 2001 Coolamon Care (as 'Long January') – Published NRWC Anthology Body of Work, 2004 Village Blacksmith – Gaia (as 'Fallowing') – Highly Commended Moocoolooba FAW 1999; Highly Commended Bundaberg Art Exhibition, 1999 Railway Crossing (as ‘Whistlestop’) – Commended Maroochy Writers Competition, 1999; Commended FAW Hunter Competition, 2000 A Meeting of Kite Flyers (as ‘Kite Flyers’) – Highly Commended FAW Lambing Flat Competition, 1999 The Batman – Third prize Melbourne Poets Union, 2001; Published Dangerously Poetic Press Accounting – Commended Eastwood/Hills FAW 2000 Literary Competition; Published Dangerously Poetic anthology 2012 Glory Box – Published Creatrix #8, 2010 Bush Flame (as 'Illawarra Flame') – Published Dangerously Poetic anthology 2012 Brunswick Valley Flood (as 'Tweed Valley Flood') – commended FAW Lismore 2002; First prize Eastwood/Hills FAW 2002; published by Kindamindi Publishing Moving On With Giggles and Dreams, 2002 Wellhead – Published Creatrix #14, 2011; published Dangerously Poetic anthology 2012 |