Short Story
First: She never Thought by Mandy Nichol (no photo available)
Second: Mind Games by Paula Wilson
Non-Fiction
First: Tomorrow too Soon by Karen Turner
Yes, she won two awards
Poetry
First: What you Tried to Tell Me by Lorraine McGuigan
Commended::
Birthdays (No photo available)
and
Babes in the War by Meryl Brown Tobin
Meryl & Gary
June Redmond for
Vegetable Growing The Easy
Way
The Award was won by Christobel Mattingley.
Estelle Pinney (Patron of SWWQ) and Christobel Mattingley
2010 Margaret Hazzard Short Story Award
The Trophy |
Judged by Hazel Edwards |
Congratulations to the winners and a sincere thank you to Hazel
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First Prize and Trophy A Temporary Oasis by Lindy Holmes
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Judge's Comments Well chosen title for the realistic characterisation of worker Dave and also Donna, the temporary cook, at an outback resort. Explores the themes of reality versus fake and evokes the setting of the resort and the bush. Well observed, with a credible twist.
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| Picture to come | Second Prize
Thorns by Mandy Nicol |
A short, short, short story, which says much in the sub-text of relationships. Wry humour of a sustained viewpoint of the family member , dealing with the absent adult child and the mother’s birthday disappointment. |
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Dulcie Stone |
Third Prize
Not In Our Street by Dulcie Stone |
Apt title. Many clichés, but they are presented through the viewpoint of the narrator. Deals with the difficult subject of a mercy killing, but with compassionate telling, by the writer, not the narrator.
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