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Henry Lawson Heritage • Up to ten finalists may be chosen from the recorded entries –
poetry sections*
shortlisted entries will be notified ASAP
Festival – Literary Awards • Final judging, by means of live performance, will take place be-
fore a panel of judges on Saturday 6th June 2020 at the Prince
Henry Lawson Heritage Festival & Leonard Teale Memorial Perfor- of Wales Opera House, Mayne St, Gulgong, as part of the Annual
mance Poetry Competition 2020 Literary Awards, and a feature of the Gulgong Henry Lawson Her-
The 2020 Henry Lawson Heritage Festival will be held on the long itage Festival, held over Friday 5th to Monday 8th June 2020.
weekend 6th to 8th June 2020. • No microphones are to be used in the finals of this competition
Leonard Teale Performance Poetry and written sections awards – the venue is famous for its acoustic quality
presentations will be held on Saturday afternoon in the Gulgong • Finalists are urged to book accommodation as soon as possi-
Opera House ble to avoid disappointment as the Henry Lawson Festival is ex-
Verse Category tremely popular.
Open Written Poetry $500 1st Prize each x 2 – Humorous and Tra- • Finalists must be present, and perform, to be considered for
ditional the award. Poems must be memorised for the finals, not read.
Emerging Written Poetry $200 1st prize Memorisation will be part of the judging criteria.
Leonard Teale Performance Poetry $500 1st Prize each x 2 – Hu- • Poetry entries may be photocopied.
morous and Traditional • The decision of the judge/judges will be final and no corre-
Emerging Performance Poetry $200 1st prize spondence will be entered into.
• Please include business size SSAE if a copy of the results is re-
In 2020 a new prize structure will be introduced: quired.
Champion Open Written Poetry 1st prize $500 + “Henry Lawson” • Please make cheques/money orders payable to Henry Lawson
Statuette valued at $200 Society of NSW Inc.
Champion Open Performance Poetry 1st prize $500 + “Henry Law- • Post Entries to Henry Lawson Literary Awards 2020 PO Box 235,
son” Statuette valued at $200 Gulgong NSW 2852
Champion Emerging Poetry 1st prize $200 + “Loaded Dog” Statu- • For more information contact Literacy Awards Co-ordinator
ette valued at $200 Alan Walker
Prose Category Email: henrylawsongulgong@yahoo.com.au or alwalker@winsoft.
Open Written Prose $500 1st Prize each x 2 – Humorous and Traditional net.au
Emerging Written Prose $200 1st prize Bank Details for direct payments
Champion Open Written Prose 1st prize $500 + “Henry Lawson” Henry Lawson Society of NSW Inc No 1 A/c
Statuette valued at $200 Commonwealth Bank Gulgong BSB 062549 A/c No 00900785
Champion Emerging Prose 1st prize $200 + “Loaded Dog” Statuette ABN-32438301774
valued at $200
ENTRIES FORMS AVAILABLE on Facebook and http://www.hen-
rylawsongulgong.org.au/
CLOSING DATE April 10th 2020
General information about the Gulgong Henry Lawson Society can
be found on Facebook and http://www.henrylawsongulgong.org.au/
Conditions of Entry:
• Entries close 10th April 2020 and should be mailed to Literary
Awards, Henry Lawson Society of NSW Inc.,
PO Box 235, Gulgong NSW 2852. No entries postmarked after
this date will be accepted.
• A completed entry form and entry fee must accompany each
entry. Multiple entries may be listed on the entry form. Bronze Spur AwArd 2020
• Entry fee of $10 per entry or date of payment must accompany
entry form. Original Written Bush Verse
• Performance Poetry entries should be on an audio cassette,
compact disc (CD), or USB stick, entrants shall clearly record 1st Bronze Spur trophy + $350
a spoken poem, in bush ballad (rhyming) format, by any poet. 2nd - $200
The performance time must not exceed 8 minutes, including an 3rd - $100
introduction. * Entries may be made in either or both sections:
Humorous Traditional The Drovers Camp Assn Inc
• The name of the poet for each entry must be on the entry form, Droving Heritage Centre
but if the poem is the poets own work, their name must not be
on the CD etc. PO Box 21
• Two copies of the poem, on one side of A4 paper, is to be in- Camooweal Qld 4828
cluded with the recording. All contestants who are performing Enquiries:
other than their own work are required to satisfy copyright PH - (07) 47482022 or 0427 127 864
requirements and may be required by the Society to provide info@droverscamp.com.au
evidence of same – details of the original author or evidence of
author’s permission. www.droverscamp.com.au
• A maximum of three (3) entries can be entered in written sections* Closing date: 17th July 2020.
• A maximum of two (2) entries can be entered in performance

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