Lake Macquarie History

Roland Robinson Literary Award 2004

In 2004 the prize was awarded for poetry

photo: roland robinson cover art 2004

First Prize

Christopher Brown - Escarpment

Second Prize

Jan Dean - A Painted Summer: Carcoar, 1977

Third Prize

Patrick Cullen - “The Sea, the Sea…”

Commendation Prizes

Magdalena Ball - Exile

Mark d’Arbon - Verandah People

Robin Loftus - Masked Swallow and Goshawk

Commendation Certificates

Peter Bower - Photograph

Patrick Cullen - My Boy Joe's Museum

Mark d’Arbon - I Hate Red

Jan Dean - Oriental Presence

Brett Duff - Alive

Danny Gentile - Matchhead

Zeny Giles - Great Thursday

Zeny Giles - Resolution

Eve Gray - Owen, a Bloke

Mark Liston - I Remember a Fishing Spot

Lynnette Lounsbury - New Lambton Park

Kerri Shying - Early Involutional Change

Andrew Slattery - The Body and the Sea

Young Poet's Prize

Anna Langdon - The Refugee

Young Poet's Commendation Prize

Thomas McCallum - Magic Island

Young Poet's Commendation Certificates

Sarah Kate Charlton-Riley - Shadow Friend

Jessica Jovanovic - Room

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