Another successful CJ Dennis Literary Awards event saw 644 excellent entries from schools throughout South Australia.
Posters from local primary schools were on display carrying the theme of “One World, One Dream”, with the winner of the poster competition being Ashley Allen (year 6) Riverton Primary School. Ashley’s poster was used to promote the awards.
The prize ceremony was held in Auburn on Sunday (CJ Dennis’ birthday) and began with a five-minute video of Max Fatchen speaking to the audience.
The tape was made the previous week when awards coordinator Peter Lane visited him at his home where he signed 41 certificates for the winners.
Max Fatchen Literary Awards judge Dr Carl Belle said entires this year were of a particularly high quality in all divisions, and judging had not been easy.
“The secondary entries included some of the finest poems I have ever received, and both the winning entries in this category are of exceptional standard,” Dr Belle said.
He again congratulated Watervale Primary, Grange School and Magill Junior Primary on the consistently high quality of their entries.
The judges for the CJ Dennis Literary Awards this year were poet Jude Aquilina (for poetry) and author David Mercer (for short stories).
“The sponsors again this year have been very supportive as over the past few years and I would like to acknowledge their continued support because without it we could not run the literary awards at all,” Mr Lane said.
“The sponsors are Taylors Wines, Mount Horrocks Wines and Grosset Wines, all local industries in and around the township of Auburn.”
CJ Dennis Literary Awards:
Poetry: 1st “The Earth seen from Space” by Horst Kornberger from Western Australia; High Commendation: “A contact for Astro Man” by Frank Prem from Victoria; Commendation: “Ode to Archie Roach” by Annie Otness from Western Australia; “On Peace” by Janeen Samuel from Victoria.
Short Story: 1st “Playing the Stringless Guitar” by Michael Hunt from New South Wales; High Commendation: “One World, One Dream” by Kristen Martin from South Australia; “The Gruelling Race” by Rachel Hodson from South Australia.
Open Secton
Poetry: “Bath Night” by Daphne Hargreaves from the Australian Capital Territory; High Commendation: “Passed Away” by Murray Alfredson from South Australia; “Tis a Small Country Town” by Nigel Ford from South Australia; Commendation: “Dusk at Lake Tuggeranong” by Daphne Hargreaves from the Australian Capital Territory; “There Comes a Night” by David Campbell from Victoria; “6am, Fog, Sydney, Early Winter” by John Egan from New South Wales.
Short Story: 1st “The Venus Diaries” by Jacqueline Winn from New South Wales; High Commendation: “Maddie’s Choice” by Jacqueline Winn from New South Wales; “Lost and Found” by Peter Watts from Western Australia; “Ashamed” by Carmel Lillis from Victoria; “The Phone Call” by Gabrielle Bridges from Victoria.
Max Fatchen Literary Awards
Reception - Yr 2: 1st Chantelle Licitar-Steele (Watervale Primary School) “I wonder”; 2nd Indianna Krieg (Magill Junior Primary) “One World”; high commendation - Bill Smith (Watervale PS) “I am Just a Whale”, Nicholas Tse (Magill JPS) “One world”; commendation - Liam Hayes (Watervale PS) “My Secret Place” Carly Neill (Farrell Flat PS) “My Rainbow World”, Codie Pengilly (Farrell Flat PS) “The Whole World in Our Hands”, Sofia Zito (St Joseph’s Payneham) “One World, One Dream, One Nature”, Riley Seneca (St Joseph’s School, Clare) “Beijing Olympic Games Acrostic Poem”, Loren Sehic (Hallett Cove School) “Caring”, Layla Foster (Hallett Cove School) “Rainbow”.
Years 3-6: 1st Shannon Robinson (Watervale PS) “Stop Fighting”, Equal 2nd James Blackshaw (Grange Schools) “Peace’s meaning”, Maddie Stevens (Watervale PS) “My Dream”; high commendation, Sophie Healy (Watervale PS) “United”, Kate Westland (Pulteney Grammar) “One World, One Dream”; commendation, George Patrikis (Pulteney Grammar) “One World, One Dream”, Lucinda Silvestri (Wilderness School), “One World, One Dream”, Clea Morris Tester (Wilderness School) “Olympic Games”, Matthew Hayden (Col Light Gardens PS) “One World, One Dream”, Jim Kelly-Doherty (Hallett Cove School) “Caring”, Cameron Forsyth (Pembroke Junior School) “One World, One Dream”.
Years 6-7: 1st Hajar Idris (Islamic College of SA) “A Call for Peace”, 2nd Bryce Mill (Watervale PS) “Once It Was”; high commendations, Amina Idris (Islamic College of SA) “Peace”, Jayden Pena (Grange School) “One World, One Race”, Adan Richards (Watervale PS) “Death”; commendations, Matthew Durflinger (Grange School) “Someday”, Leela Balin (Hallett Cover School) “One Dream”, Bradley Hallion (Riverton PS) “Respect is Blue”, Nichole Kopp (Spalding PS) “Once ...”, Megan Busch (Saddleworth PS) “My Story”, Lucy Hill (Farrell Flat PS) “One World, One Dream”, Olivia May (Fulham North PS) “A Perfect World”.
Years 8-12: 1st Selina Akhtar (Australian Science and Mathematics School) “Borrowed Breath”, 2nd Rebecca Read (Clare HS) “The Stalker”; high commendation, Alice Du (Annesley College) “It Only Takes 1”, Bek Albrech (Australian Science and Mathematics School) “Journey of Life”; commendations, Julia Lillywhite (Australian Science and Mathematics School) “Modernity”, Kahli Griffin (Clare HS) “You, my dear”, Adam Fitzgerald (Clare HS) “The Glory Days”.
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