The Canberra Times / Commonwealth Bank Young Writers' Competition
Subcategory of Awards — Australian Awards
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History

The Canberra Times / Commonwealth Bank Young Writers' Competition were for primary, secondary and college students in the Australian Capital Territory. The prize money totalled $1800. (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122379552)

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1995

winner (College Section for Prose) Partners Cathy Coote , 1995 single work short story
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 October 1995; (p. D8) The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 September 1995; (p. 10A) Women Love Sex 1996; (p. 330-335)
winner (College Section for Poetry) Cappuccino i "Virginal pallor", Fiona Brideoake , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 October 1995; (p. D8)
winner (Secondary Section for Prose) Seeing Everything Anita Kennedy , 1995 single work short story
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 October 1995; (p. D20)
winner (Secondary Seciton for Poetry) Gherkins i "Gherkins", Emma Beltrame , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 October 1995; (p. D20)

Year: 1994

winner (College Section for Poetry) The Garden of St Erth i "I REMEMBER", Toby Lendon , 1994 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 December 1994; (p. 12)
joint winner (Secondary Section for Prose) The Cricket Ball Paul Alaimo , Huy Ngo , 1994 single work short story humour
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 December 1994; (p. 12)
winner (College Section for Prose) Telephonitis: A Serious Hang-Up Suzanna Allison , 1994 single work short story
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 December 1994; (p. 12)

Year: 1993

winner (College Section for Poetry) The Love Song of the Disillusioned Housewife (with Apologies T.S. Eliot) i "Let us go then, you and I", Carrie Allan , 1993 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 September 1993; (p. 26)
winner (College Section for Prose) Climbing Fern Hill Carrie Allan , 1993 single work short story
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 September 1993; (p. 20)

Year: 1992

joint winner (College Section for Prose) Felix Verecund Philip Batterham , 1992 single work short story
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 November 1992; (p. C3)
joint winner (College Section for Prose) A Bar of Soap Carrie Allan , 1992 single work short story
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 November 1992; (p. C3)
winner (College Section for Poetry) My Heroine! i "I wish I were a pirate,", Delia Fetter , 1993 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 January 1993; (p. 14)
winner (Secondary Section for Prose) The Dark Light Felix White , 1993 single work short story
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 January 1993; (p. 14)

Year: 1991

joint winner (College Section for Prose) The Musicians Alice Cannon , 1991 single work short story satire
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 November 1991; (p. C5)
winner (College Section for Poetry) Eureapa and Dormeseus : A Myth i "Now Eros and Aphrodite had a child", Elizabeth Tennant , 1991 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 November 1991; (p. 27)
joint winner (College Section for Prose) Children and Other Persecuted Species Elizabeth Tennant , 1991 single work short story
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 November 1991; (p. C5)
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Works About this Award

Winners of Young Writers' Contest 1995 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 October 1995; (p. 4)
Young Writers Rewarded for Their Words 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 4 November 1994; (p. 5)
Gifted Young Writer Off to Cambridge Robert Hefner , 1992 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 June 1992; (p. 23)
College Student, 17, Seems Destined to be a Cover Girl Robert Hefner , 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 November 1991; (p. 5)
Young Writer's Competition [The Canberra Times, 14 October 1989] 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 October 1989; (p. B2)
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