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Festival Snippets
2019 WA Championships, Toodyay
Overall winner Roger Cracknell, Bill Gordon
Officials: Meg Gordon, Christine Middleton, Tim Sheed, Bill Gordon, Geoffrey Graham.
Toodyay WA Act
Belong Commit Bush Poetry Festival 2018
Michael Darby (winner), Peter
Blyth (2nd),
Brian Raynor (Toodyay Shire President),
Bill Gordon (3rd)
Entertainers at Variety Concert during Toodyay Festival - Tom
McIlveen, "Cobber" Lethbridge, Peter Blyth, Susan Ashton.
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Poetry with the Rainbow Serpent.
Poetry and picnic, Beaudesert Qld.
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2018 Oracles of the Bush, Tenterfield NSW
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2018 Man From Snowy River Festival, Corryong Victoria
Aged Care entertainment from
Liz Smeaton, Val Kurley, Carol Reffold, Brenda Joy, Bruce
Clark, Jan Lewis, Mon Galvin and Tony Lambides-Turner
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2018 John O'Brien Festival, Narrandera
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2018 Milton Show Bush Poetry Competition
Back: Craig Green, John Raine, John Peel, Lucas Mcdonald, Ken Potter, Colin Defries, Peter Dawson, Mike Lavis
Front: Anne Rogers, Sue Pearce, Mark Thompson, (absent Ruth Myers).
Ivy Lawson & Leila Pepperel, Brodi Tebbutt, Chelsea Soo, Charli Firmstone, Eva Gautier, Kobi Silver, Charli Mcdowell, Emily Hendry, Lucas Mcdonald.
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2017 Drovers' Camp Reunion, Camooweal Qld.
The Performance Poetry Section
winners
Larry Robinson (3rd), Deena Smith (2nd),
Barry Graham (1st), MC Brenda Joy.
The
Overall Performance Winners (judged from two sections)
Jingo March (3rd for yarn and
poem),
Larry
Robinson (2nd for poem and song) and
Barry Graham (1st and
Drovers' Camp Talent Award trophy winner for yarn and poem),
MC Brenda Joy.
Camooweal
Post Office Bronze Spur Award
Written Winner: Donald
Crane
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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
Zondrae King - Reciter of the Year
Australian Bush Poetry Events Calendar Go to Results
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JULY 2020
30
July - Closing Date - Nandewar Poetry Competition,
Narrabri NSW.
ENTRY
FORM
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JUNE 2020
26
June - Closing Date - Adelaide Plains Poetry Competition,
Redbanks SA.
ENTRY
FORM
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APRIL 2020
10
April - Closing Date - Gulgong Henry Lawson Literary Awards,
Gulgong NSW. CANCELLED.
9 April - Closing Date -
Laura Literary Awards, Laura SA.
ENTRY
FORM
2-5 April - Man from Snowy River Bush Poetry &
Music Competition, Corryong Victoria. POSTPONED.
INFO
See 21 February closing date for entry forms.
2-5 April - Oracles of the Bush Festival,
performance and written sections,
Tenterfield NSW. CANCELLED.
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DECEMBER 2019
19
December - Closing Date - Sutherland Shire Literary
Competition, Sutherland NSW. Rhyming verse, Free
verse, Short story, Themed short story.
ENTRY
15 December - Closing Date - Tom
Collins Poetry Prize,
Swanbourne WA.
INFO
& ENTRY
Results
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.
Results are displayed in reverse chronological order (most
recent at the top)
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RESULTS
of 2020 EVENTS
7
March - Milton Show open performance poetry
competition, Milton
NSW.
RESULTS
AND REPORT
27 February - King of the Ranges Festival Bush Poetry
Competition,
Murrurundi NSW.
RESULTS
22 February - Banjo Paterson Australian Poetry
Competition, Orange
NSW.
RESULTS
20 February - Blackened Billy Verse Competition,
Orange NSW.
RESULTS
16 February - Boyup Brook Country Music Festival
Written Bush Poetry Competition, Boyup
Brook WA.
RESULTS
23 January - Golden Damper and Frank Daniel Award
performance competitions,
Tamworth NSW.
RESULTS
12 January - Kembla Flame written bush poetry
competition, Minnamurra, NSW.
RESULTS
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RESULTS
of 2019 EVENTS
8
December - Lambing Flat FAW Cherry Festival Writing
Competition, Young
NSW.
RESULTS
1
December - Jackie's Spring Competition.
RESULTS
1 December -
Toolangi C J Dennis Poetry Competition,
Healesville Victoria.
RESULTS
3 November - WA Bush Poetry Championships - Silver
Quill written and performance competitions,
Toodyay WA.
RESULTS
- WRITTEN PERFORMANCE
1 November - Ipswich Poetry Feast written competition,
Ipswich Qld.
RESULTS
18 October - Cervantes Festival of Art written bush
poetry competition, Cervantes WA.
RESULTS
AND REPORT
17 October - The Betty Olle Poetry Award,
Kyabram Victoria.
RESULTS
13 October - Victorian Song Championships and bush
poetry at Benalla Muster,
Victoria.
RESULTS
7 October - Nandewar Poetry Competition,
Narrabri NSW.
RESULTS
8 September - Queensland Bush Poetry
Championships,
Beenleigh Queensland.
REPORT AND RESULTS
26 August - Camooweal Drovers' Camp Festival and
Bronze Spur Award,
Camooweal Qld.
REPORT
& RESULTS
24 August - Eastwood/Hills FAW Boree Log competition,
Sydney NSW.
RESULTS
4 August - Adelaide Plains Poets Inc 'Location' Poetry
Competition, Redbanks
SA.
RESULTS
30 July - The Bronze Swagman Award for written bush
verse, Winton
Queensland.
RESULTS
10 July - Laura Literary Awards,
Laura SA.
RESULTS
1 July - Henry Lawson Memorial & Literary Society
Poetry Competition 2019,
Brighton Victoria.
RESULTS
5 June - Gulgong Literary Awards,
Gulgong NSW.
RESULTS HUMOROUS SERIOUS
3 June - Grenfell Henry Lawson Festival Verse and
Short Story Competition,
Grenfell NSW.
RESULTS
7 April - Man from Snowy River Bush
Festival, Corryong Victoria.
RESULTS
REPORT
WRITTEN
7 April - Oracles of the Bush Festival,
Tenterfield NSW.
RESULTS
15 March - John O'Brien Bush Festival,
Narrandera NSW.
RESULTS
3 March - Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival performance
and written competitions, Dunedoo NSW.
REPORT
AND RESULTS
2 March - Milton Show Poets' Breakfast walk-up and open
performance competitions, Milton NSW.
REPORT
& RESULTS
23 February - Orange
Banjo Paterson Australian Poetry performance competition,
Orange NSW.
RESULTS
17 February - Boyup Brook Country Music Festival Written
Competition, Boyup Brook WA.
RESULTS
25 January - Golden Damper Performance Competition,
Tamworth NSW.
RESULTS
AND REPORT
25 January - Blackened Billy Written Verse Competition,
Tamworth NSW.
RESULTS
20 January - Jackie's Spring Poetry and Verse Stories
for Kids Competition.
RESULTS
18 January - Kembla Flame Written Bush Poetry
Competition, Minnamurra NSW.
RESULTS
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RESULTS
of
2018 EVENTS
2 December - Lambing Flat Fellowship of Australian
Writers Writing Competition, Young NSW.
RESULTS
4 November - WA Bush Poetry State Championships and Silver
Quill written competition, Toodyay WA.
WRITTEN
RESULTS REPORT AND PERFORMANCE RESULTS
21 October - C J Dennis Poetry Festival competition,
Toolangi, Victoria.
RESULTS
19 October -
Ipswich Poetry Feast, Ipswich Qld.
RESULTS
18 October - Betty Olle Award Poetry Award. Kyabram
Victoria.
RESULTS
6
October - Nandewar Poetry Competition. Narrabri
NSW.
RESULTS
20 September - Waltzing Matilda Bush Poetry Awards -
Junior Festival, Winton Qld.
RESULTS
9 September - Logan
Performance Bush Poets performance competition,
Beenleigh Historical Village and Museum Qld.
RESULTS
September - Milton-Ulladulla Junior Written Poetry
Competition, Milton-Ulladulla NSW.
RESULTS
26 August - Drovers Camp Festival Talent Award,
Camooweal Qld.
RESULTS
26 August - Bronze Spur Award,
Camooweal Qld.
REPORT
& RESULTS
21 August - Sutherland Shire Literary Competition, Sutherland NSW.
REPORT & RESULTS WEB
10 August - Eastwood Hills FAW Literary Competition, Eastwood NSW.
RESULTS
& REPORT
13 July - Griffith Riverina
FAW Literary Competition, Griffith NSW.
RESULTS
7 July - Bronze Swagman Award for Bush Poetry, Winton
Qld.
RESULTS
9 June - Grenfell Henry Lawson Festival, Grenfell
NSW.
RESULTS
2 June -
Laura Literary Awards, Crystal
Brook SA.
RESULTS
25 May - Gulgong Henry Lawson
Literary Awards, Gulgong NSW.
RESULTS
3 May - Mudgee Valley Writers Youth Literary Award,
Mudgee NSW.
RESULTS
6-8 April - Tenterfield Oracles of the Bush festival,
Tenterfield NSW.
REPORT
AND
RESULTS
5-8 April - Man From Snowy
River Bush Festival, Corryong Victoria.
RESULTS
16-18 March - John O'Brien
Bush Festival, Narrandera NSW.
RESULTS
4 March - Eyre Writers Awards, Port Lincoln SA.
RESULTS
4 March - Dunedoo
Bush Poetry Festival, Dunedoo NSW.
RESULTS
3 March - Milton Show Poetry
Competition, Milton NSW.
REPORT
AND
RESULTS
18 February -
Boyup Brook Country Music Festival written bush poetry
competition, Boyup Brook WA.
RESULTS
17 February -
Banjo Paterson Australian Poetry Competition, Orange
NSW.
RESULTS
27 January - Golden Damper
Awards for Performance Bush Poetry and Frank Daniel ,
Tamworth NSW.
RESULTS
26 January - Blackened Billy
Verse Competition,
Tamworth NSW.
REPORT
AND RESULTS
21 January - Kembla Flame Written Bush Poetry Competition,
Illawarra Folk Festival, Bulli NSW.
RESULTS
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RESULTS
of
2017 EVENTS
December 2017 - Tom Collins Poetry Competition,
Swanbourne WA.
RESULTS
3 December - South West Slopes Credit Union Writing
Competition. Short story and poetry sections, Young
NSW.
RESULTS
5 November - ABPA National Bush Poetry Championships,
Toodyay WA.
RESULTS
5 November - Rolf Boldrewood
Literary Awards, Dubbo NSW.
RESULTS
20-29
October Cervantes Festival of Art, Cervantes WA.
RESULTS
21 October -
Toolangi C J Dennis Poetry Competition, Toolangi
Victoria.
RESULTS
19 October - The Betty Olle Poetry Award, Kyabram
Victoria.
RESULTS
13 October - Ipswich Poetry Feast, Ipswich Qld.
RESULTS
8 October - VBPMA
Aussie Entertainment Muster and Victorian Song Championships,
Benalla Vic.
RESULTS
1 October - Nandewar Written
Bush Poetry Competition, Narrabri NSW.
RESULTS
AND
REPORT
17 September - Townsville Eistedfodd, Townsville Qld.
REPORT
AND RESULTS
16 September - Henry Lawson
Memorial and Literary Society Verse and Story Award,
Brighton Vic.
RESULTS
14 September - 22nd Annual
Waltzing Matilda Junior Bush Poetry Festival, Winton
Qld.
RESULTS
11 September - Bronze Swagman
Award for Bush Poetry, Winton Qld.
RESULTS
9 September - Milton Show
Society Junior Poetry Competitions, Milton NSW.
RESULTS
27 August Camooweal Drovers'
Camp Festival, Camooweal Qld.
REPORT
AND
RESULTS
22 July - Banjo
Paterson Writing Awards, Orange NSW.
RESULTS
19 August - Words in
Winter Trentham Bush Poetry Competition - original
and performance, Trentham Victoria.
RESULTS
15 July - Kununurra
Agricultural Society's annual ag show poetry and yarn
competition, Kununurra WA.
RESULTS
6 July - Bronze Swagman Award, Winton Qld.
RESULTS
5 August - Eastwood Hills Annual Literary Competition,
Eastwood NSW.
RESULTS
1 July - Henry Kendall
Poetry Award, Gosford NSW.
RESULTS
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
25 April - Boondooma Homestead Anzac Poetry Competition,
Boondooma Qld.
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
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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RESULTS
of
2015 EVENTS
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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RESULTS
of
2014 EVENTS
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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RESULTS
of 2013 EVENTS
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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RESULTS
of 2012 EVENTS
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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RESULTS
of 2011 EVENTS
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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RESULTS
of 2010 EVENTS
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