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2018 Winners

2018 competition winners

Results

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the Port Writers Inc 2018 Writing Competition

FICTION winner – TREASURE by Charlotte French, NSW
NON-FICTION winner – LIQUID GOLD by Vickie Walker, NSW
POETRY winner – SAFFRON by Melissa Harrison, WA

Second place
FICTION – LOVE IS A MANY TENTACLED THING by Alison Olsson, QLD
NON-FICTION – KEMPSEY UNDER WATER by Jeannie Bennett, NSW
POETRY – A POEM WITH LATE NIGHT WHISKEY ON AN ANNIVERSARY by Cameron Semmens, VIC

Third place
POETRY – HESITATION by Tee Linden, NSW

Highly Commended
FICTION – BECALMED by Madeleine Moore, VIC
MESSAGE TO THE MEDIA by Kerry Wehlburg, NSW
NON-FICTION – THE SILVER LINING by Kate Lumsdaine, NSE
THE MEANING OF GA by Cameron Semmens, VIC
POETRY – SOME BOOKS by Paulette Smythe, VIC
ANOTHER ROOM by Ion Corcos, NSW

Commended
FICTION – WARNING AT SEA by Tom Penrose, NSW
THE YELLOW RABBIT by Brook Tayla, VIC
AARDVARK WHISPERER  by Frank Urban, NSW
IN A STORM by Mark MacNamara, NSW
POETRY – LISTEN by Tee Linden, NSW

And a big ‘Thank you’ to our Judges
FICTION – Jacqui Winn
NON-FICTION – Sandy Mackenzie
POETRY – Gill Goater