Port Stephens Literature Award 2006

Adult Section

            1st                            Lynne Dale (Vic)                                        ‘I Remember Pineapples’

            2nd                          Deborah John (NSW)                                 ‘A Fat Fisherman in Flippers’

            3rd                          Ross Duffy (SA)                                          ‘Unholy Deadlock’

Most Highly Commended (in order)

                                        James Tinlin (NSW)                                      ‘George’s Day Off’

                                        Lynne Dale (Vic)                                           ‘It’s Time to Go’

                                        Jim Murphy (Vic)                                           ‘A Man of Precision’

                                        James Kent (Vic)                                           ‘Mary Wanna’

Highly Commended (in order)

                                        Geoff Brown (NSW)                                      ‘Angela’

                                        Meredith Young (NSW)                                 ‘Old. Lost.Young’

                                        Val Bartolo (Vic)                                             ‘Judge Me Not Too Harshly’

                                        Stella van Tongeren(Vic)                                 ‘A Cow of a Night’

                                        Keren Heenan (Vic)                                        ‘Up the Airy Mountain’

                                        Pat Patt (Vic)                                                  ‘The Way Out’

Commended (in order)

                                        Deborah Talbot (Vic)                                         ‘Cliché’

                                        Kay Readdy (Vic)                                              ‘Honey Isn’t Always Sweet’

                                       Cheryl Lupton (NSW)                                         ‘In the Company of Ted’

                                        M Ward (Vic)                                                    ‘Mermaid Singing’

                                        Stuart Burns (Vic)                                               ‘The Nymph in the Computer’

                                        Pat Johnson (Vic)                                               ‘The Luck of the Game’

Tanilba House Award

                                        Peter Lyons (SA)                                                ‘The Hamburger Cook’

Children’s Section

6 – 12                              1st                                  Mathew Baker             ‘Billy Learns to Fly’

                                       2nd                                 Amy Sciffer                  ‘Eisteddfod’

                                Commended                          Patrick Nadin               ‘Who ate the Moon’

13 – 16                          1st                                     Reid Butler                     ‘2030’

                                     2nd                                    Kelsey Horvath             ‘Dry Ice’

                                Commended                           Ben Latimore                  ‘Terror in the Loch Ness Pub’