Winning Poems
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2011
Winners 2011
Read the winning and finalist poems. (Winners' website courtesy of Neogine.)
Winner
Eden Tautali, Year 13, St Cuthbert's College
Runners-up
Amy Barnard (Taradale High School)
Lucy Brownlee (St Andrews College)
Lachlan Dixon (Wellington High School)
Madison Hamill (Queens High School)
Chelsea Lund (Te Kura - The Correspondence School)
Alexandra Morris (Karamu High School)
Vinay Patel (Wellington College)
Hayley Russell (Rangi Ruru Girls' School)
Nikita Ward (Paraparaumu College)
2009
Winners 2009
Download the winning and finalist poems (3.07MB PDF).
Winner - Best Poem
Charlotte Trevella, Year 13, Rangi Ruru Girls' School
Winner - Best Lyric
Sammy Hickson, Year 11, Middleton Grange School
Runners-up - Best Poem
Birgitta Swanberg (Northcote College)
Georgia Johnstone (Epsom Girls' Grammar School)
Alisha Lews (Epsom Girls' Grammar School)
Charlotte Priestley (Epsom Girls' Grammar School)
Georgia Boyce (Epsom Girls' Grammar School)
Runners-up - Best Lyric
Charlotte Agnew-Harington ( St Cuthbert's College)
Michelle Grafton (Hornby High School)
Toni Duder (Epsom Girls' Grammar School)
Dylan Wharton (Edgewater College)
Commended entrants - Poem category
In addition to the finalists, 12 entries were commended by the judge of this year's Best Poem category. Read the commended entrants' names.
2008
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Winner 2008 - Best Poem
Manon Revuelta
Year 13, Epsom Girls Grammar School
Winner 2008 - Best Lyric
Sonya Clark
Year 12, Karamu High School
Runners-up - Best Poem 2008
Claire Sorrenson (Takapuna Grammar School)
Finn Teppett (Wellington College)
Nalin Samountry (Tamatea High School)
Ish Doney (St Andrews College)
Carlos Carbonatto-Bowkett (Wellington College).
Runners-up - Best Lyric 2008
Saxon Adams (St Andrews College)
Cara Chimirri (Rangi Ruru Girls' School)
Jimmy Garden (Wellington College)
Taylor Hughson (Wellington College)
Jennifer Yeh (St Cuthbert's College).
Commended entrants - Poem category 2008
In addition to the finalists, seven entries were commended by the judge of this year's Best Poem category. Read their names here.
2007
First place 2007
'Mosaic' by Chloë Nannestad
Recording prize 2007
'The Pact' by Shannyn Boyd
Runners-up 2007
Poems by Michaela Ball, Sue Mun Huang, Laura Lincoln, Zoe Newman, Michael Trigg, Alisha Vara, Sam Wells and Sarah Zydervelt. Read their poems here.
Commended entrants 2007
In addition to the finalists, seven entries were commended by this year's judge. Read their names here.
2006
First place 2006
'strawberries strung on lines' by Alisha Vara
Runners-up 2006
Poems by Andrew Aitken-Fincham, Lisa Cochrane, Sophia Graham, Chaturika Jayasinghe, Graeme Ninness, Jennifer Niven, Dora Sharpe-Davidson, Sarah Wilks and Lilian Yong. Read their poems here.
Commended entrants 2006
In addition to the finalists, a number of entries were commended by this year's judge. Read their names here.
2005
First place 2005
'Chain of Fools' by Kirsti Whalen
Runners-up 2005
Poems by Melissa Chen, Jessie Hendy, Russell Kale, Guanting Liu and Selina Powell. Read their poems here.
2004
First place 2004
'Had I an intelligent dolphin...' by Poppy Haynes
Runners-up 2004
Poems by Melissa Chen, Helen Lyttelton, Shezani Nasoordeen, Meg Ryburn and Arielle Tai. Read their poems here.
2003
First place 2003
'harriet' by Mia Gaudin
Runners-up 2003
Poems by Catherine Palmer, David Seaman, Sienna Smale-Jackson, Meg Waghorn and Joanna Wang. Read their poems here.