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2017 Milton Show Bush Poetry
Competition
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2016 ABPA NSW
Championships
Binalong NSW.
Ken
Potter (Illawarra), Ted Webber (Young), Ralph Scrivens (Illawarra),
Terry Regan (Blue Mountains), Rhonda Tallnash (Victoria), Heather
Searles (Hunter Valley)
and Sue Pearce (Tumut)
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2016
Drovers' Camp Reunion,
Camooweal Qld.
Line up of
competitors and co-ordinators in the Drovers' Camp Talent Award
Drovers' Camp Talent Award
winner, Carmel Lloyd with husband John (both of Calen Qld.)
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2016 Bundy Bush Poets Muster
Overall
winners:
Dean Trevaskis (NSW)
& Rhonda Tallnash (Vic)
Marina
Bishop,
Bush Lantern written poetry Secondary Schools winner
Isabella
Wallace, Bush Lantern written poetry Primary Schools winner (Vic)
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2016 Man From Snowy River
Festival
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2016 Tamworth Country Music
Festival
Golden
Damper Winners
Tom McIlveen (Original
Section)
Jason Roweth
(Established Section)
Poets'
Dinner
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2015 Camooweal Drovers
Camp
Festival
Great
new performer and winner of the Junior performance
competition, Jack Muller (age 14) with Noel Stallard at the
poets
breakfast.
Overall winner of the Drovers' Camp Talent Award for performance, Max
Pringle with Brenda Joy DCTA co-ordinator.
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2015
Queensland Championships
at the Bundy Bush Poetry Muster in Bundaberg, Queensland
Queensland Champions Kathy Vallance of St Arnaud, Vic. and Lynden
Baxter of Monto, Qld.
Written Champion Shelley Hansen of Maryborough with her Bush Lantern
trophy
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2015
Australian Championships at Man From Snowy River Festival in Corryong,
Victoria
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2015
Tamworth Country Music Festival
Gregory North, Geoffrey
W Graham, Ray Essery & Pat Drummond at St Edward's
Hall concert.
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Golden Damper Awards
Finalists
- Established: Jason Roweth, Rhonda Tallnash, John Peel, Barry Ellem,
Cay Ellem, Jacqui Warnock, Claire Reynolds.
Lyn Tarring and Gabby Colquhoun
at front.
Finalists
- Original: Tom McIlveen, Kathy Edwards, Rhonda Tallnash, Paddy
O'Brien, Dave Elson, Claire Reynolds, Cay Ellem, Gary Lowe, Lyn Tarring
(front).
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2014 WA State
Championships
East meets West
ABPA President Hal
Pritchard
and WABPYS President Bill Gordon
WA State Champion
Christine Boult
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2014
Queensland
State Championships
at the Bundy Bush Poetry Muster
State Performance
Champions
Rhonda Tallnash and Ralph Scrivens
Award winners at Bundy
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2014 Man
From Snowy River Bush Festival
Some of the poets gathered at the Man From Snowy River statue in Corryong, Victoria.
Unfortunately it was raining and only a small group were there when the photographer was available.
Back L to R: Ken Tough, Bob Markwell,
Tim Sheed, John Peel, Noel Bull.
Front: Jenny Markwell, Geoffrey Graham (Banjo Paterson), James Howard (Henry Lawson), Kaylin Handley, Rhonda Tallnash, Jan Lewis (Poetry event Manager), Tony Lambides-Turner.
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2014 Logan Village Music
and
Heritage Festival
Jim Tonkin, Wally Finch and Gerry King
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2014 Kangaroo Valley Folk
Festival
Some of the young poets
Zondrae King - Reciter of the Year
Australian Bush Poetry Events Calendar Go to Results
For entry forms or further information, click on the link below the respective event.
For any updates or corrections, contact the webmaster.
WRITTEN EVENTS are in RED
* 2017 Copper Croc Written Competition in Theodore
Qld. CANCELLED. INFO
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NOVEMBER
2017
3-5 November - ABPA National Bush Poetry Championships,
Toodyay WA.
INFO
ENTRY FORM
PDF
WEB See
written competition closing date 6 October.
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OCTOBER
2017
27-29 October - Mary Gilmore Festival Weekend, Crookwell
NSW.
INFO
6 October -
Closing Date - ABPA National Bush Poetry Written Championships, Toodyay WA.
ENTRY FORM
PDF
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SEPTEMBER
2017
15-17 September -
Turning Wave Festival,
Yass NSW.
WEB
15-17 September - Bony Mountain
Music Festival, Bony Mountain Qld. MC Gary Fogarty. Walk
up opportunities.
WEB
1 September - Closing
Date - Toolangi C J Dennis Poetry Competition,
Toolangi Victoria.
ENTRY
FORM PDF
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AUGUST
2017
30 August - Closing Date - The
Betty Olle Poetry Award, Kyabram Victoria.
ENTRY
FORM 1 ENTRY
FORM 2
25-27 August Camooweal Drovers'
Camp Festival performance and written,
plus walk-ups, Camooweal Qld.
INFO
ENTRY
FORM PDF WEB
See 21
July Closing date for Bronze Spur written award.
19 August - Words in
Winter Trentham Bush Poetry Competition - original and
performance, Trentham Victoria.
INFO
WEB
See 17 July Closing Date.
4-6 August - Curry Merry
Muster, Cloncurry Qld. Poet/MC Brenda Joy . Walk up
opportunities Poets Breakfast Friday
WEB
August - Words in Winter
Festival, Hepburn Shire Victoria.
WEB
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JULY
2017
28-30 July - Country Music
Campout, Yeppoon Qld. Poet Performers --
Marco Gliori, Murray Hartin. Walk up opportunities Poets Breakfasts
Saturday and Sunday.
WEB
28
July - Closing Date - Ipswich Poetry Feast, Ipswich Qld.
INFO
22 July - Chillagoe Country
Music Festival poets breakfast 8-midday, Chillagoe
Qld.
Free entry.
Marie Kirk 0438 177 711
21 July -
Closing Date - Bronze Spur written bush poetry award, Camooweal Qld.
ENTRY FORM
17 July - Closing Date -
Words in Winter Trentham Bush Poetry Competition -
original and performance, Trentham Victoria.
INFO
WEB
14-15 July -
Kununurra Agricultural Society's annual ag show poetry and
yarn competition. Sustainable Tourism for Development theme.
Arts and Crafts section, Class 1457 Yarn (500 words), Class 1458 Poem
(100 words).
WEB
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JUNE
2017
30 June - Closing Date (extended from 30
April)
- Henry Lawson Memorial and Literary Society Verse and Story Award, Brighton Vic.
INFO ENTRY FORM
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APRIL
2017
30 April - Closing Date - Bronze
Swagman Award, Winton Qld.
ENTRY FORM
21
April - Closing Date - Banjo Paterson Writing Awards, Orange NSW.
ENTRY FORM
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FEBRUARY
2017
For the results of an event, click on the link below. A new
window will pop up with the respective results. On conclusion, close
the pop-up results window to return to this one.
28 February -
Closing Date - Henry Kendall Poetry Award,
Gosford NSW.
INFO
28 February -
Closing Date - Mudgee Valley Writers Youth Literary Award, Mudgee NSW.
ENTRY FORM
Results
Results are displayed in reverse chronological order (most
recent at the top)
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RESULTS
of 2017 EVENTS
16 June - Poetry by the River,
Bush poetry picnic event
run by Beaudesert Bush Bards.
REPORT
12 June - Perisher Peak Festival Broken Ski Award and Snowy Poetry Cup, Perisher Valley NSW.
RESULTS
12 June - Henry Lawson
Festival
Verse and Short Story
Competition, Grenfell NSW.
RESULTS
11 June - Henry
Lawson Society Literary Awards performance
and written,
Gulgong NSW.
RESULTS
30 May - Adelaide Plains poetry
competition, Redbanks SA.
RESULTS
29 May - Dusty Swag Awards written poetry competition,
Portarlington Vic.
RESULTS
29 April - Laura Literary Awards, Crystal Brook SA.
RESULTS
2 April - Oracles of the Bush, Tenterfield NSW.
RESULTS
2 April - Man From Snowy
River Bush Festival and ABPA Victorian State Championship,
Corryong Vic.
RESULTS
4 March - Dunedoo Bush
Poetry Festival written competition, Dunedoo NSW.
RESULTS
AND REPORT
4 March - Milton
Show Adult Performance Bush Poetry Competition, Milton
NSW.
REPORT
AND RESULTS
19 February - Boyup
Brook Country Music Festival Writers Competition, Boyup
Brook WA.
RESULTS
18 February - Banjo
Paterson Australian Poetry Competition, Orange NSW.
RESULTS
28 January - Tamworth Country Music Festival
- Blackened Billy written verse competition, Golden Damper performance
poetry competition, Inaugural Frank Daniel People's Choice walk-up
Award and 2017 ABPA Committee members, Tamworth NSW.
RESULTS
27 January - Blackened Billy Verse Competition, Tamworth
NSW.
RESULTS
13 January - Kembla Flame written
bush poetry competition, Illawarra NSW.
RESULTS
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RESULTS
of 2016 EVENTS
RESULTS
of 2015 EVENTS
RESULTS
of 2014 EVENTS
RESULTS of 2013 EVENTS RESULTS of 2012 EVENTS RESULTS of 2011 EVENTS RESULTS of 2010 EVENTS
4 December -
Lambing Flat Regional FAW
Writing Competition, Young NSW.
RESULTS
6 November - ABPA WA Championships, Toodyay WA.
RESULTS
6 November - Rolf
Boldrewood Awards,
Dubbo NSW.
RESULTS
23 October - C J Dennis Poetry Festival, Toolangi Vic.
REPORT
AND RESULTS
21 October - Ipswich Poetry Feast, Ipswich Qld.
RESULTS
13 October - Betty Olle Poetry Award, Kyabram Vic.
RESULTS
7-9 October
- Aussie Entertainment Muster - Victorian Song Championship,
Poets Breakfasts, Workshops, jammalong etc. at Benalla Bowls Club, NE
Victoria.
RESULTS
AND REPORT
3 October - Nandewar
Poetry Competition,
Narrabri NSW.
RESULTS
AND REPORT
11 September - ABPA NSW Bush Poetry Championships and Binalong Poetry
Prize,
Binalong NSW.
RESULTS
AND REPORT
11 September - Logan Village Music and
Heritage Festival Bush Poetry Competition, Logan Village Qld.
RESULTS
AND REPORT FACEBOOK
28 August - Drovers' Camp
Talent Award and Bronze Spur written competition at Drovers'
Reunion ,
Camooweal Qld.
RESULTS
AND REPORT
13 August - 'Copper Croc' Poetry Awards, Theodore Qld.
RESULTS
AND REPORT
6 August - FAW Eastwood Hills Boree Log Award for Bush Verse, Sydney NSW.
RESULTS
AND REPORT
9 July - Banjo Paterson Writing Awards, Orange NSW.
RESULTS
9 July - Bronze Swagman Award, Winton Qld.
RESULTS
1-3 July - Bundy
Bush Poetry Muster,
Bundaberg Qld.
RESULTS
13 June - Perisher Peak Festival Broken Ski Poetry Award, Perisher Valley NSW.
RESULTS
12 June - Festival of the
Fleeces Poets' Breakfast, Merriwa NSW.
RESULTS
12 June - Grenfell Henry Lawson Society Literary Awards, Grenfell NSW.
RESULTS
11 June - Henry
Lawson Society Literary Awards, Gulgong NSW.
RESULTS
1 May - Rathdowney Bush Poetry Competition, Rathdowney Qld.
RESULTS
3 April - Man
from Snowy River Bush Festival (incorporating
the Victorian Bush Poetry Championships 2016), Corryong Victoria.
RESULTS JUNIOR
3 April - Oracles of the Bush Festival, Tenterfield NSW.
RESULTS
18-20 March - John O'Brien Festival, Narrandera NSW.
RESULTS
6 March - Dunedoo Bush
Poetry Festival, Dunedoo NSW.
RESULTS
WRITTEN
21 February - Boyup Brook Written Bush Poetry Competition,
Boyup Brook WA.
RESULTS
21 February - Banjo Paterson Bush Poetry Competition,
Orange NSW.
RESULTS
23 January - ABPA Golden Damper Bush Poetry Performance Competition,
Tamworth NSW.
RESULTS
22 January - Blackened Billy Verse Competition, Tamworth
NSW.
RESULTS
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5 December - Young Cherry
Festival, Young NSW.
RESULTS
- WRITTEN RESULTS
- PERFORMANCE
1 November - WA State
Championships, Toodyay WA.
RESULTS
- WRITTEN RESULTS - PERFORMANCE
1 November - Festival of Art Bush Poetry Competition,
Cervantes WA.
RESULTS
November - Rolf Boldrewood Literary Awards
RESULTS
23 October - Ipswich Poetry Feast Poetry Writing Competition,
Ipswich, Qld.
RESULTS
WEBSITE
17-18 October - Nandewar poetry competition, Narrabri NSW.
RESULTS
17-18 October - Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival poetry competitions,
Kangaroo Valley NSW.
RESULTS
17 October - Toolangi
C.J. Dennis Poetry Festival written poetry competition,
Toolangi Victoria.
RESULTS
WEBSITE
9 October - Rutherglen
Agricultural Show Bush Poetry
Competition,
Rutherglen Victoria.
RESULTS
28 September - Gilgandra Coo-ee Festival Written Bush Poetry,
Gilgandra NSW.
RESULTS
4 September - Kembla Flame and
Kembla Star Written Bush Poetry
Competition presented
at Folk By The Sea Festival, Kiama NSW.
RESULTS
28-30 August - North Pine BUsh Poets Camp Oven Festival,
Kalangur Qld.
RESULTS
21-23 August - Camooweal Drovers Camp Festival, Camooweal
Qld.
RESULTS
REPORT
8 August - EKKA Bush Poetry Competition, Brisbane Qld.
RESULTS
& REPORT
1 August - Eastwood/Hills Fellowship of Australian Writers Boree Log
Award for Bush Verse 2015, Eastwood NSW.
RESULTS
3-5 July - Bundy Bush
Poetry Muster & Queensland Championships,
Bundaberg Qld.
RESULTS
REPORT
23 June - Orange Banjo Paterson Literary Awards, Orange
NSW.
RESULTS
20 June - National Henry Lawson Society Poetry Competition,
Melbourne Victoria.
RESULTS
6-8 June - Henry Lawson
Poetry Awards, Gulgong NSW.
RESULTS
6-8 June -
Grenfell Henry Lawson Literary Awards, Grenfell NSW.
RESULTS
5-8 June - Perisher Peak
Festival, Perisher Valley NSW.
RESULTS
June - 44th Bronze Swagman Award for Bush Poetry, Winton
Queensland.
RESULTS
8 May - Copper Croc
Poetry Awards, Theodore Queensland.
RESULTS
9-12 April -
Australian Bush Poetry Championships at The Man from Snowy
River Bush Festival, Corryong Victoria.
RESULTS
5 April
- Rathdowney
Heritage and Country Market bush
poetry competition, Rathdowney Queensland.
RESULTS
26-29 March - Oracles of
the Bush in Tenterfield NSW.
RESULTS
18 March - Eaglehawk Dahlia and Arts Festival Literary
Competition, Eaglehawk Victoria.
RESULTS
13-15 March - John O'Brien Festival at Narrandera NSW.
RESULTS
8 March - Dunedoo Bush
Poetry Festival, Dunedoo NSW.
RESULTS
REPORT
21 February - Milton Show Society Bush Poetry Adult
Performance Competition, Milton NSW.
RESULTS
17 February
- Banjo
Paterson Australian Poetry Competition 2015, Orange NSW.
RESULTS
15 February - Boyup Brook written bush poetry
competition, Boyup Brook WA.
RESULTS
& REPORT
24 January - Golden Damper
performace bush poetry award, Tamworth NSW.
RESULTS
& REPORT
23 January - Blackened Billy written competition,
Tamworth NSW.
RESULTS & REPORT
21 January - ABPA fund-raising concert, Tamworth NSW.
REPORT
20 January - Australian Bush Laureate Awards 2015, Tamworth
NSW.
RESULTS
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December - Finalists
announced for Australian Bush Laureate Awards 2015,
presented on Tuesday 20th January 2015 at Town Hall Tamworth NSW.
WEBSITE
6 December -
Young Cherry Festival
Bush Poetry Competition and poets
breakfast, Young NSW.
RESULTS
December - Rolf Boldrewood Literary Awards, Dubbo NSW.
RESULTS PDF
26 October -
WA State Championships, Toodyay Bush Poetry
Festival, Toodyay WA.
REPORT & RESULTS
25 October - Dorrigo Folk and Bluegrass Festival Poets Breakfast
Competition in Dorrigo NSW.
RESULTS
24 October - Ipswich Poetry Feast - Poetry Writing Competition,
Ipswich Queensland.
RESULTS
19 October - Kangaroo
Valley Folk Festival Written Poetry Competition, Kangaroo
Valley NSW.
RESULTS
18 October - Toolangi CJ Dennis written Poetry Competition,
Toolangi Victoria.
RESULTS
12 October - Aussie Bush Entertainment Muster, Benalla
Victoria.
REPORT & RESULTS
5 October - Nandewar Poetry Competition, Narrabri NSW.
RESULTS
28 September - Gilgandra Coo-ee Festival written poetry competition,
Gilgandra NSW.
RESULTS
14 September - Logan
Village
Music and Heritage Festival.
Performance bush poetry competition, Logan Queensland.
RESULTS
12-14 September - Binalong Bush Poetry Prize and NSW Championship,
Binalong NSW.
RESULTS
23-24 August - Camooweal Drovers' Camp Festival and Bronze Spur Award
for written poetry, Camooweal Queensland.
RESULTS
22-24 August
- North Pine Bush Poetry Festival and Graham
Fredriksen Memorial Written Bush Poetry Competition, Kallangur
Queensland.
RESULTS
15 August - FAW North Shore Vibrant
Verse Poetry Competition 2014, Sydney NSW.
RESULTS
5 August - Mudgee Valley Writers 13th Biennial Competition,
Mudgee NSW.
RESULTS
2 August - Eastwood/Hills NSW Fellowship of Australian Writers Boree
Log Award for Bush Poetry 2014
RESULTS
20 July - 'Kembla Flame' written bush poetry award on
the Illawarra coast of NSW.
RESULTS
4-6 July - 19th
Bundy
Bush Poetry Muster incorporating Queensland State Performance
Championships
RESULTS
June - Bronze Swagman Award for Bush Poetry in Winton
Outback Queensland.
RESULTS
6-9 June - Gulgong Henry LawsonSociety of NSW Literary Awards
in Gulgong NSW.
RESULTS
6-9 June - Broken Ski
and Snowy Poetry Cup Awards at the Perisher Peak
Festival, NSW.
RESULTS
26 April - Copper Croc Poetry Awards, Theodore QLD.
RESULTS
& Judges's Report
3-6 April - Man From Snowy River Bush Festival, Corryong
Victoria.
RESULTS
6 April - Oracles of the
Bush, Tenterfield NSW.
RESULTS
March - Free Xpression Magazine Literary Competition
RESULTS
March - Eaglehawk Dahlia and Arts Festival, Eaglehawk
Victoria.
RESULTS
March - Eyre Writers Awards, Port Lincoln SA.
RESULTS
16 March - Yass Show Poetry Performance and Written Competition,
Yass
NSW.
RESULTS
and Judge's Report
13-16 March - John O'Brien Festival, Narrandera NSW.
RESULTS
27 February - 2 March - Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival,
Dunedoo NSW.
REPORT
and RESULTS
February 2014 -
Boyup Brook Country Music Festival written competition,
Boyup Brook WA.
RESULTS
and Judge's Report
January 2014 -
Essential Energy Golden Damper performance competition and
Blackened
Billy written poetry award, Tamworth NSW.
RESULTS
January 2014 - Australian Bush Laureate Awards,
Tamworth NSW.
RESULTS
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November 2013 - Toodyay WA Bush Poetry Festival
RESULTS
(Link to their web page)
October 2013 - The International Cowboy Written
Results
RESULTS, Report and Winning Poem
October 2013 - Cervantes WA written competition
RESULTS
April 2013 - The Inaugural ‘Copper
Croc Poetry Awards’
2013 Copper Croc Report and Results
April 2013 - Tumut Festival of The Falling Leaf
2013 Tumut Falling Leaf Report
April 2013 - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships at Man from Snowy
River Festival
2013
MFSR Report and Results
March 2013 - Yass Show Poetry Comp
2013 Yass Show Report
March 2013 - Adelong Show “Best of the
Bush” Bush Poetry Competition
2013 Adelong Report
January 2013 -
Tamworth Blackened Billy Verse Competition &
2013 ABPA TAMWORTH GOLDEN DAMPER AWARDS proudly sponsored by
Essential Energy
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October 2012 - Cervantes
Art Festival, WA.
October 2012 - Hunter
Bush Poets Poetry Festival, Mandalong NSW.
October 2012 - Nandewar
Poetry Competition, Narrabri NSW.
August 2012 - Camooweal
Drovers Camp Festival, Camooweal Qld.
July 2012 - ABC
Radio Far North Queensland Bush Poetry Competition.
July 2012 - Kembla
Flame, Dapto NSW.
July 2012 - Bundaberg
Bush Poets Muster, Bundaberg Qld.
May 2012 - Beef
Australia, Rockhampton Qld.
April 2012 - Australian Bush Poetry
Championships Man From Snowy River Festival, Corryong Victoria
ADULT
RESULTS ... JUNIOR
RESULTS
March 2012 - Dunedoo
Written Bush Poetry Results 2012
March 2012 -
17th Annual Junior Waltzing Matilda Bush Poetry
Awards, Winton Qld.
February 2012 - Boyup
Brook Written Poetry Results 2012
January 2012 - Tamworth
Blackened Billy Verse Competition &
2012 ESSENTIAL ENERGY TAMWORTH GOLDEN DAMPER AWARDS
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October 2011 - Australian
Written Championships - Morriset
August 2011 - Camooweal
Drover's Camp Festival Report
August 2011 - NORTH
PINE BUSH POETS’ CAMP OVEN FESTIVAL Results
July 2011 2011
Bundy Bush Poets Bash (Including the Bush Lantern Award for Verse)
Results
June 2011 2011
Henry Lawson Society of NSW Inc (Gulgong) Results
May 2011 2011
NSW PREMIER’S LITERARY AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
March 2011 DUNEDOO—NSW
State Championships
January 2011 Tamworth Country
Energy Golden Damper Awards 2011
Report
by Jan Morris
January 2011 THE BLACKENED BILLY WRITTEN VERSE
COMPETITION
Judges
Report
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December 2010
YOUNG NSW NATIONAL CHERRY FESTIVAL - Poet's
Competition
Report
by Greg Broderick
November 2010
LAND of the BEARDIES – NEW ENGLAND HERITAGE in Verse
Competition
Report
by Neville Campbell
November 2010
DALGETY SNOWY RIVER - Snowy Ride Celebration
Report
from Lee Taylor Friend
November 2010 MALDON
FOLK FESTIVAL Vic.
Report
by Geoffrey W Graham
October 2010 RUDD'S
PUB Bush Poetry Competition –
NOBBY Qld.
Report
October 2010
THE TOOLANGI CJ DENNIS POETRY FESTIVAL
Report
from Stephen Whiteside
October 2010
HUNTER BUSH POETRY FESTIVAL – Morisset NSW
Report
October 2010
URALLA BOWLO PERFORMANCE BUSH POETRY COMPETITION
Report
Kelly Walters Uralla Bowlo Events Coordinator
October 2010
VICTORIAN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS – Wedderburn Vic.
Report
by Jan Lewis
MONTROSE COLORADO USA
Report
October 2010
NANDEWAR POETRY COMPETITION
Report