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The Winners

Thank you to everyone who entered the Australian Unity Bryan Kelleher Literary Award.

The response to our competition was outstanding with 334 entries received. The judges have read all the submissions and were very impressed by the standard of poems.

To read the winning poems, simply click on the poem name below.

	Winner's Name	Poem Names
First Prize	Ed Walker	Birth of Our Spirit
Second Prize	David Campbell	The Ballad of Mulligan’s Pub
Third Prize	David Campbell	The End of Midnight
Highly Commended	George Fordham	Waltzing Matilda (my view of things)

In addition to these prizes, we have also awarded three Young Achiever awards.
The judges were particularly impressed by the poems entered by our young poets and these prizes are designed to encourage our young writers to continue to grow as bush poets.

Click below on the poem name to read their poems.

	Winner's Name	Poem Names
Young Achiever Award	Daniel Terrington	Gurragivs & the Greedy Croc of the Darling
Young Achiever Award	Grace Lund	A Heart of Gold
Young Achiever Award	Rupert Christie	Tom and the Mob

To read the judges report, please click here.

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