Winners of the Joe O'Sullivan Writers Prize 2008

First Prize    

Won jointly by

Georgia Richter

for 'A Drink at the Retro'

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and

Lynn Gumb

for 'Jacket Women'

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Joyce Parkes Writers Prize

Won by

Barbara Ascoli from ACT

for

 'Ancestral Soup'

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Congratulations to the winner and, indeed, to all the entrants for raising the bar in this year's competition. 

The Joyce Parkes Writers Prize is sponsored by the Australian Irish Heritage Association, which is based in Subiaco , Western Australia . Joyce Parkes is the patron of this prize, which is aimed at promoting and encouraging women as writers in Australia .

Joyce Parkes is a well known poet, living in WA. She has published poetry in the following; Canberra Times, ACT; Lip-Service, WA; Breakaway, WA; Artlook, WA; POETRY Australia, NSW; Fling!, Vic.; The Weekend Australian, NSW; Overland, Vic; Sepia, England; Walker on the Top Rail, WA; Westerly, WA; Patterns, WA; Fremantle Arts Review, WA; Wordhord, WA; Celebrations, WA; The Road of Poems and Borders, Finland; (M)other Tongues, Canada; The Sydney Morning Herald, NSW; The Phoenix Review, ACT; The Midland Reporter, WA; Social Images, ACT; Stet, SA; Pen International, England; Kalla Yeedip Arts, WA; The Western Review, WA; The Western Word, WA; The New England Review, NSW; PEN-Perth, WA; It's a Woman's World, PEN Germany; Thylazine's Poets for Peace Project, N.T.; Alison Croggon's Poets Against War; WA; m-a-g/, USA; The Journal, of the Australian Irish Heritage Association, WA.

First Prize is $200.00. This prize is run annually, and is open to all female writers in Australia .

Further details regarding entry rules and topics may be found at the AIHA website; www.irishheritage.net

The Australian Irish Heritage Association would like to congratulate all entrants.