Results of our 2023 open themed poetry competition (keep scrolling for results of earlier competitions)
1st place ($50 + publication + free copy of anthology)
My Delight by Colleen Russell
Highly commended ($25 + publication + free copy of anthology)
Sweet Breeze by Norman Stevens
Of Mortals and Monsters by Paris Rosemont
Commended (publication + free copy of anthology)
Sonnet to a Homeless Child by Claire O’Brien
The Poet by Agi Dobson
Wind by Diana Davison
Road Trip by Diana Davison
Small Doses by Sasanki Tennakoon
Middle Watch Musings by Norman Stevens
Bandaid by Paris Rosemont
In Search of Stellar Whirls by Daniel Moreschi
Seedless Seasons by Daniel Moreschi
Portrait of a Lady by Barbara Smith
Fox by Jonny B
When a Narcissist Dies (or I’m Sexy and I Poet) by Jonny B
Congratulations to all our winners and a big, big thank you to everyone who entered. We couldn’t run these competitions without you. These poems will be published in an anthology due to be published late June/early July. All winners will be contacted by email.
Results of our 2023 open themed short story competition (keep scrolling for results of earlier competitions).
The Top Three
1st – Leaving Home by Sanchana Venkatesh
2nd – She’s a Lady by Alan Bryant
3rd – The Ship and His Anchor by Elliot Lloyd
Highly Commended
Korad’s Dilemma by Daan Spijer
Todo Cambia by Geraldine Dark
Commended
Until We Are No Longer by Matty Chard
Flip by Bronwyn Boehm
Rekindling by Georgie Waters
Note Found Inside a Guitar Case at a Garage Sale by Jason Spongberg
Daughterly Care by Yarrow Sheehan
TV or not TV by Peter Lingard
Margie by Margo Daly
Your Tinder Guardian Angel is Drunk by Geraldine Dark
There’s a Traffic Jam on the Highway to Hell by Geraldine Dark
These Days I Listen to My Heart by Jo Curtain
Dispose of Thoughtfully by Janeen Samuel
Elvis and the Tiger by Janeen Samuel
Anything for the Team by Sev Romero
In the Blink of an Eye by Lezah Holt
The Forgotten by Carole Hardingham
The Talisman by Sharmayne Riseley
Toeholds by Sean Crawley
Food is Love by Carole Kelly
Pica by t.m. Peiris
A Soldier by Norm Stevens
Torment by David Boni
Pascal’s Pots by Andrew Thomas Nest
Two for One by J. E. Gaulton
Aokigahara for Baseball Players by Jelena Curic
A Feral Place by Bob Topping
Highly Commended Junior Writer
War Didn’t Come to Play by Lillian Fuller (12 years old)
Commended Junior Writers
One Disastrous Flick by Mia Chen (Grade 5 student)
In the Middle of the Night by Chathri Sanathana (Grade 5 student)
Congratulations to all. Winners will be contacted by email over the next few days. These stories will be published in an anthology which will be released late June 2023.
2022 spring themed poetry competition results (keep scrolling for results of earlier competitions)
1st – Spring Gifts by Jonny B
Highly commended – a fandom of flowers by Margaret Owen Ruckert
Highly commended – Visions of a Butterfly Garden by Daniel Moreschi
Congratulations to all. Winners will be contacted by email over the next few days. These stories will be published in our Four Seasons anthology which will be released late December 2022.
2022 spring themed short story competition results (keep scrolling for results of earlier competitions)
1st – Sakura by Paris Rosemont
2nd – Cerelia by Carole Kelly
3rd – Bud by Leonie Kelleher
Highly commended – It’s All in the Mind by Georgie Waters
Highly commended – Alone by Peter Lingard
Highly commended – Nesting by Beverley Lello
Highly commended – Spring Cleans by Jonny B
Highly commended – Springtime, Roses & Cherry Blossoms by Monique Hutchinson
Highly commended – Figures on Canvas (Spring) by William Bean
These stories will be published in our Four Seasons anthology which will be released late December 2022.
2022 winter themed poetry competition results (keep scrolling for results of earlier competitions)
- 1st – School Yard in August by Monique Hutchinson
- Highly commended – Haiku Winter Sequence by Agi Dobson
- Highly commended – Misery is Tepid Coffee by Kirily McKellor
- Highly commended – Flu 2022 by J. Marahuyo
- Highly commended – The Seasons That Call Us by Ibtisam Shahbaz
Congratulations to all our winners.
These poems will be published in our Four Seasons anthology which will be released late December 2022.
2022 winter themed short story competition results (keep scrolling for results of earlier competitions)
- 1st – Losing Sight of Christmas by Alan Bryant
- 2nd – An Alternate World by Georgie Waters
- 3rd – White by Peter Lingard
- Highly commended – The Weatherman by Sev Romero
- Highly commended – Figures on Canvas (Winter) by William Bean
- Highly commended – Mountainside by Deborah Huff-Horwood
- Highly commended – No Christmas by Jan Mosler
- Highly commended – The Cruellest Winter by Alice Richardson
- Highly commended – The Old Black Kettle by Beverley Lello
Congratulations to all our winners.
These stories will be published in our Four Seasons anthology which will be released late December 2022.
2022 autumn themed poetry competition results (keep scrolling for results of earlier competitions)
- 1st – His Autumn Years by Sandra James
- Highly commended – All the Best Paths by Beverley Lello
- Highly commended – Autumn in Canberra by Beverley Lello
- Highly commended – Autumn Blue by Jay Creighton
Congratulations to all our winners.
These poems will be published in our Four Seasons anthology which will be released late December, 2022.
2022 autumn themed short story competition results (keep scrolling for results of earlier competitions)
- 1st – Autumn in the Orchard by Stephen Smithyman
- 2nd – Dream Catcher by Alice Richardson
- 3rd – The Turning of the Leaves by Kirily McKellor
- Highly commended – An Aunt in the Country by Janeen Samuel
- Highly commended – Figures on Canvas (Autumn) by William Bean
- Highly commended – When Autumn turns to Fall by Monique Hutchinson
- Highly commended – Remembering Autumn by Karen Payne
- Highly commended – Falling by Jay Creighton
Congratulations to all our winners.
These stories will be published in our Four Seasons anthology which will be released late December 2022.
2022 summer themed poetry competition results
- 1st – Gold by Karen Louise
- Highly commended – At the Dermatologist by Janeen Samuel
- Highly commended – On the Cusp in Summer by J. Marahuyo
Congratulations to all our winners.
These poems will be published in our Four Seasons anthology which will be released late December 2022.
2022 summer themed short story competition results
- 1st – Last Summer at Five Pines by Lisa Cortez
- 2nd – Girl in Yellow by Anne Cleary
- 3rd – I Hate Summer by Tom Eskdale
- Highly commended – Cheap Trick on a Summer Night by Gina Dawson
- Highly commended – Figures on Canvas by William Bean
- Highly commended – Once Upon a Road Trip by Elizabeth g. Arthur
- Highly commended – Ouroboros by Josephine Sarvaas
- Highly commended – Scrambled Not Fried by Deborah Henley
- Highly commended – You Know, Cherries by Alida Galati
Congratulations to all our winners.
These stories will be published in our Four Seasons anthology which will be released late December 2022.
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