2009 Winners

BAUHINIA LITERARY AWARDS 2009

Open Story
First Prize $450

Sascha Morell (Petersham NSW) "The Statues"

Highly Commended
Peter Watts (Byford, WA) "The Feral Kitten"
Sascha Morell (Petersham NSW) "Fishskins"
Sascha Morell (Petersham NSW) "The Judge"
David Gibb (North Brighton, SA) "The Expert & The Iceman"
Irma Gold (Wanniassa, ACT) "The Visit"
David Campbell (Beaumaris Vic) "Killing Time"
Lisa Walker (Lennox Head NSW) "His Inappropriate Heart"

Commended
Fred Curtis (Aspendale, Vic) "The Letter: To Whom It may Concern"
Maris Morton (Uki, NSW) "A Third Boy"
Betsy Roberts (Banora Pt, NSW) "Leaving Home"
Cathryn Hein (Wickham, NSW) "The Race"
Jennifer Hetherington (Beaconsfield, WA) "Saving Tinkerbell"
Catherine Harris (Oak Park, Vic)
"Our Breakfast Hostess, or How I Gained 15 Kilos - A Memoir"
Bill Cotter (Bairnsdale, Vic) "The Bluff"
Carole Howe (Rowville, Vic) "Fishing"
David Campbell (Beaumaris Vic) "The Way of Things"
Lisa Walker (Lennox Head, NSW) "Night Calls"
Susan Skowronski (Toowoomba, Q) "The Hazards of Smoking"
Peter Watts (Byford, WA) "Pearls of Great Price"

Regional Story
First Prize $300

Di Loughnan (Roma Q) "Fish out of Water"

Highly Commended
Margaret Finger (Clermont Q) "Unto Dust" and "The Good Cook"
L.L.Hill (Innes Park Nth Q) "Christmas on the Farm"
Davina Taylor (Rockhampton Q) "Waiting for the Sunrise"

Commended
T.K.Harrison (Yeppoon Q) "Perfect Day"
Barbara Stackpole (Rockhampton Q) "Pups' Noses" and "Choices" -
G.R.Hooper (Rockhampton Q) "The Tree"

Tertiary Student Story
First Prize $150

Anthony Greenwood (Mooloolaba Q) "Sandcastles"

Highly Commended
Martin Scott (Joyner Q) "Land of the Living"
Leanne Barr (Cootharaba Q) "Perdita"
Cecily Eggmolesse (CQUniversity, Rockhampton Q) "Party Day"

Commended
Kellie West (North Rockhampton Q) "Something Somewhat Substantial"
Suvi Mahonen (Olinda, Vic) "Drainage, Production and the Diary Truth Rule"

Open Poetry
First Prize $300

Stuart Barnes (Clifton Hill, Vic) "El Espolio (The Disrobing of Christ)"

Highly Commended
Stuart Barnes "Oedipus in Fever Fog"
Andrew Slattery (Caves Beach, NSW) "Water Rite"
Roger Callen (Glass House Mountains, Q) "Ficus"
John Stokes (Hackett, ACT) "Entering the Old Channel"

Commended
Nana Ollerenshaw (Buderim Q) "VA 777 - 300"
Helen Ramoutsaki (Mossman Q) "Homestead"
Ashley Capes (Bairnsdale Vic) "Beached"
Sam Byfield (Brunswick Vic) "The Infinite Possibilities of Water"

Regional Poetry
First Prize $100

Patricia Rayner (Kinka Beach, Yeppoon Q) "Without Rain"

Highly Commended
R.J.Anderson (Tannum Sands Q) "When Tides Meet"
Jan Sullivan (Bundaberg) "The Show"
Pat Rayner (Kinka Beach)"Telling me the Impulse"

Commended
Lyn Oliver (Yeppoon) "My Son the Mussel"
Yvonne Riek (Rockhampton) "Bourke Street, At Evening"
G.R.Hooper (Rockhampton) "Walking"
Margaret Finger (Clermont) "Historians"

International Tertiary Student Poetry
First Prize $100

Keith Westwater (New Zealand) "The West Winds Gang is Back"

Tertiary Student Poetry
First Prize $100

Jena Woodhouse (St Lucia Q) "Saturday Nights at the Myola"

Highly Commended
Keith Westwater (New Zealand) "The West Winds Gang is Back" & "Town Statue Talk" Mark Lord (Rockhampton Q) "Our Alibi"

Commended
Jena Woodhouse (St Lucia Q) "In the Gallery Café Courtyard"

Secondary Student Story
First Prize $100

Caroline McAlister (Buderim Q) "Fire"

Highly Commended
Isabel Zeil-Rolfe (Rockhampton Q) "The Red Leaf" & "The Song"

Commended
Adam Wettzter (Caulfield Vic) "The Previously Unpublished Truth About Bliss"
Abraham Pearson (Capalaba Q) "Triple Cross"
Sheyanne Frisby (Yeppoon) "Flying Shadows"

Secondary Student Poetry
First Prize $70

Jack Burnham (Currimundi Q) "In Memory of Adam Lindsay Gordon"

Highly Commended
Jack Burnham (Currimundi Q) "Lost and Found"
Joseph Pearson (Capalaba) "Guns of Folly"

Commended
Isabel Zeil-Rolfe (Rockhampton Q) "The Ancient Land"

Primary Student Story
FIRST PRIZE $70

Larissa Zeil-Rolfe (Rockhampton) "My Pony"

Highly Commended
Tess Van Der Veen,(Mackay Q) "Handlop's House of Horror"
Larissa Zeil-Rolfe (Rockhampton Q) "The Hat's Adventure"

Commended
Sara West (Rockhampton Q) "Farm of a Different Sort"