Judges: Siobhan Harvey, Lloyd Jones
FIRST
The Boat People
Jeff Taylor, Kirikiriroa Hamilton
SECOND
Over the Fields from Ballyturin House, 1921
Rose Collins, Canterbury
THIRD
T Is For Tiger
Tim Saunders, Papaioea Palmerston North
HIGHLY COMMENDED
The Beautiful Thing
Anna Granger, Whanganui
The Museum of Curiosities and Natural History
Heather McQuillan, Ōtautahi Christchurch
The sound a horse makes when it comes to drink at night
Wanda Barker, Raglan
The Visitors
Anna Granger, Whanganui
COMMENDED
Breadcrumbs
Tom Adams, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Moving To Town
Tim Saunders, Papaioea Palmerston North
Not a Vegetarian
Elena de Roo, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Separated from That Which Cannot Be Separated
Craig Foltz, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Washing-up
Leeanne O’Brien, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
REGIONAL AWARDS
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TĀMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND
Leeanne O’Brien
WAITAHA CANTERBURY
Rose Collins
CENTRAL DISTRICTS
Tim Saunders
KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON
Jeff Taylor
TE TAI TOKERAU NORTHLAND
Michael Botur
ŌTĀKOU OTAGO
Pam Morrison
TE WHANGANUI A TARA WELLINGTON
Tom Adams
LONG LIST
Blue Heron. Spirit Level. – Amy Paulussen, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Breadcrumbs – Tom Adams, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Cold Marrow – Paula Clare King, Manawatu
Counting on Life – Pam Morrison, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Devil Wind – Amanda Barusch, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Dunedin – Toni Wi, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Finding my husband in the woods – Rose Collins, Whakaraupo
Friends – Keith Nunes, Lake Rotoma
Gratitude – Tim Saunders, Papaioea Palmerston North
Grit – Tracie Lark, Whangārei
Hollow – Jenna Heller, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Honesty – Jo Vernon, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
How to Grow a Jerusalem Artichoke – Hamish Ansley, Kirikiriroa Hamilton
Ice cream – Susan Cheer, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Impressions on the Ward – Marrie Daniels
In his Image – Christine Cloughley, Tauranga
It might be that you watched everything from a long way off – Trisha Hanifin, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Jellyfish – Eileen Merriman, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Mount Alpha – Jac Jenkins, Kohukohu, North Hokianga
Moving To Town – Tim Saunders, Papaioea Palmerston North
Not a Vegetarian – Elena de Roo, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Over the Fields from Ballyturin House, 1921 – Rose Collins, Whakaraupo
Separated from That Which Cannot Be Separated – Craig Foltz
Shot For The Choc – Michael Botur, Whangārei
T Is For Tiger – Tim Saunders, Papaioea Palmerston North
Tammy Wynette at the Esplanade Hotel, Devonport – VRL Thonger, Kerikeri
Taxing the Nightingales – Norman P. Franke, Kirikiriroa Hamilton
The Beautiful Thing – Anna Granger, Whanganui
The Boat People – Jeff Taylor, Kirikiriroa Hamilton
The Island & The Prairie – Elizabeth Ho, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
The Museum of Curiosities and Natural History – Heather McQuillan, Ōtautahi Christchurch
The Racehorse – Anna Granger, Whanganui
The sound a horse makes when it comes to drink at night – Wanda Barker, Raglan
The Visitors – Anna Granger, Whanganui
The woman who dreamed she kidnapped children – Trisha Hanifin, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Use three-dimensional characters – Jac Jenkins, Kohukohu, North Hokianga
Walk away, very carefully, in a straight line – Trisha Hanifin, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
War Child – Heather McQuillan, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Washing-up – Leeanne O’Brien, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
The 2019 NFFD Youth Competition winners can be found here.