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| January 2009 |
16 - 25
19 |
ABPA Annual General Meeting 2pm St Edwards Hall Hillvue Street
ph 02 6652 3716 |
| January 2008 |
14
17 - 20
18 - 27
19 & 21
19 - 26
19 - 27
19 - 28
20 - 25
21
23
23 - 26
24
25
26
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closing date Thangool Qld. Written Patriotic Australian Bush Poem Competition, free entry
07 4995 8247
Bulli, Illawarra Folk Festival
1300 887 034
Tamworth Country Music Festival
Naked Poets - Tamworth Golf Club - Up Close and Personal
ph 07 4661 4024
Chris & The Grey's Bush Poetry, Ballads & Yarns Show - Outside Target
Longyard Hotel Bush Poets -
0400 131 852
Sam Smythe's Poets - Tamworth City Bowling Club ph 02 6562 6861
The Best Bush Poets Show - with Grant Luhrs - West's Leagues Club
Bush Poetry Clubs 7.30am Daily with Carol Heuchan West Blazes Auditorium
Jim Haynes - The Big Bush Brekkie - West Diggers, Peel St. bookings ph 02 6765 7588
Naked Poets - Tamworth Golf Club - Best of Lunch Shows
ph 07 4661 4024
ABPA Walk Up Bush Poets 1.30pm St Edwards Hall, Hillvue St Tamworth - Noel Stallard
ABPA Walk Up Bush Poets 1.30pm St Edwards Hall, Hillvue St Tamworth - Frank Daniel
Country Energy Tamworth Poetry Competition - Wests Leagues Club
ABPA Annual General Meeting 2pm St Edwards Hall Hillvue Street
ph 02 6652 3716
Blackened Billy Winners Announced
The Bush Poettes with Trisha Anderson - St Edwards Hall 3pm
ph 07 3268 3624
Bush Poetry Showcase, Wireless Hill, Melville (Perth) WA |
| February 2008 |
1 - 3
9 - 11
16
27
28
28 - 2
29 |
Bungendore NSW Poets Gathering 8am Bowling Club -
02 6344 1477
Wittlesea Vic.
07 4159 1868
Beaudesert Bush Poetry Writing Workshop More Information
Midlands Literary Written Competition SSAE PO Box 1563 Ballarat Vic 3354
closing date Gold Nugget Written Awards - Charters Towers
Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival Contact
ph 02 6375 1975
Dunedoo Yarns Night |
| March 2008 |
1
2
10
10
12
13 - 16
14 - 16
20 - 24
30
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Bush Poets Rally at Raleigh NSW -
ph 02 6652 3716
Poets Breakfast Waddi Festival, Waddi Farm Resort, Badgingarra WA
Henry Kendall Written Awards - Central Coast Poets PO Box 276 Gosford NSW 2230
closing date Grenfell NSW Henry Lawson Festival Written competiton - SSAE PO Box 77 Grenfell 2810
closing date Gulgong NSW Henry Lawson Festival
PO Box 235 Gulgong 2852
Narrandera NSW - John O’Brien Bush Festival -
ph 1800 672 392
Yackandanda Vic. Folk Festival
National Folk Festival - Easter in Canberra
Greenslopes (Brisbane) Bush Poets Breakfast Anita Reid 07 3343 7392
Roma Easter in the Country -
ph 07 4169 1868
closing date Queensland State Championships |
| April 2008 |
1
1 - 2
3 - 6
4 - 6
6 - 9
20
22 - 27
23 - 27
28 - 1
30
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Dusty Swag (Written) Adults - Students - Accepting entries 1st April to 20th June 2008
Results announced July. SSAE MHR 7 Vickery St. Alexandra 3714 www.dustyswag.zoomshare.com
Winton Qld. Waltzing Matilda Junior Bush Poetry Festival SSAE PO Box 120 Winton Qld. 4735
Corryong Vic. The Man From Snowy River Festival
Tenterfield Oracles of the Bush PO Box 372 Tenterfield 2372 ph or fax 02 6736 2900
Roma's Easter In the Country, Chris & The Grey's Bush Poetry, Ballads and Yarns Show,
Ipswich Poetry Feast Competition Launch - closing date being the 1st August 2008
St Albans Folk Festival NSW -
ph 02 4325 7369
Boondooma Homestead - Spirit of the Bush Heritage weekend & Balladeers Muster
Queensland Open Bush Poetry Championships Harold Jackson ph 07 47873211, 0419 130 700
closing date Bronze Swagman Awards PO Box 120 Winton Qld 4753
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| May 2008 |
1
2 - 4
3 - 5
8
10 - 11
28 - 31
25
30 |
throughout May, June and July ABC Far North Bush Poetry & Bush Ballads Competition
Katherine (Nt) Country Music Muster ph 07 4159 1868 www.kcmm.com.au
Caboolture Qld. Bush Poetry Competition & Breakfasts Entry Form Closes 18-4-08,
1800 810 400
closing date Beaudesert Golden Horseshoe Written Bush Poetry Competition
Longreach Qld. 20th Anniversary Stockman's Hall of Fame & Annual Drover's Reunion National Bush Poetry Championships - www.stockmanshalloffame.com.au (view after Christmas)
Casino NSW Beef Week – Bush Poets Breakfasts ph Ray Essery 02 6644 8285
closing date Monto Cream Can Awards written comp, no entry fee CNBT 24 Newton Street Monto Qld 4630
closing date Bundaberg Bush Lantern Awards SSAE PO Box 4281 Bundaberg Sth 4670
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| June 2008 |
8
9
7 - 9
7 - 9
15
20
22 |
Beaudesert Golden Horseshoe Bush Poetry Competition.
ph 07 5541 4355
Coonamble NSW Bush Poetry Breakfast Liz Markey ph 02 6824 1550
(+ 3 day rodeo)
Grenfell NSW Henry Lawson Festival NSW SSAE PO Box 77 Grenfell NSW 2810 www.henrylawsonfestival.asn.au
Gulgong NSW Henry Lawson Festival
SSAE PO Box 235 Gulgong 2852
Thangool Qld Charlee Marshall Golden Cockatoo & Silver Budgie Awards -
ph 07 4995 8108
closing date Bundy Muster Bundaberg Qld Performance Competition
Gold Coast Qld Writers' Association "Children's/Youth Writing Competition"
ph 0431 443 385
Greenslopes (Brisbane) Bush Poets Breakfast Anita Reid 07 3343 7392
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| July 2008 |
1
5
11
11 - 13
28 - 29
31 |
Derby WA Poets Breakfast Robyn Bowcock ph 08 9191 1611 or 08 9191 1782
closing date Camooweal - The Bronze Spur Award (written Competition)
closing date Australian Bush Poetry Championships Written Competition
Bundy Muster Bundaberg Qld Performance Competition
Mt Kembla NSW Mining Heritage & Music Festival -
ph (02) 4271 3737
closing date Narrabri NSW Nandewar Open Written Competition
SSAE PO Box 55 NARRABRI 2390 |
| August 2008 |
2
2 - 3
11
11
14
15 - 17
22 - 24
26 - 31 |
Bowraville Theatre - Bush Poetry Soiree ph 02 6564 7828
Mt Kembla (NSW) Mining Heritage Festival More Information
ph 02 4271 3737
closing date Australian Bush Poetry Championships Performance Competition
Brisbane Ekka Bush Poetry Comp -
ph 07 3268 3624
Swan Hill Vic Pioneers Week, bush poetry Dumosa Hall, Pioneer Settlement 6pm
Bushmans Heritage Weekend Casino Village NSW ph Dawn Thomas 02 6662 7804
Australian Bush Poetry Championships Bray Park (North Pine) Qld.
Gympie Muster Bush Poets Amaville State Forest
PO Box 999 Warick Qld 4370 ph 07 4661 4024 |
| September 2008 |
1
1 - 2
7
14
17 - 21
18
22
28 - 30
28
29
30 |
opens for entries Blackened Billy Verse Competition
Inverell NSW Outback Celebrations,
ph 02 6721 1127
Springsure Bush Poets Breakfast Colleen McLaughlin ph 07 4984 1274
Marong Vic - Rusty Nail Bush Verse Festival. Primary School children's poetry
competition with adults performing traditional song and poetry. Conducted by Central Goldfields Bush Poets Contact
ph 5441 5121
Gundagai Turning Wave Festival Ph. 02 6944 2200
closing date NSW Written Bush Poetry Championships Morisset NSW
Tuncurry NSW 8am Breakfast & Presentations Reid Begg ph 02 6554 9788
Mildura CM Festival daily brekkies daily
0400 131 852
Greenslopes (Brisbane) Bush Poets Breakfast Anita Reid 07 3343 7392
Winton Qld - announcement of Bronze Swagman Award SSAE PO Box 120 Winton Qld 4735
closing date NSW Performance Bush Poetry Championships Morisset NSW
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| October 2008 |
1
1
6
10
10 - 12
15
17
17 - 19
19
19
23 - 26
25 - 26
31 |
Gilgandra NSW Coo-ee March Festival SSAE Elaine Gibson PO Box 171 Gilgandra NSW 2827
entry forms Country Energy Tamworth Bush Poetry Competition
Nandewar Bush Poetry Awards Presentations
St Arnaud Vic Kath & Ross Vallance 03 5495 1992
Victorian Open Bush Poetry Championships Benalla ph 03 5342 6305
closing date Walla Walla Wagon Wheel Written Awards
11/33 Mardross Crt Albury 2640
ph 02 6040 5337
closing date National Junior Online Bush Poetry Competition (for children from 6 to youths 18 years of age)
NSW Bush Poetry Championships Morisset NSW
Spring Folk in the Foothills, Jamberoo Valley Lodge, One Day Festival
ph1300 887 034
2008 Rolf Boldrewood Literary Awards. Prose & Verse Macquarie Regional Library
Po Box 1042 Dubbo NSW 2830
Widgee Bush Balladeers Muster, poet's breakfasts, Lex ph 07 4129 3145 or Merv 07 4159 1868
Harden NSW - A Taste of Country Performance Poetry Competition Poets Breakfast Sunday Morning 8am
closing date Gippsland
Wattle Written Competition PO Box 453 Maffra Vic 3860 |
| November 2008 |
7 - 9
8 - 10
11
14 - 15
15 - 17
30
30 |
Beechworth Celtic Festival Vic. Poetry & Music
ph 1300 366 321
Majors Creek NSW Folk Festival
ph 02 4842 2889
Glenn Innes NSW
ph 02 6732 2417
Crookwell NSW Lachlan Shire Bush Poets Wool Wagon Awards
Dalgety NSW Snowy River Festival Poets Competition & Yarnspinning
closing date Blackened Billy Verse Competition
closing date West Australian Open Bush Poetry Championships Written Competition |
| December 2008 |
| 6 - 7 |
Young NSW Competition & Breakfast
ph 02 6382 2506 |
| June 2007 |
1
4 - 11
9 - 11
10
23 |
closing date Bundaberg Bush Lantern Awards SSAE PO Box 4281 Bundaberg Sth 4670
South Australian Open Bush Poetry Championships
Queensland Open Bush Poetry Championships Nancy Moss 07 5546 0733
Grenfell NSW, Henry Lawson Festival
Gulgong NSW Henry Lawson Festival
SSAE PO Box 235 Gulgong 2852
Coonamble NSW Bush Poetry Breakfast Liz Markey ph 02 6824 1550
(+ 3 day rodeo)
closing date Bundy Muster Bundaberg Qld Performance Competition ph 07 4151 4631
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| July 2007 |
1
8
9
13 - 15
14 - 15
27
28
28 - 29
31 |
Derby WA Poets Breakfast Robyn Bowcock ph 08 9191 1611 or 08 9191 1782
Charters Towers Around the Boree Log
07 4787 3211
closing date North Pine Bush Poets Written Competition, Queensland
Bundy Muster Bundaberg Qld Performance Competition ph 07 4151 4631
Singleton RSC Club, Jim Haynes writing workshop & concert ph 02 6573 3873
closing date Ipswich Qld Poetry Feast $3,800 Written Comp ph 07 3810 6761 library.ipswich.qld.gov.au/poetryfeast/index.htm
NSW Bush Poets At Bowraville Theatre
Mt Kembla Mining Heritage and Music Festival - Cate Stevenson, 9 Araluen Av. Mt. Kembla Village 2526 - ph 0418 287 000
closing date Nandewar open written comp SSAE PO Box 55 Narrabri NSW 2390
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| August 2007 |
3
11
17 - 19
21 - 26
22
31 |
closing date North Pine Bush Poets Performance Competition, Queensland
Brisbane Ekka Bush Poetry Comp -
ph 07 3268 3624
North Pine Bush Poets Competition, Queensland
Gympie Muster Poets Amaville State Forest
PO Box 999 Warick Qld 4370 ph 07 4661 4024
The Great Bush Poets' Contest organised by the Australian Women's Weekly and the Meat & Livestock Australia
closing date Gippsland Wattle Bush Poetry Award Des Bennett PO box 466 Morwell Vic 3840, ph 03 5166 1532 |
| September 2007 |
1
1 - 2
4
7 - 9
9
16
23
26 - 30
29 - 9
30 |
Raleigh Hall Bush Poetry Afternoon 1.00 pm to 4.30 pm Details
Burrinjuck Waters (Yass) NSW $1,500 Poets Competition
Inverell NSW Outback Celebrations,
ph 02 6721 1127
closing date Koorda & Districts Agricultural Society Poetry Competition Entry Form
Crookwell NSW $2,500 Performance Competition, Paul Anderson 189 Goulburn St Crookwell 2583 ph 0427 110 637
Springsure Bush Poets Breakfast Colleen McLaughlin ph 07 4984 1274
Bendigo Vic Rusty Nail Bush Verse Festival
03 5433 2427
Tuncurry NSW One-minute Brawl and Breakfast Reid Begg ph 02 6554 9788
Winton Qld Waltzing Matilda Bush Poetry Festival SSAE PO Box 120 Winton Qld 4735
Mildura CM Festival Walkup brekkies daily
0400 131 852
Ulladulla NSW $1,000 Performance Competition
02 4455 2013 |
| October 2007 |
1
6 - 7
9
10
15
18
20 - 21
21
25 - 28
27 - 28
28
31 |
Gilgandra NSW Coo-ee March Festival SSAE Elaine Gibson PO Box 171 Gilgandra NSW 2827
Stawell Vic poets and singers breakfast.
ph 03 5358 2917
NSW Open Bush Poetry Championships SSAE PO Box 372 Tenterfield 2372 ph 02 6736 2900
Springsure Qld Poets Breakfast, Colleen McLaughin 07 4984 1274
St Arnaud Vic Kath & Ross 03 5495 1871
closing date Hunter Bush Poets Written Competition
closing date Walla Walla Wagon Wheel Written Awards
Bush & Ballads - Brass Monkey Hotel, Northbridge (Perth) 7.30pm (Part of Celebrate WA & WA Poetry Week)
Victorian Open Bush Poetry Championships Benalla ph 03 5762 6616
Jamberoo Valley Lodge, One Day Festival
02 4297 1777
Feelgood Day, Pingrup Community Assoc - Pingrup Showgrounds WA
Widgee Bush Balladeers Muster [20k from Gympie], includes poet's breakfasts, Lex ph 07 4129 3145
Harden NSW Bush Poetry Competition - Keith Smith ph 02 6386 666
Wollondilly Writers Group, (FAW Wollondilly Regional) Poets Picnic, Wirrimbirra Wildlife Sanctuary Bargo. All performance poets welcome. Free entry.
ph 02 46841688.
closing date Gippsland
Wattle Written Competition PO Box 453 Maffra Vic 3860 |
| November 2007 |
3
9 - 11
10
10 - 11
11
12
16 - 18
30 |
Hunter Bush Poets Performance & Written Bush Poetry Competition
Majors Creek NSW Folk Festival
ph 02 4842 2889
Poets Breakfast - Albany Show
ph 08 9844 6606
Eudunda SA Storytelling Festival,
0429 681 044
Walla Walla Wagon Wheel Written Comp Erica Naderbaum ph 02 6040 5337
Bendio - Central Goldfields end of year concert - Colin Carrington ph 03 5441 2425
Glenn Innes NSW
ph 02 6732 2417
Dalgety - Snowy River Festival - Lee Taylor-Friend ph 02 6456 7310
closing date Blackened Billy Verse Competition
closing date West Australian Open Bush Poetry Championships Written Competition |
| December 2007 |
14
26 - 2 |
Bendigo Vic. Central Goldfields Christmas Concert, Contact
Woodford Folk Festival
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