Tassie Devil Appeal
Congratulations to the 2007 Taronga Foundation Poetry Prize winning and commended poets who share in over $31,000 in prizes. 

Wildlife Winner

Once When, Bonnie Gordon, 18, TAS

Senior Winners

WINNER - Word extinction, Courtney Landers, 16, QLD

QLD WINNER - I am the angel of reality, Phoebe M. Clarke, 18, QLD

NSW WINNER - Turtle at Heron Island, Alice Wong, 19, NSW

TAS WINNER - Praying mantis, Ya Szu Chang, 18, TAS  

ACT WINNER - Words for a Funeral, Melissa Wellham, 17, ACT   

Intermediate Winners

WINNER - Tasmanian Thylacine's Final Stand, Miranda Allender, 13, TAS

SA WINNER - The Child Within Me, Naomi Wattchow, 15, SA      

NSW WINNER - Into the Reef, Kristina Le Marne, 15, NSW         

TAS WINNER    - 10 Delectable Chocolates, Miranda Allender, 13, TAS

QLD WINNER - Transformation, Jack Burnham, 13, QLD

VIC WINNER - Countdown, Joshua C. Chang, 12, VIC     

WA WINNER - Seasons Come, Seasons Go, Susie Stockwell, 12, WA    

Junior Winners

WINNER - Who Am I?, Elizabeth Waldron, 11, NSW

QLD WINNER - My New Friend, Brielle Blandford, 10, QLD           

SA WINNER - My Cat Misty, Allisha Kate Foster, 11, SA

VIC WINNER - Christmas Baby, Rory Burg, 8, VIC

NSW WINNER - Early Afternoon on a Quiet Beach, Veronica Sebesfi, 11, NSW 

Class Winners

CLASS JUNIOR WINNERS - Sustainability, 5/6 Mango, St Martin De Porres Primary School, 11, VIC

Commended

Highly Commended

Ante-Extinction Ballad, Rachel Dennis, 18, TAS  

The Old World, Robert Hortle, 18, TAS   

A Corporeal Chorus, Phoebe Jackson Morison, 17, TAS   

Butterflies, Claudia Fletcher, 13, NSW

The Last Thylacinus Cynocephalus, Miranda Allender, 13, TAS

Regret, Millicent Walker, 14, NSW         

The Wombat, Isabella Athaide, 11, VIC

The Greyscale Rainbow, Lachlan Ellison, 11, NSW

The School Photo, Samantha Hartley, 10, NSW

Commended

Storm Villanelle, Rachel Dennis, 18, TAS

Typing, Sophie Nugent-Siegal, 16, QLD  

Education, Lucy Fokkema, 17, NSW

Reality Check, Charitha Siriwardena, 16, NSW    

A Girl at the Bus Stop, Phoebe Jackson Morison, 17, TAS           

In  Utero, Kim Wilkinson, 19, QLD          

My Country Afghanistan, Masuda Ghafori, 19, SA

Chameleon, Aascha Brown, 18, TAS      

The Suburban Street of Toorak, Naomi Wattchow, 15, SA           

Prowlin', Jack Moller, 13, VIC     

Woomera, Dominic Wilcox-Watson, 15, NSW     

The Colours of Life, Chelsea Levin, 13, NSW      

The Rainforest, Ineluctable, Samuel Munro, 15, SA         

Colour, Miles Mullin-Chivers, 9, NSW

Sorry, Veronica Sebesfi, 11, NSW I

nside the Tornado, Alex Rowe, 11, NSW

The Tree, Imogen Smith, 11, NSW

The Wind, Jean-Luc Poidevin, 11, NSW

Tall Friend, Class 4/5, Gold Coast Christian College, QLD