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Australian Bush Laureate Awards – 2013 winners

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:37 pm
by Dave Smith
Australian Bush Laureate Awards – 2013 winners

Winners in the 2013 Australian Bush Laureate awards were announced in Tamworth this afternoon (January 22).

Leading Australian bush poet Carol Heuchan (pictured, right) of Cooranbong, NSW, was the biggest winner taking out Album of the Year for her current work Partners which also won her the Single Recorded Performance of the Year Golden Gumleaf for the album's title track. Partners is a live recording of Carol and her poetry.

Book of the Year went to Around The Campfire by Terry Piggott (pictured) of Canningvale, WA. The well-produced work includes a dozen or more of Terry’s photos as well as his highly regarded bush poetry.

Collected Verse Book of the Year was won by Award Winning Bush Verse, a compilation by Max & Jacqui Merckenschlager of Caloote, SA. The work, described as “a first anthology of award-winning bush poems and bush-themed stories” is published by Melbourne Books.

Published Poem of the Year went to The Truth About Waltzing Matilda by David Campbell of Beaumaris, Vic.

Children’s Poem of the Year winner was named as Stephen Whiteside of Glen Iris, Victoria, for The Sash, a poem about a young Ned Kelly’s “sash”.

The winner of the Judith Hosier Heritage Award – for outstanding achievement in nurturing Australia's heritage of verse – was named as Jan Morris (pictured above left) of Tamworth for her long association with bush poetry especially as a judge and administrator of the Blackened Billy poetry competition and Golden Damper Awards.

Congratulations to all well done. Sorry but I could not get the picture up.

"Oh" excuse the red writting but we are a bit proud. :P

TTFN.
Dave Smith.

Re: Australian Bush Laureate Awards – 2013 winners

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:46 am
by warooa
Hearty and well deserved congratulations to Terry. Good onya mate.

Also to David and Stephen for their respective gongs.

Good stuff, fellas.

Cheers Marty

Re: Australian Bush Laureate Awards – 2013 winners

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:22 am
by Maureen K Clifford
Congratulations all round - what a bonzer lot of poets we have in this group. You've all done very well

Re: Australian Bush Laureate Awards – 2013 winners

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:43 am
by David Campbell
Thanks, Marty and Maureen. It should also be noted that many of our poets contributed to Award Winning Bush Verse and Stories 2012, which took out the Collected Verse Book of the Year Award.

David

Re: Australian Bush Laureate Awards – 2013 winners

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:03 am
by Stephen Whiteside
Yes, thanks. I've been shortlisted in this category for five years in a row now, so it's nice to finally crack it.

Re: Australian Bush Laureate Awards – 2013 winners

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:30 am
by Heather
Congratulations to Terry, Stephen and David and all the other award winners. Good to see our mates all doing so well.

Heather :)

Re: Australian Bush Laureate Awards – 2013 winners

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 12:58 pm
by Bob Pacey
Cheers all and congratulations. Told you the book was a beauty Terry.

Good onya Stephen finally got the door to open.

And David of course, yes a talented bunch.

Well done everyone

Bob

Re: Australian Bush Laureate Awards – 2013 winners

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:07 pm
by Leonie
Wow a top line up of talent there. Congratulations to everyone, well done.

Re: Australian Bush Laureate Awards – 2013 winners

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:10 pm
by Catherine Lee
Fantastic news all round - Congratulations to all!

Re: Australian Bush Laureate Awards – 2013 winners

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:17 pm
by Stephen Whiteside
Thank you all again.