Judges: Tracey Slaughter, Sue Wootton
FIRST
He She It They
Anita Arlov, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
SECOND
The Lanterns
Anna Granger, Whanganui, Central Districts
THIRD
Thud-Thud-Thud
Semira Davis, Porirua, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Flight
Catherine Trundle, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
The Chef
Jill Varani, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
You Too
Catherine Trundle, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
SHORT LIST
Bivouac – Andrea Ewing, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Ming the Other – Anita Arlov, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Never Taken Photograph – Semira Davis, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Pufferfish – Sue Kingham, Ōtautahi Christchurch
The Hollow – Anna Granger, Whanganui, Central Districts
White Lies – Vivian Thonger, Kerikeri
REGIONAL AWARDS
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TĀMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND
Anita Arlov
WAITAHA CANTERBURY
Sue Kingham
ŌTĀKOU OTAGO
Robyn Pickens
TE WHANGANUI A TARA WELLINGTON
Semira Davis
CENTRAL DISTRICTS
Anna Granger
TE TAI TOKERAU NORTHLAND
Vivian Thonger
LONG LIST
After You Had Gone – Rose Collins, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Bivouac – Andrea Ewing, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Black Cat – Patricia Hanifin, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Boxing the Fox – Kate Mahony, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Can I See? – Bethany Rogers, Queenstown
Country Living – Sarndra Smith, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Driving to Pakistan – Maggie Rainey-Smith, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Farm Holiday – Gay Buckingham, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Flight – Catherine Trundle, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
From His Eyes – Dana Christiansen, Lawrence
Going Going Gone – Anna Mackenzie, Hastings, Hawkes Bay
Gulls – Isabelle McNeur, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
He She It They – Anita Arlov, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
He’ll Be One of the Ones That Make It Home – Liz Breslin, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Hooks and Sinkers – Becky Manawatu, Waimangaroa, Buller
In the Field – Linda Collins, Kakanui
Karajan – Robyn Pickens, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Lawrie Shrapnel – Jan FitzGerald, Napier, Hawkes Bay
Layers of Dust – Gretchen Carroll, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Lovely Clear Line – Michael Botur, Whangārei
Magpie – Kim Beatrice, Pahiatua, Central Districts
Mine – Anne Hollier Ruddy, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Ming the Other – Anita Arlov, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Mothers of Miners – Heather McQuillan, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Never Taken Photograph – Semira Davis, Porirua, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Old Friends – Himali McInnes, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Pufferfish – Sue Kingham, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Short Talk on Cezanne, Switzerland and Lemonade – Michael Harlow, Alexandra
Stepdad Stan – Michael Botur, Whangārei
Storm – Jan FitzGerald, Napier, Hawkes Bay
Tea, Rice, Rubbish Bags – Harry Watson, Masterton, Wairarapa
The Bestest Prizes – Michael Botur, Whangārei
The Chef – Jill Varani, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
The End of Summer – Annette Edwards-Hill, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
The Hollow – Anna Granger, Whanganui, Central Districts
The Lanterns – Anna Granger, Whanganui, Central Districts
The Tat – Tim Saunders, Papaioea Palmerston North, Central Districts
Thud-Thud-Thud – Semira Davis, Porirua, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Uncontainable – Phoebe Wright, Ōtautahi Christchurch
White Lies – Vivian Thonger, Kerikeri
Yolk Folk – Zoë Meager, Ōtautahi Christchurch
You Too – Catherine Trundle, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
The 2018 NFFD Youth Competition winners can be found here.