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:: Poetry Competition Winners!

The winners of The Adam Lindsay Gordon Poetry Competition held in June 2008 are:

Open Section Winner Glenny Palmer for Kindred Spirits
Second Stefan Nicholson for Rise Swiftly Up.

Student Section Winner Sondra Solomon for Foreign Shores
Second Elwin Hu for The Barrier of Life.

Kindred Spirits

Away! Away! the venturer is forging through the throng;
beware the passion looming, set no foot or hoof a-wrong,
for man nor beast will conquer haunted genius in flight
as onward, on to victory, emblazoned ere the night
awaits, with hushed foreboding of discordant symphony
from Mistress Melancholia beguiling sanity.

Escape! Escape the madness coursing through the master-mind,
and flee to scale the arch-ed limbs of Wattle there inclined,
and rest...oh rest the torment, with the pen and pipe alight,
in wanton wonder weave your whimsied words with wan delight;
there craft for me your rhapsody in posthumous decree,
and shed for me compassion’s tear for common agony.

Begone! Begone vile spectres, sail the blessed dawning light
that ushers fond deliverance from demons of the night,
and stroll with me in empathy through lyricism’s land,
and grant to me a moment’s comprehension of the hand
and heart and soul you offered us; forgive our faculty
embezzling all discernment of your solemn legacy.

Redemption! Oh Redemption, sweet the kiss upon my brow,
I kneel in supplication at the sight before me now;
the battered bluestone pillar guarding history’s bequest,
the infant’s clay and thine entwined, eternally at rest.
This earth-bound kindred spirit bids, beholden, your release,
now ride your foaming thoroughbreds of Brighton, back to peace.

Poetry Competition 2008

Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Award

in conjunction with

The Fellowship of Australian Writers (Vic) Inc.

For entry by an Australian poet for a poem that relates to the life of the Australian poet Adam Lindsay Gordon. There is no word limit. One copy of each poem is required. Poem should be typed with single spacing. More than one entry per author may be submitted but only one prize will be issued per author.

PART A - Open Professional Section - eligible to poets 17 years and above Sponsored by Susan Pender, First Prize a cold cast bronze statue of an Arabian horse. Second Prize: A copy of "Gordon of Dingley Dell, Poet and Horseman" by Lorraine Day, kindly provided by the author Lorraine Day.

PART B - Open Section for unpublished poets aged 17 years and above Sponsored by Dingley Dell Cottage and Museum, First Prize $300. Second Prize: A copy of "Gordon of Dingley Dell, Poet and Horseman" by Lorraine Day, kindly provided by the author Lorraine Day.

PART C - Student Section for students aged 12 - 16 years inclusive. Sponsored by The Adam Lindsay Gordon Commemorative Committee Inc. Prize $200 . Second Prize: A copy of "Gordon of Dingley Dell, Poet and Horseman" by Lorraine Day, kindly provided by the author Lorraine Day.

Entries open: 1 September 2008
Entries close: 30 November 2008.

Please direct all enquiries/correspondence to: awards@writers.asn.au
OR:
Awards Coordinator,
FAW 2008 National Literary Awards
PO Box 973
ELTHAM VIC 3095

An entry form can also be downloaded on www.writers.asn.au

General Conditions of Entry

All entries for 2008 must comply with these conditions, which supersede those of previous years. Entries that breach these conditions, or the specific conditions for each category, will be disqualified.

1. All entrants must be bona fide residents of Australia and its territories.

2. Entries and payments must be received by 30/11/07. Entry fees will not be refunded under any circumstances.

3. Entries in the Manuscript Awards (Part 2) and Young Writers’ Awards (Part 3) must be TYPED WITH 1.5 SPACING BETWEEN LINES (with the exception of poetry, which should be single-spaced) and should not have been published, or won a first prize in another competition, prior to being entered in the 2008 National Literary Awards. They should also not have received a publishing offer or contract.

4. Entries in the Manuscript Awards (Part 2) and Young Writers’ Awards (Part 3) must only carry the author’s name on the cover sheet and entry form.

5. ENTRIES WILL NOT BE RETURNED. Manuscript entries and entry forms, where not selected for inclusion in the anthology, will be destroyed after judging.

6. No GST is payable on entry fees. If you require a tax invoice, please request this prior to 30/11/07.

7. Entries in the 2008 National Literary Awards may be entered in other literary competitions simultaneously; however, if a submitted entry achieves a FIRST PRIZE in another competition prior to 30/11/07, you must advise the Awards Coordinator immediately so that the entry can be withdrawn from the Awards.

8. If an entry submitted to the Manuscript Awards (Part 2) or Young Writers’ Awards (Part 3) is ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION prior to 30/11/07, you must advise the Awards Coordinator immediately.

9. All winners will be notified in writing by 28 FEBRUARY 2008. Results will be announced in March 2008 and will be published in FAW’s magazine, The Australian Writer. Results will be posted automatically to winners. Should you wish to receive a copy of the results when they are printed, please enclose a SSAE marked ‘For Results’ with your entry.

10. All decisions will be final. An award will not be conferred if there are insufficient entries in a particular category, or if none of the entries are deemed by the judges to be of sufficient standard.

11. Winners will be announced at a Presentation Ceremony to be held in Melbourne in March 2008. Details of the date and venue will be announced in a future issue of The Australian Writer.

"When once the itch of literature comes over a person,
nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen." Samuel Lover (1797-1868)