Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW Inc.RESULTS:
The 2016 FAW NSW Walter Stone Biennial Award for LifeWriting
Announced at the November 5 FAW Awards Luncheon by the Judge of the Walter Stone Life Writing Award, Dr Rae Luckie, the 2016 winner is:
Richard Yaxley oam
for ‘Homecoming: A Memoir’.
Read the Judge’s Report here.
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Fellowship of Australian Writers North Shore Branch
RESULTS:
Mini Memoir Section
1st Prize: ‘The Food of Love’, Jan Foster (Vic)
2nd Prize: ‘Discovering Daphne’, Carolyn Eldridge-Alfonzetti (NSW)
Highly Commended: ‘Wave to Mummy’, Eilene Cooke (Qld)
Commended: ‘A Painful Memory’,
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RESULTS:
CATEGORY A: POETRY
First Place: ‘Dreams’ by Hessom Razavi, Fremantle WA
Second Place: ‘Polio’ by Pippa Kay, Hunters Hill NSW
Commended: ‘Ghost’ by Hessom Razavi, Fremantle WA
CATEGORY B: SHORT STORY
First Place (Equal): ‘Borderlines’ by Ryan Grice,
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RESULTS:
The aim of this biennial competition since 1999 continues to be the recognition of literary excellence and the enhancement of the image of the Shoalhaven as a place of strong cultural development.
The Awards are sponsored by Shoalhaven Arts Board (of the Shoalhaven City Council),
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As reported in the December issue of the Writers Voice:
Irish-born Dorothy Simmons, from Albury, was the well-deserved winner of the Marjorie Barnard 2015 Short Story Award, her short story being judged the best from 75 entries.
The winning entry, titled ‘Count Down’, was read by the competition judge,
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Winners of the 2015 FAW Hilarie Lindsay Young Writers Awards for SHORT STORY were:
Group 1—Years 10, 11 and 12:
First:
Lindsay Morrison ‘The Lost Girl’ (St Pauls College, Kempsey).
Second:
Keighley Bradford ‘The Actress, the Spy and the P.I.’ (Narrabri High School).
Third:
Rosie Watts ‘Ana’
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Pippa Kay wrote:
It is always a pleasure to read the stories submitted for this award, and this year’s 75 entries were all interesting, amusing or dramatic. The difficulty is deciding a winner!
This year I was fussier than usual: stories with poor openings,
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16 years as State President
Macarthur Branch being closest, attends when duties permit.
Trevar is a poet and has been published in various forms, books and literary magazines – in English, Arabic and Russian.
Most of his career has been in Commercial radio commencing in Brisbane,
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Maureen Kelly, OAM is the current secretary of the Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW Inc (FAW). She co-founded her branch – North Arm Cove situated on the northern foreshore of Port Stephens – in 1997 together with a former member, Bronwyn Cozens.
The branch consists of twenty vibrant members, many of whom have enjoyed success publishing novels and books of poetry.
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Colleen joined the FAW in 1995, and was admitted as a Writing Fellow in 2000. She has been:
President of the Sutherland Shire FAW,
Treasurer of Macarthur FAW, and
Secretary of the Port Macquarie FAW.
Colleen is currently President of the Port Macquarie FAW.
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The Central Coast Branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers has announced the winners of the Mona Brand Biennial Competition.
Congratulations to everyone involved.
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Results of the Eastwood/Hills FAW 2015 Literary Competition
SHORT STORY
(Judges Philippa Holland and Laura Davies)
H/Comm:
‘The Land Army’, Mark Fowler;
‘A Women on the Boards’, Mark Fowler
2nd:
‘Plots for Sale’, Cynthia Rowe
1st:
‘In Late Summer’,
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The FAW Jean Stone Award 2014 for POETRY was won by
Caroline Glen for ‘West for Wonder’ (published below)…
West for Wonder
Caroline Glen
Here, the plains, hammered flat grass,
hand over hand
to the horizon’s curved thread;
Its shrubs,
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Editor Colleen Parker
CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT
This ‘go to’ guide to successful writing was developed by members of the Fellowship of Australian Writers to guide writers through the maze of many genres.
Amateur writers will delight in this helpful information that will inspire,
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Winners of the 2014 FAW Hilarie Lindsay Young Writers Awards for POETRY were:
(No award given).
Lewis Orr for ‘Regret’.
Sakalaia Soakai for ‘Sounds in the Night’.
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The FAW Walter Stone Award 2014 for Life Writing was won by:
Julie Weatherburn for
Swimming Across Myself.
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