OPEN  STORY   

First  Prize -   $450  JOHN  MILLETT  "A Boy in the Torn Darkness"          (Southport, Qld) ..

Highly Commended

Ash Rehn  - "Flawless"                                                           (Newtown,  NSW)

Sue Pearson - "With Audie"                                                  (Currumbin, Qld)

Jeannette O'Shea - "Words"                                                  (Redbank Plains, Qld)

Helen Higgins - "Afternoon Tea at The Lodge"                    (Thirroul,  NSW)

Alison Worrad -"Murphy's Law and a Fist full of Pigface   (NSW)

Shaneen Levy- " I Told You I  Was Trouble"                        (Buderim, Qld)

Helen Newman - "A Road Well Travelled"                          (Innisfail, Qld)

Commended

Jane Downing - "Adamant"                                                   (Albury, NSW)

Vivienne Brookes - "Optus Calling"                                      (Caboolture, Qld)

Monica Carroll - "Crossing out the Laws"                             (ACT)

Jennifer Hetherington - "Pink Lady"                                     (ACT)

Susan Skowronski - "Droving"                                              (Toowoomba Qld)                             

Regional  Story

First Prize - $300 - Margaret Finger - story "Glass Houses" (Clermont, Qld)

Highly Commended

Margaret Finger,  " What Price Freedom"                  (Clermont)

Claire Ryan, "Transitions with Warrior Guides"        (Emu Park)

Milton Evans,  " The River"                                       (Mackay)

Barbara Stackpoole , "The Message"                          (Rockhampton)

Veronika Zeil,   "The Tin Opener"                              (Rockhampton)

Commended

Merridy Godwin, "An extraordinary life"                  (Rockhampton)

L.L.Hill,   "The Big Discovery"                                  (Innes Park, Nth)

Tertiary Student Story

First Prize  Suvi Mahonen : - "How do I call the Ambulance?" (Olinda, Victoria)

Highly Commended

Julie Wilcox - "The Con Artist"                                 (Elsternwick, Vic)

Jena Woodhouse - "Fool's Gold"                              (Brisbane  Qld)

Commended

Elizabeth Cripps - "Granny Maye Seizes the Day"   (Dalby Qld)

Angela Meyer - "Be My Wife"                                  (Melbourne Vic)

Suvi Mahonen - " Away from the Crowd"                (Olinda, Vic)

Open Poetry

First Prize  - $350 -   Roger Callen  "Delving Furrows Deep"(Glass House Mts)

Highly Commended

Andrew Slattery -  "Triptych"                                                (Caves Beach, NSW)

Kevin Gillam  - "From Here"                                      (Leederville, W.A.)

David Stavanger  - " Old Poet to Young Poet"         (Nundah,  Qld)

Commended

Alana Kelsall - "Blue Fish"                                        (PascoeVale, Vic)

Andrew Slattery - "The Archaeologist"                     (Caves Beach, NSW)

Kathleen Bleakley - "Waterspray"                             (Dickson,  ACT)

Regional Poetry

First Prize -$100 - Jan Sullivan - "I Paddle"         (Bundaberg Qld)

Highly Commended

Jan Sullivan -  "Number 9"                                         (Bundaberg Qld)

Bruce Zimmer -  "Sudden End"                                 (Yeppoon  Qld)

Patricia Raynor - "Being at Byfield"                         (Yeppoon  Qld)

Commended

Lyn Oliver - "Thompson's Point"                              (Bangalee  Qld)

Jan Sullivan "Night Whispers"                                   (Bundaberg, Qld)

R.J.Anderson - "Monto Montage"                             (Tannum Sands Qld)

Tertiary Student Poetry 

First Prize -$80 -Wendy Enchelmaier "Muses on Muses"(Whiteside, Qld)

Highly Commended

Jena Woodhouse - "Mangrove Bittern"                     (Brisbane, Qld)

Ashley Capes - "April Fifth"                                     (Newborough, Vic)

Wendy Enchelmaier - "Fi-sh!-ing"                             (Whiteside, Qld)

Secondary Student Story

First Prize - $200 - Thomas Moran  "Winds Light to Variable"  (Adelaide,  S.A.)

Highly Commended

Rosemary Bornstein - "Falling Hard"                        (Grass tree Beach, Qld)

Jack Burnham  -  "The Black Dog Blues"                  (Currimundi, Qld)

Jack Burnham  - "Everybody's Life is a Hero's Journey"      (Currimundi, Qld)

Secondary Student Poetry

First Prize - $70 -  Jack Burnham "Elegy"            (Currimundi, Qld)

Highly Commended

Jack Burnham - "Seasons"                                         (Currimundi, Qld)

Isabel Zeil-Rolfe - "Blissful Happiness"                    (Rockhampton Qld)

Primary School Story   FIRST PRIZE $100

First Prize -  Freya Surma-Litchfield, "The Purple Keyboard"  (Perth, WA)

Highly Commended

Caroline McAllister - "Clouds over Emerald Green Water"        (Springfield Lakes, Qld)

Eve Gowan - "The Locket's Decision"                                       (Tasmania)

Primary School Poetry 

TWO SPECIAL PRIZES. $50  EACH

Primary School Poetry Special Prize

Emma Randall  -  "Where's My Shoe, Woombaloo?"  (Toowoomba, Qld)

Primary School Poetry Special Prize

 Aisling Miller  -    "One Hot Dark Night"      (Dutton Park, Qld)