Liz Huff Memorial Competition

[Bob Pacey]

Open category
First – Monster by David Campbell
Second – A Daughter’s Tale by Roger Vickery
Highly Commended – Then Her Father Left by Kerry Lown Whalen
Commended – Drowning in Grief and Guilt by Tania Pearce

Theme category
First – One Night Only by Dannielle Line
Second – The Gem Miner by Margaret Finger
Highly Commended – Set in Stone by Dannielle Line
Commended – Opal Dilemma by Barbara Tector

Micro Fiction category
First – Ambition Ignited by Carmel Lillis
Second – First Date by Serika McBride
Highly Commended – I Love You by Janet Kenny
Commended – The Fairy by Barbara Tector

Poetry Rhymed category
First – Kathleen by Tom McIlveen
Equal Second – Darken the Night by David Campbell
Equal Second – Bert’s Hand by Bob Pacey
Highly Commended – The Leather Belt Seller by Sim Smailes
Commended – Glowing Monuments by Theadora Biesheuvel

Poetry Free Verse category
First – Epitaph by David Campbell
Second – Echoes for Breaker Morant by Patricia Raynor
Highly Commended – Quandamooka Wintering by Jena Woodhouse
Commended - Dead Possum by Tim Collins

Junior entries
Encouragement Award – A Dove and a Sparrow by Lauren Grace
Encouragement Award – Where the Wind Blows by Ella Kruger

[Glenny Palmer]

GOODONYA Bobbity!! Wow!

[mummsie]

Wow Bob, good on you -and everyone else.

Sue

[Glenny Palmer]

....and Wow you too David! (I got carried away seeing Bob in league with Mr Campbell & forgot to congratulate him..... ......and our Tom...oh dear. )
Well done....everyone

[Robyn]

Congrats to all those familiar names!

[David Campbell]

Thanks Glenny, Sue and Robyn! If anyone's wondering what the 'Open' category is about, it's not poetry...it's for short stories.

The competition is named in honour of a former lecturer at Central Queensland University. She was the editor of Idiom 23, a literary magazine, and also organised the Bauhinia Literary Awards for many years. She died in 2011.

Cheers
David

[Maureen K Clifford]

Nice to see our mob holding their own in other categories as well - well done everyone

[Brenda Joy]

Congratulations David - across all three genres is really impressive -- Tom and of course especially Bob as a less frequent prize winner (so far).
B-J

[David Campbell]

Thank you, Maureen and Brenda. I've been playing with the idea of putting together a book containing a mix of rhyming and non-rhyming verse, but there may not be a ready audience for it...

Cheers
David