Bauhinia Literary Awards announced at The Gallery
Published on 01 August, 2008
The Bauhinia Literary Awards for 2008 were announced during a gathering of artists and writers at Emu Park's The Gallery, on Sunday July 27..
Award winners were from locations all over Australia.
The awards were announced by Paul Lancaster, representing major sponsor the CQUniversity Bookshop, alongside Idiom 23 Magazine Editor Dr Liz Huf.
Several entrants were present to receive high commendations.
John Millett of Southport, Queensland, won the Open Story Award while Roger Callen from the Glass House Mountains took Open Poetry Award.
Talented Clermont author Margaret Finger took the Regional Story first prize, and Suvi Mahonen from Olinda, Victoria, took Tertiary Student first prize.
The major Regional Poetry Award went to Jan Sullivan from Bundaberg, while CQU student from Whiteside, Queensland, Wendy Enchelmaier won the Tertiary Student Poetry Award.
Regional high commendations in story and poetry went to Veronika Zeil, Barbara Stackpoole, Claire Ryan, R.J. Anderson, Merridy Godwin, Pat Raynor, Lyn Oliver and Bruce Zimmer.
Glyni Cumming and Brian Kehoe address the exhibition crowd.
Thomas Moran of Adelaide successfully gained the Secondary Student Story prize, and Jack Burnham (Currimundi) took Secondary Student Poetry first prize, with Isabel Zeil-Rolfe of Rockhampton highly commended.
Primary School Story first prize went to Freya Surma-Litchfield of Perth.
Mr Lancaster congratulated Idiom 23 on its role in encouraging writers. He also congratulated the artists and writers on their 'collaboration' exhibition, which had been opened by popular young people's author Mark Svendsen.
Award judges Associate Professor Wally Woods, Anne Marie Dwyer, Dr Geoff Danaher and Louise Waller were also thanked, as were the many competition sponsors: CQUniversity, CQUniversity Bookshop, Regional Centre of the Arts (RCotA), Anderson Consulting Engineers, The Yellow Door Books & Music, The Criterion Hotel Motel, The Byte Centre, PRD Realty, Yeppoon, and Keppel Bay Marina (Waterline Cafe).
Liz Huf, Brian Kehoe and Bruce Wardell with a Dell Nash artwork.
Artists Jan Vercoe, Brian Kehoe, Dorothy Moffit and Bruce Wardell with a Vera Fennell artwork 
CQUniversity lecturer Lynda Hawryluk addresses the exhibition audience 
Author Mark Svendsen chats with Jean Renew at the exhibition