Barbara Gurney







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December 2022

The Society of Women Writers Tasmania’s Robyn Mathieson Poetry Prize 2022


Thrilled to receive 3rd place for Doves - a poem about wanting to o achieve peace


Then, in the same competition received ‘Recommended’ for Feathering

 - a three line poem reflecting calm 

I work on the theory, you have to submit to achieve success. Here's some that caught the judges eye.

Awards and Inclusions

2010 04 Charlotte Duncan Award Jake's New Friend – C Shortlisted

2011 10 Scribblegum - Gum Leaves Competition Shadows of Remembered Dancing Highly Commended

2012 Golden Wattle Writing Comp - Honest People - Honourable Mention

2012 Yarram Community Learning Centre Annual Literary Competition 2012 - Purple - FIRST

2012 Minlaton Show - Wide Brown Land - FIRST

2012 Stringybark Flash and Microfiction Awards - To Fill the Heart - Highly Recommended - top 5% of 345

2013 Raspberry & Vine Short Story Competition - By Darkened Shore - Shortlisted

2013 City of Gosnells A Moment in Time Photographic Competition - The Miscarriage - Poem - Highly Commended

2014 Yarram Community Learning Centre Annual Literary Competition - Poetry - Old Enough for War – Highly Commended

2015 Geelong Writers Flash Fiction Writing Competition - The Colour of Courage - Anthology inclusion

2016 08 In My View Autumn - Pain - Story published in photographic book

2016 08 Serenity Press - Ribbons of Love - Publication in anthology - 2017 - also published as a novelette

2017 10 The Port Stephens Literature Awards 2017 - A Farthing Will Do -Commended

2017 10 In My View - Speck - Story published in photographic book

2017 11 The Student Wordsmith - Daggers of Language - Poetry -  SHORTLISTED On line

2018 10 In My View - After the Film - Poem published in photographic book

2018 10 FAWQ - Honest People - Highly Commended

2018 10 FAWQ - Windowsill - Commended

2019 10 In My View - Looking for My Sunshine - Story published in photographic book

2020 10 Poetica Christi Press - Sand Between My Toes - Included in anthology

2020 10 In My View - A Pair of Monkeys - Story published in photographic book

2021 07 AudioA - Mumma’s Dying - One of 10 in publication

2021 12 WriteTime - Time Pays No Heed - Anthology inclusion