Gippsland Writer’s Network - Archival documents
Records of past competition winners and other past event information, plus documents from prior AGMs can be accessed on this page
Past and Present Competition Winners
GWN Summer ‘Storm’ Writing Competition Results - 2024-2025
The results were:
1st Place - Gayle Beveridge with “Bottled Water and Chocolate Bars”
2nd Place - Mary-Jane Gibson with “Storm’s Life and Death”
3rd Place - Oona McManus with “Drang”
Gippsland Writers Award - Jonathan Williams with “Settle”
Author’s bios can be found here
GWN Summer ‘Home’ Writing Competition Results - May 2023
The results were:
1st Place - Gayle Beveridge with “Children in the House”
2nd Place - Pi James with “Self Care”
3rd Place - Arianwyn with “Peace”
Highly Commended - Michael Batchelor with “Finding Home”
Highly Commended - Sarah Fallon with “You Can’t Go Home”
A full write up with judges comments and author bios can be found here
GWN Summer ‘Heat’ Writing Competition Results - April 2022
The results were:
Story section:
Winner - Rob Johnson with “Evaporate”
Highly Commended - Belinda Oliver with “Sunflowers”
Highly Commended - Emma Rennison with “Dawn”
Poetry Section:
Winner - Sasanki Tennakoon with “Unravelling”
Highly Commended - Angela Costi with “The Candle Flickers to my Left”
Highly Commended - Diana Harley with “Entombed”
Author bios can be read here
AGM documents
AGM documents - 2022/23
AGM documents - 2021/22
AGM documents - 2020/21
AGM documents - 2019/20