Writers Voice September 2011 - Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW

Literary Achievements
Macarthur faw
Bernard Smith had a short story titled ‘The Lights of
Home’ short listed for publication in the journal Southerly.
Robert Bee won 1st Prize for May in­house competition
with a 10­minute play titled ‘The Zephyr Comes Home’.
Margot Shugg had a collection of 8 short stories accepted
for publication by Ginninderra Press in South Australia.
Manly & peninsula faw
Zena Shapter:
1st prize in the 2011 Oberon Writers’ Competition;
short story, ‘Breakthrough’, published in Stringybark
Publishing’s 2011 short story anthology ‘A Visit From The
Duchess’;
short story, ‘Trigger’, published in the Canberra
Speculative Fiction Guild’s 2011 short story anthology
‘Winds of Change’.
north arM cove faw
In August Bob Bush ‘performed’ a selection of his bush
poems at Maitland Vietnam Vets 45th anniversary of the
Battle of Long Tan. He was also a guest at Belmont and
Wallsend View Clubs.
north shore [FAWNS]
Richard Brookton’s short story ‘The Same Men’ was
commended in the FAW Queensland’s Lovers of Good
Writing Competition 2011. His children’s short story
‘Nanna Knows’ won first prize in the Charlotte Duncan
Award for 2011.
Dorothy Walker’s tanka prose ‘The Dresden Lady’ is to
be published in Take Five produced in the USA. She has
had a tanka accepted in Eucalypt as well as one tanka
prose and a tanka accepted for Kokako magazine in NZ.
Jan Foster has had work accepted in Take Five.
Valwyn Edwards Wishart’s tanka ‘Lamentation 2’ and
her mini memoir ‘Joan Sutherland’ appeared in the
April issue of Positive Words. Her letter was featured in
Shine Magazine’s winter edition 2011 for the Anglican
retirement Villages NSW. Her work ‘Modernising a
Favourite Fairy Tale’ appeared in The Chronicle, May 2011
edition, Pitt Street Sydney, Uniting Church.
Lois Holland: two tanka published in Kokako magazine.
Keitha Keyes: two tanka published in Take Five, two
tanka in Simply Haiku, one tanka in Moonbathing Issue 4,
three tanka in the ‘Spirit of Place’ anthology, and one
poem shortlisted in Gum Blossoms.
Marilyn Humbert: one tanka published in Moonbathing
Issue 4, two tanka in the ‘Spirit of Place’ anthology, as well
as two tanka and one tanka prose in Atlas Poetica #9.
shoalhaven faw
Irene Wilkie won first prize and a statuette for her poem
‘Living Sculpture’ in the Henry Lawson Festival free verse
section.
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sutherland shire faw
Edith Cruikshank and Heather Campbell each had a
poem on Sex, Politics and Religion published in the May
issue of FreeXpresSion.
Gwen Willats had two poems published in the May issue
of FreeXpresSion, one on Sex, Religion and Politics, the
other ‘The Look of Love’.
Gwen & Edith also joined the U3A group called Magic of
Poetry, conducted a meeting and presented five poems
each to the meeting.
Frank McGuire had pieces accepted by Positive Words.
One was two lines long!
Helen Armstrong’s story ‘Bargain Bizarre’ was published
in a previous issue of 21D.
wollondilly faw
Richard James Bell, Wollondilly Branch’s Asst Treasurer,
gifted poet and photographer has achieved much since
joining the group. Richard describes real life situations in
poetic metaphors and his work has been accepted for a
project involving eight local councils where his poetry will
be displayed as public artwork, in the form of sheet metal
fabrication. The project is also partnered with Regional
Arts New South Wales and STARTs, (Southern Tableland
Arts). This also involved a public poetry reading of his
poetry, his first public reading.
wyonG writers
Robyn Elliott: an article published in the Southern
Highland News during July.
For our Perpetual Trophy In House Award for Poetry,
the winner was Mavis Gunter for ‘Busy Corner’, Highly
Commended was Margaret Young for ‘Munmorah
Moonlight’ and Commended was Elizabeth McVie for
‘Sunshine’. The Perpetual Trophy Award alternates
six­monthly with poetry or prose being the criteria for
submissions. o
FeLLoWSHiP
Irecently bought three books selected from the
“FAW Members’ Bookshelf”. I was delighted with the
quality of the works and wondered how many readers
of Writers Voice take advantage of these book offers.
From my experience, not many. I’ve had two of my
novels on the “bookshelf” page, resulting in zero sales.
“Sour grapes” you may say. You may be right, but I
don’t think so.
The authors, whose works are displayed on this page,
have spent a long time, a lot of effort, many frustrations
and often quite a bit of money in order to produce
their books. They are like us – members of the FAW
(fellowship).
The next time aunty Mabel’s birthday comes
around, and she is an avid reader, give her a book –
but not from the local book store – go and look on the
“Bookshelf”. If you ask nicely the author may even sign
the copy and aunty Mabel will be thrilled.
Johan Luidens (Central Coast Branch)
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