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Over 400 Haiku from 64 poets were submitted for Riverbeats Live 09.
Entries were numbered and names of writers removed.

We are delighted to announce the following awards:
* “Best Three Haiku by one Writer”
Judged by NWG Inc editors Sue Crawford, Glenn Anderson

Joint 1st Place: Nathalie Buckland and Quendryth Young (Book awards)
Joint 2nd Place: John Bird and Margaret Louise Grace (Certificates)
Commended: Roberta Beary, Lorin Ford, Mark Miller
Also on the shortlist were: Brian Bell, Liz Rule

* “Haiku that best captures the Spirit of Riverbeats”
Judged by Riverbeats Musical Director, Dale Barlow:
Gayle Barbagallo ($100)

For more details please go to our Haiku news page
For winning Haiku go to our Haiku Ezine Page

GO TO OUR HOMEWORD 09 PAGE – FOR Details on OUR WRITERS’ FESTIVAL AT MERRYLANDS LIBRARY
MEET:
Guest writer: GEORGE BASHA – THE COMBINATION
Guest editor: FIONA WRIGHT – Giramondo Publishing
Plus
NWG Inc Anthology Launch
NWG Inc Illustrated Writing Display

Saturday 7th November
Merrylands Library
Cnr. Miller and Newman Streets
9:30 – 3:00 pm

More DETAILS

Hello to all our patient poets. Competition results are on their way soon!

Over 400 haiku from 64 poets were forwarded to Riverbeats directors. Once they’ve identified the haiku they want to use, they work with the musicians and visual technicians to produce an integrated performance. As soon as their list is finalised we’ll advise you.

Meanwhile congratulations to all entrants who have sent us a wonderful collection of the beautiful, the serious and the wry. We hope to create a special page in our ezine for some of your creations (with additional permission of course). More on that later.

sue crawford

Ms Julie Owens, Federal MP for Parramatta opened the ZW Launch on 26th September 09 at the Parramatta Heritage Centre with a vibrant commentary on the development of writing in the community. She drew an interesting parallel between debate on the community’s economic foundations and the value of solid foundations in the community for our writers and other artists. Programs such as ZineWest help new writers develop and enjoy their work, and can be a step on the path to greater success.

Our judge, Fiona Wright of Giramondo Publishing, warmly praised the collection by 33 writers and gave some interesting detail on her appreciation of the winning entries and commendations. She also answered some burning questions from guest editors Felicity Castagna and Lyn Leerson on what exactly are the failings of works that don’t ‘quite make the cut’ at Giramondo Publishing.

Fiona Wright announced the following results for ZW 09:

First: Glenn Anderson for his story “Moroney” (Cash Prize:$400)
Second: Peter Porteous for his poem “Confessional” (A year’s subscription to HEAT)
Third: Luke Rule for his story “The Insomniac Uprising” (Book from Giramondo Publishing)

Commendations:
Denise Patricia Aldridge for her poem “Sestina for my Grandmother”
Brian Yatman for his poem “Wrong Place”
George Toseski for his poem “Homes”
Diana Tjoeng for her story “From Different Lands”

Diana Tjoeng and George Toseski received the NWG Inc Editor’s award for their contribution to present and past ZW editions. Diana was given a copy of Award Winning Australian Writers 09 and George received David Malouf’s latest work “Ransom”.

The works by the three prize-winners will be posted on NWG Inc’s Ezine later this month.