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Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2015

winner y separately published work icon The Billy That Died With Its Boots On and Other Australian Verse Stephen Whiteside , Newtown : Walker Books Australia , 2014 7476002 2014 selected work poetry children's

'With galloping rhythm and snappy rhyme, Stephen Whiteside's read-aloud poems portray the Australian outdoors, sporting life and animals, as well as the domestic world of the average Aussie kid - with the odd dinosaur and Martian thrown in for good measure. Includes "The Sash", winner of the Golden Gumleaf (Children's Poem of the Year), Australian Bush Laureate Awards, 2013.' (Publication summary)

Year: 2014

winner y separately published work icon Riders on the Wind David Campbell , Beaumaris : David Campbell , 2013 Z1925533 2013 selected work poetry

Year: 2013

winner y separately published work icon Around the Campfire with Terry Piggott : Australian Bush Poetry Terry Piggott , EJ's Book Shop , 2012 8415352 2012 selected work poetry

Year: 2012

winner y separately published work icon Aussie Verse : Make It What You Want!. Noel Stallard , Arana Hills : Heritage Poetry , 2012 8415271 2012 selected work poetry

Year: 2011

winner y separately published work icon A Whole Lotta Muz : The Rhyming Yarns and Abstract Thoughts of a Good Bloke Murray Hartin , Surry Hills : Messenger Publishing , 2010 Z1753599 2010 selected work poetry prose
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