Bauhinia Literary Awards announced on Sunday (August 12) included a special David Myers Memorial Award, won by Anne Marie Baartz of DumDum NSW, with her unique story 'The Ink Link'.

CQU commercial enterprises GM Paul Lancaster and Idiom 23 Literary Magazine editor Liz Huf announced the award winners during the Multicultural Fair and Open Day.

The late Professor David Myers AM

Sponsors had generously provided $2400 prize money which included the bookshop's $500 book voucher for the inaugural David Myers Award.

Vice-Chancellor John Rickard, in his earlier address, paid homage to Professor Myers' work as founding director of the CQU Press and initiator of Idiom 23 Literary Magazine, back in 1987 - 20 years ago.

Over 300 entries were received from throughout Australia.

First and second prizes in Open Story went to Nigel Turvey, Darwin, NT and David Campbell of Beaumaris, Victoria.

Outstanding young writer Mark Lord, of Rockhampton, won both Secondary Student story and poetry awards.

Regional writers were highly commended throughout the competition.

These writers included Isabel Hoch and Troy Holland, (Rockhampton) Lyn Oliver, (Yeppoon) Bronwyn Roper (Gladstone) R.J. Anderson (Tannum Sands) and Irene Wilkie (Bangalee), while Margaret Finger of Clermont took first prize in the regional story section, and Jan Sullivan of Bundaberg won regional poetry award and was highly commended in open story, open poetry, and regional story categories.

All winning entries will be published in this year's volume of Idiom 23, celebrating 20 years. The magazine will be sold at CQU Press, CQU Bookshop and The Yellow Door, Yeppoon. Volume 19 will be launched in November.

Dr Lorna McDonald, the late Professor David Myers and Dr Liz Huf at the launch of Sin, Sweat and Sorrow back in 1993.

To celebrate 20 years, Idiom 23 will also launch its new website this month - and looks forward to a stimulating workshop in Byfield Rainforest between September 7-9. A highlight of this weekend will be the Saturday workshop when local Capricorn Coast artists -  sculptors, textile workers, painters - will join potential authors in a special interaction between artistic writing and art objects. This will lead to an exhibition next year on the coast.

Details on the workshop are available by clicking here

BAUHINIA   ANNUAL  LITERARY  AWARDS

DAVID MYERS MEMORIAL AWARD

(in honour of our  founding director of Central Queensland University Press Professor David Myers  - who initiated the first publication of Idiom 23 (called Yapunya) in 1987, but who sadly died on March 2, this year.)

For A Unique Piece Of Writing  Chosen By Our Judges:

Mary Anne Baartz  for her story   "The Ink Link"          DumDum NSW  2484

(Mary Anne will receive a $500 book  voucher from  CQU Bookshop)

OPEN  STORY

FIRST:  Nigel Turvey - "Moogal"         Darwin NT 0801

SECOND: David Campbell - "A Meeting of Minds"    Beaumaris, Victoria 3193

HIGHLY COMMENDED:

Michael Hunt - "The Flickering"                       Lismore, NSW 2480

Jan Sullivan - "Under a Vine"               Bundaberg 4670

Tim DuPrie - " A Hint of Jasmine"                    Ipswich Qld 4101

Jason Cotter  "Elsewhere"  & "Bloodbirds"       Southbank, Victoria 3006

Stephen Kimber - "Capital Opera" ,4 Lebak Bulus, 12420, Jakarta, Indonesia 12720 M/C

Troy Holland - "Unoriginal"                              Nth Rockhampton Qld 4701

Helena Pastor - "Rubbing" & "Lady Godiva"                Armidale, NSW 2350

Margaret Dakin - "Black Dog"             Victoria Pt, Qld  4165

Maris Morton - "Pheasant with Truffles" & "Little Birds"          Uki, NSW  2484

COMMENDED:

Julie Humphreys - "Ms Prufrock"         Ascot, Qld 400

Lola Hill - "Some Enchanted Evening"  Sth Yarra  Victoria.3141

Sue Pearson - "Still Life"          Palm Beach, Qld 4221

Joel Glazebrook - "The Death of Socrates"      Toowong, Qld 4066

Peter Watts - "Crossroads"      Byford, WA 6122

Bronwyn Roper - " Songs of Birds and Unreliable Sources",     Gladstone 4680

Bill Reed - " Blind Freddie, Tether'd" and  "The Councillor's Inaugural Speech"

 Dandenong, Vic 3175

OPEN  POETRY

FIRST:

Nathan Curnow - "Slater Bug   Fremantle Lunatic Asylum"       Portland, Victoria.

HIGHLY COMMENDED:

Jan Sullivan - "Don't Tell Summer I Died"        Bundaberg

Jena Woodhouse  - "Isoptera"                          St Lucia, 4067

T.M.Collins,  -" Night to Day in my City"          Carindale, Q 4154

COMMENDED

Maris Morton  -  "Rain Event"              Uki, NSW 2484

John Egan  - "Disappearances"             Ashfield, NSW 2535

Mark Miller  - ‘Coastal Walk"              Shoalhaven Heads, NSW  2535

ENCOURAGEMENT  AWARDS:

Raymond Southall (NSW)  "The Leopard"

T.M.Collins (QLD) "Days and Counting"

Vivienne Glance (WA) "The Notes of the Cello"

Daphne Hargreaves (ACT) ‘Suite of Three House Poems"

Lyn Oliver  (Yeppoon), "Unrehearsed Theatricals" 

Shane McAuley (WA)  "Cityscape from a Roof Terrace"

REGIONAL   STORY

FIRST: Margaret Finger  "A Country Visit"       Clermont, Q  4721

HIGHLY  COMMENDED: 

Jan Sullivan  -  "Altitude":                                   Bundaberg 4670

COMMENDED:                                 

R.J.Anderson  - "Oh Fiona!"                            Tannum Sands, Q  4680

Isabel Hoch  - "Short Romances"                     Rockhampton Q 4700

REGIONAL   POETRY

FIRST: Jan Sullivan   - "Night Swimmer"  

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Irene Wilkie  - "Rescue"                                   Bangalee 2541.

COMMENDED:

Lyn Oliver  - "Unrehearsed Theatricals"            Yeppoon 4703

TERTIARY STUDENT STORY

FIRST: Jason Cotter  -  "Elsewhere"                 Southbank, Victoria 3006

HIGHLY COMMENDED:

 Jena Woodhouse - "Death by Water"  St Lucia 4067

TERTIARY STUDENT POETRY

FIRST:  Andrew Slattery - "Pamplona" Newcastle University, NSW 2308

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Andrew Slattery -  "The Music Line"

SECONDARY STUDENT STORY  

FIRST : Mark Lord - "Ultimate Predator"         North Rockhampton

HIGHLY COMMENDED:

 Sasha Dyer  - "Her Rain"                                 Paddington Q 4064

Jack Koci  - "Here's Johnny"                           Mareeba,  4880,

SECONDARY STUDENT POETRY:

FIRST: Mark Lord  -  "Lovers Leaving"           North Rockhampton

PRIMARY STUDENT STORY

FIRST: Jessica Anne McRae  - "The Magical Land of ivory"     Aroona 4559, Qld.

Idiom 23 acknowledges the excellent work done by our judging panel. All winning entries will be published in our current magazine, due by November 2007.

We wish to thank our generous sponsors  for donating $2400 prize money, this year.

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Idiom 23 Literary Magazine is  available at CQU Bookshop , CQU Press, East Street, Rockhampton, The Yellow Door Book Shop, Yeppoon.  All-winners published in Vol 19 November 2007.