2019 Awards

On the 6th September 2019, the winners of the 2019 Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards will be presented with their prizes.

Congratulations to the below students who captivated the judges with their imagination and creativity.

Also worth mentioning are the students who received a Commended, Highly-Commended or Shortlisted poem. Our judges gave special feedback for each one. Our Project Officer, Brittany, has put together a document containing a list of the poems, as well as the judges’ comments.

Click here to see the document.

The Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards wishes to thank all the teachers, students and parents who submitted poetry this year, as well as the sponsors, special guests and VIP's who make this whole competition possible.

We look forward to seeing next year's entries!

The 2019 anthology is available to pre-order now. This year, we will be offering a digital version to reduce paper wastage. Orders are expected to be sent in October-November.

See order form here.

Our winners and runners-up for this year are as follows:

Category	Poet	Poem & Judges' Comments
Lower Primary Winner	Lincoln Cecil Rowena Public School, NSW	"The Beat"
Lower Primary Runner Up	Eric Qiu Penrith Anglican College, NSW	"Dark"
Upper Primary Winner	Sanu Kariyawasam Seymour College, SA	"The Earth is in Good Hands"
Upper Primary Runner Up	Henry Maning The Cottage School, TAS	"I think my teacher is Cinderella"
Assisted Learning Primary Winner	Felix Liu Redeemer Baptist School, NSW	"Untouchable"
Assisted Learning Primary Runner Up	Jasmine Safrglani Redeemer Baptist School, NSW	"Artistry"
David Maher Award for Small Schools Winner	Lachlan Spence Booligal Public School, NSW	"Forgotten Tree"
Junior Secondary Winner	Janiru Liyanage Baulkham Hills High School, NSW	"Can you speak Sinhala?"
Junior Secondary Runner Up	Massimo English Cranbrook School, NSW	"The Thirsty Cow"
Senior Secondary Winner	Amelia Neylon Individual Entry from the Friends School, TAS	"When Penelope went sailing, instead of waiting for Odysseus to come home"
Senior Secondary Runner Up	Emily Pruiti Presbyterian Ladies’ College, WA	"boys i love"
Assisted Learning Secondary Winner	Han Zheng Redeemer Baptist School, NSW	"The Place I Live"
Assisted Learning Secondary Runner Up	Tom Li Redeemer Baptist School, NSW	"Learning Curve"
Schools' Award Primary	The Cottage School, TAS
Schools’ Award Secondary	Presbyterian Ladies’ College, WA