2008 Winners

BAUHINIA LITERARY AWARDS 2008

Open Story
First Prize $450

John Millett "A Boy in the Torn Darkness" (Southport, Qld)

Highly Commended
Ash Rehn - "Flawless" (Newtown, NSW)
Sue Pearson - "With Audie" (Currumbin, Qld)
Jeannette O'Shea - "Words" (Redbank Plains, Qld)
Helen Higgins - "Afternoon Tea at The Lodge" (Thirroul, NSW)
Alison Worrad -"Murphy's Law and a Fist full of Pigface (NSW)
Shaneen Levy- " I Told You I Was Trouble" (Buderim, Qld)
Helen Newman - "A Road Well Travelled" (Innisfail, Qld)

Commended
Jane Downing - "Adamant" (Albury, NSW)
Vivienne Brookes - "Optus Calling" (Caboolture, Qld)
Monica Carroll - "Crossing out the Laws" (ACT)
Jennifer Hetherington - "Pink Lady" (ACT)
Susan Skowronski - "Droving" (Toowoomba Qld)

Regional Story
First Prize $300

Margaret Finger "Glass Houses" (Clermont, Qld)

Highly Commended
Margaret Finger, " What Price Freedom" (Clermont, Qld)
Claire Ryan, "Transitions with Warrior Guides" (Emu Park, Qld)
Milton Evans, " The River" (Mackay, Qld)
Barbara Stackpoole , "The Message" (Rockhampton, Qld)
Veronika Zeil, "The Tin Opener" (Rockhampton, Qld)

Commended
Merridy Godwin, "An extraordinary life" (Rockhampton, Qld)
L.L.Hill, "The Big Discovery" (Innes Park, Qld)

Tertiary Student Story
First Prize $250

Suvi Mahonen "How do I call the Ambulance?" (Olinda, Victoria)

Highly Commended
Julie Wilcox - "The Con Artist" (Elsternwick, Vic)
Jena Woodhouse - "Fool's Gold" (Brisbane Qld)

Commended
Elizabeth Cripps - "Granny Maye Seizes the Day" (Dalby Qld)
Angela Meyer - "Be My Wife" (Melbourne Vic)
Suvi Mahonen - " Away from the Crowd" (Olinda, Vic)

Open Poetry
First Prize $350

Roger Callen "Delving Furrows Deep" (Glass House Mts, Qld)

Highly Commended
Andrew Slattery - "Triptych" (Caves Beach, NSW)
Kevin Gillam - "From Here" (Leederville, W.A.)
David Stavanger - " Old Poet to Young Poet" (Nundah, Qld)

Commended
Alana Kelsall - "Blue Fish" (PascoeVale, Vic)
Andrew Slattery - "The Archaeologist" (Caves Beach, NSW)
Kathleen Bleakley - "Waterspray" (Dickson, ACT)

Regional Poetry
First Prize $100

Jan Sullivan - "I Paddle" (Bundaberg Qld)

Highly Commended
Jan Sullivan - "Number 9" (Bundaberg Qld)
Bruce Zimmer - "Sudden End" (Yeppoon Qld)
Patricia Raynor - "Being at Byfield" (Yeppoon Qld)

Commended
Lyn Oliver - "Thompson's Point" (Bangalee Qld)
Jan Sullivan "Night Whispers" (Bundaberg, Qld)
R.J.Anderson - "Monto Montage" (Tannum Sands Qld)

Tertiary Student Poetry
First Prize $80

Wendy Enchelmaier "Muses on Muses" (Whiteside, Qld)

Highly Commended
Jena Woodhouse - "Mangrove Bittern" (Brisbane, Qld)
Ashley Capes - "April Fifth" (Newborough, Vic)
Wendy Enchelmaier - "Fi-sh!-ing" (Whiteside, Qld)

Secondary Student Story
First Prize $200

Thomas Moran "Winds Light to Variable" (Adelaide, S.A.)

Highly Commended
Rosemary Bornstein - "Falling Hard" (Grass tree Beach, Qld)
Jack Burnham - "The Black Dog Blues" (Currimundi, Qld)
Jack Burnham - "Everybody's Life is a Hero's Journey" (Currimundi, Qld)

Secondary Student Poetry
First Prize $70

Jack Burnham "Elegy" (Currimundi, Qld)

Special Prize Emma Randall "Where's My Shoe, Woombaloo?" (Toowoomba Qld)

Highly Commended
Jack Burnham - "Seasons" (Currimundi, Qld)
Isabel Zeil-Rolfe - "Blissful Happiness" (Rockhampton Qld)

Primary School Story
FIRST PRIZE $100

Freya Surma-Litchfield, "The Purple Keyboard" (Perth, WA)

Highly Commended
Caroline McAllister - "Clouds over Emerald Green Water" (Springfield Lakes, Qld)
Eve Gowan - "The Locket's Decision" (Kayena, Tasmania)

Primary School Poetry Special Prize
Aisling Miller - "One Hot Dark Night" (Dutton Park, Qld)