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The Elyne Mitchell Rural Women's Writing Award

The Elyne Mitchell Rural Women's Writing Award not only commemorates Elyne's life and work, but it has also been established to encourage rural women to write their stories.

2009 WINNERS ANNOUNCED!!

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$1000 awarded to the winner of each category!

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Emerging Category: Catherine Noske for "Her Mother's House"
Catherine Noske
Open Category: Kate Rotherham for "Go Well"
Kate Rotheram


2009 Shortlisted Entries
Name (in alphabetical order) Story Title
Emerging  
Rani Attwood Trip to the Tip (332kb)
Lisa Down Brumby Dancing (449kb)
Lisa Down Under the Great Gum Tree (323 kb)
Lisa Down Tangerine Angel (501kb)
Olivia Ellis Jenny (257kb)
Katherine McFarland Ours (272 kb)
Catherine Noske Her Mother's House (WINNER) (30kb)
Catherine Noske Back Home (25kb)
April Ortlipp My Favourite Handbag (514kb)
Jessica Pilgrim Firestorm (75kb)
Open  
Janet Barker Post Haste (1120kb)
Deb Harris The Policeman's Wife (25kb)
Hayley Katzen Don't Be A Stranger (78kb)
Catriona Ling The Garden (436kb)
Jane McGowan Mrs Cockington's Tomatoes (563 kb)
Merryl Parker Dingo Dreaming (50kb)
Kate Rotherham Go Well (WINNER) (25kb)
Kate Rotherham Butterflies and Dragons (35kb)
Elva Rush Wally (646kb)
Naomi Turner South Westerly (50kb)

To see more about each author click here (1.16mb)

The Friends of Corryong Library Inc (FOCL) have been an important part of the community in Corryong for a number of years. Our Aims are as follows:

Amongst the many activities we have been part of is the

Elyne Mitchell Rural Women's Writing Award

where women over the age of 15 can win $1000 for writing a short story on some aspect of rural life in Australia.