Jugiong Writers’ Festival
2017 RESULTS OF THE
POETRY AND
SHORT STORY COMPETITIONS
Congratulations to all our Winners and Highly Commended
The judges were most impressed with the high standard of the works.
Looking forward to your entries 2019
Winning Short Stories can be found here
SHORT STORIES
Primary School Kindergarten to Yr 2
Winner The Friendly Wolf by Juliet Pearce
Highly Commended TooCool Under the Sea by Wallendbeen Public School
Primary School Years 3 to 6
Winner The Day my Life Was Ruined by Tom Tritschler
Highly Commended The Fence Between Us by Jasmine Field
Secondary School Years 7 to 9
Winner Going Home by Lucy Wilson
Secondary School Years 10 to 12
Winner It’s All in the Eyes by Mikayla Edes
Highly Commended Sam on of the best Work Men by Bridgette Edwards
ADULT – Local
Winner Rafferty’s Pig by Marty Boyle
Highly Commended Gobsmacked by Ted Webber
ADULT – Open
Winner Dingbat Goes For a Ride by Lawry Herron
Highly Commended Daddy by Rowena Harding-Smith
CHAMPION POEM (chosen from the above 6 categories)
The Day My Life Was Ruined by Tom Tritschler
POEMS
Primary School Kindergarten to Yr 2
Winner I am by Molly Wallace
Highly Commended Ducky by Lucy Coggan
Highly Commended Pepper by Amy Manwaring
Primary School Years 3 to 6
Winner Shadows Dance by Ruby Wilson
Highly Commended Into Nothingness by Peter Reardon
Highly Commended Witch by Olivia Lac
Highly Commended Faith by Mychaela Hackett
Secondary School Years 7 to 9
Winner A Trees Life by Sam Bragg
Secondary School Years 10 to 12
Winner A Man In the Land by Rosie Meares
ADULT – Local
Winner On Retirement by Ted Webber
Highly Commended Chicks at Picnic by Casey Norden
Highly Commended Dog with a Cough by Richard White
Highly Commended The Power Girl by Jim Main
ADULT – Open
Winner Dinner with Family by Claire Baker
Highly Commended Reflection by Gavin Austin
Highly Commended Sun Goddess by Shelly Hansen
Highly Commended Summer Promises by Gavin Austin
Highly Commended Made in China by Greg Tome
CHAMPION POEM (chosen from the above 6 categories)
A Farewell by Lawry Herron
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We’ll be looking for short stories in 2019!
Think you can write a winning story in 1,000 words or less?
“A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage.
A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film.” Lorrie Moore
“Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams.
They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner.” Neil Gaiman
A short story is a wonderful source of entertainment. Few will ever experience the joy that reading such fine work can give.
One day your short stories could excite people into rediscovering this fine art.