Results of 2021 Silver Quill Written Poetry Competition

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Results of 2021 Silver Quill Written Poetry Competition

Post by Shelley Hansen » Thu Nov 11, 2021 9:23 pm

SILVER QUILL WRITTEN BUSH POETRY COMPETITION - 2021 Results

WINNER – CATHERINE LEE—Mona Vale NSW - “Stolen Heritage”
Runner Up – Bob Magor - Myponga SA – “Cat-astrophic”

OPEN SERIOUS
WINNER - Catherine Lee – Mona Vale NSW—“Stolen Heritage “
Equal 2nd – David Judge - Bendigo Vic – “I Am Who They Have Been” and Brenda Joy - Charters Towers Qld – “Imitation Eagles”
Highly Commended – Peter O’Shaughnessy—Eaton WA –“Paradise Lost”
Commended – David Judge - Bendigo Vic – “Henry”

OPEN HUMOROUS
WINNER —Bob Magor — Myponga SA — ”Cat-astrophic”
2nd Place —Brenda Joy — Charters Towers Qld — ”What Can I Use This For”
3rd Place — Peter O’Shaughnessy — Eaton WA —”An Ancient Tiger”
Highly Commended —Keith Lethbridge —Armidale WA — The Frustratom atic”
Commended —Brenda Joy — Charters Towers Qld—”A Musing”

NOVICE

EQUAL WINNERS – Stephen D’Arcey –Belgrave Vic— “Banjo Tunes” and Bill Gordon -Boyup Brook WA – “Farewell Dear Friend”
3rd Place – Peter White - Eagleby Qld – “The Armchair Athlete”
Highly Commended – Peter White –Eagleby - “Australia’s Wildlife Wonders”

JUNIOR UPPER
Winner—Grace Gordon—Joondanna WA—”A Town Called Boyup Brook”
2nd Place—Eleni Chapman—Ascot WA—”The Virus From Wuhan”
3rd Place—Elizaveta Fedotova—Mt Lawley WA—The Story Of An Unborn Child

JUNIOR LOWER
Winner – Clem Chapman – Ascot WA – “Worst Camping Trip Ever”
2nd Place – Tide Robinson – Bicton WA—“The Farm”
3rd Place – Zarah Soosaipillai – Reservoir Vic—“The Seizure”
Highly Commended – Erin Chew –Bull Creek WA - “Colours Of Nature”
Highly Commended – Annabelle Woo - Wolli Creek NSW – “Clever Cockatoo”
Commended—Mikhail Fedotova—Mt Lawley WA—”My Many Coloured Days”

CONGRATULATIONS ALL!
Special applause for our active forum members Catherine Lee and David Judge.
Shelley Hansen
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Re: Results of 2021 Silver Quill Written Poetry Competition

Post by Terry » Fri Nov 12, 2021 8:41 pm

Congratulations to all the award winners.

With special mention to Catherine Lee, having won the serious section and also the Silver quill award.

Also to Bob Magor who was runner up and also the winner of the humorous award.

Other poets who performed with distinction included, Brenda Joy with two seconds, firstly joint second with David Judge in the serious section
and also second in the humorous section.

I must also mention Bill Gordon and Stephen D'arcey joint winners of the Novice section.

There were many other winners, so once again congratulations to everyone.

Regards

Terry Piggott

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Re: Results of 2021 Silver Quill Written Poetry Competition

Post by Catherine Lee » Sat Nov 13, 2021 6:34 pm

Thank you, Terry - it was certainly a wonderful surprise out of the blue yesterday, and as you can imagine, it made my day! Congratulations to Bob, Brenda, David, and all the other prize winners!

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Re: Results of 2021 Silver Quill Written Poetry Competition

Post by Ron » Sat Nov 13, 2021 7:52 pm

Congratulations Catherine and David, well done! And to all the others too.

Ron

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