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2006 Winners

Bauhinia Literary Awards - Winning Entries 2006

Queensland poet and well known author Jena Woodhouse won the open story section of Bauhinia Literary Awards 2006 with ‘Billy Hunter" and also received highly commended in the tertiary student section for her poem "Here be Lions", and her story "The Wall".

Lecturer and documentary maker Bruce Honeywill not only took first and highly commended in the regional story with "Mail Plane" and "A Christmas Story" but followed this with first and highly commended in the regional poetry with "Island without language", and "Homestead".

Young Mark Lord of Rockhampton scored first in secondary student stories and commended in the poetry with "Too Much Sparkle" and "The Inner Wisdom". Clare Fletcher of Red Hill took first place and highly commended in the tertiary student stories with "The Wreath" and "Summer Story", and highly commended with her poem "To the Foot from its Child".

Here are the winners:

Open Stories:
First Jena Woodhouse (QLD), Billy Hunter
Highly Commended: Jane Downing (NSW), David Campbell (VIC), Irma Gold (ACT)
Commended: Margaret Hughes (QLD), David Gibb (SA), Neville Fletcher (ACT), Robert Henry (QLD)
   
   

Regional Stories:
First: Bruce Honeywill (QLD), Mail Plane
Highly Commended Bruce Honeywill, L.L.Hill, Brooke McReynolds, Rita Diplock (QLD)
   
   

Tertiary Student Stories:
First: Clare Fletcher (QLD), The Wreath
Highly Commended: Clare Fletcher, Jena Woodhouse, Margaret Hughes (QLD)
   
   

Secondary Student Stories:
First: Mark Lord (QLD), Too Much Sparkle
Highly Commended: Alice Vanini (NSW), Matthew Savage (QLD)
   
   

Primary Student Stories:
First: Riley Adair (Qld)
Highly Commended: Samantha Blanchard (QLD), Freya Surma-Litchfield (WA)
   
   

Open Poetry:
First: Shane McCauley (WA)
Highly Commended: Rosana Licari (QLD), Catherine Stewart (NSW)
Commended: Andrew Slattery, (NSW), Mark Miller (NSW)
   
   

Regional Poetry:
First: Bruce Honeywill (QLD), Island Without Language
Highly Commended: Bruce Honeywill, Patricia Raynor (QLD)
Commended: Muriel Courtenay, Bronwyn Fredericks, R.J.Anderson, Patricia Bidgood (QLD)
   
   

Tertiary Student Poetry:
First: Ashley Capes (VIC)
Highly Commended: Clare Fletcher (QLD)
Commended: Jena Woodhouse (QLD)
   
   

Poetry:

  
Secondary Student: Alice Vannini (NSW)
Highly Commended: Suzannah Ward (QLD)
Commended: Mark Lord (QLD)