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Home>Council Services>Arts & Culture>Brimbank Literary Festival 2009>Short Story & Poetry Awards 2009
Brimbank City Council continues to nurture emerging literary talent through the Brimbank Literary Festival, which incorporates the Short Story & Poetry Awards.
We are pleased to announce the winners of this year's Awards. The winning entries can be read by clicking on the links below.
If you wish to receive future Literary Festival brochures by post or email, please email huntclub@brimbank.vic.gov.au or call the Hunt Club Community Arts Centre on 9361 6600.
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| Image: Child Short Story Winner, Stacey Longo, with Short Story Judge Ilsa Evans
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| Winning Entries |
| Category |
Name of Winner |
Name of Entry |
Prize |
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| Adult Short Story |
Rachel Merrigan |
A Suburban Murder |
First |
| Adult Short Story |
Anamika Joijode |
Shuttle 273 |
Second |
| Adult Short Story |
Naomi Hanlon |
The Boy; The Woman |
Highly commended |
| Teenage Short Story |
Peranevi Thayaparan |
A Moment in Time |
First |
| Teenage Short Story |
Nhi Le |
Of Candy Tears and Gingerbread Hearts |
Second |
| Teenage Short Story |
Shahiru Fernando |
The Jungle |
Highly commended |
| Child Short Story |
Stacey Longo |
Learning to Trust Whitefellas |
First |
| Child Short Story |
Helen Nguyen |
Under Water Adventure |
Second |
| Child Short Story |
Saptarshi Barua |
The Girl at the Window |
Highly commended |
| English as Second Language (ESL) Short Story |
Thinh Tham Truong Le |
A Bird |
First |
| English as Second Language (ESL) Short Story |
Jay-R Relingado |
Mr Hobbes |
Second |
| English as Second Language (ESL) Short Story |
Yenni Nguy |
Family |
Highly commended |
| Adult Poetry |
Athina Singh |
Stolen Love |
First |
| Adult Poetry |
Frank Corso |
My Father's Wheelbarrow |
Second |
| Adult Poetry |
Loketi Latu |
I Wept |
Highly commended |
| Teenage Poetry |
Joanne Ha |
The Wooden Fence |
First |
| Teenage Poetry |
Gayle Kissonergis |
The Art of Painting |
Second |
| Teenage Poetry |
Steven Gorgowski |
A Weed |
Highly commended |
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| Ilsa Evans - Short Story Judge | | Ilsa Evans joined the Royal Australian Air Force at the age of seventeen and has spent the rest of her life in constant motion. While bringing up her children single-handedly, Ilsa completed an honours degree in Women's Studies, for which she won the Dissertation Prize, and rose to the rank of Sergeant in the Army Reserves. Ilsa lives in the Dandenongs in Melbourne with her family and is now a fulltime writer. She is the author of Spin Cycle, Drip Dry, Odd Socks, Each Way Bet, Flying the Coop and Broken.
Ilsa's newest book, The Family Tree, was released in February 2009.
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| Lia Hills - Poetry Judge | | Lia work has been published, performed, and translated both locally and internationally. Her prize winning poetry collection, The Possibility of Flight was released in late 2008, and a young adult novel, The Beginner’s Guide to Living, was recently published to glowing reviews. Lia is editor and co-initiator of the poetry section of Moving Galleries, a poetry/art project on Melbourne’s trains.
She lives in the hills outside Melbourne, with her husband and two young sons.
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