Judges: Sandra Arnold, Helen Heath
FIRST
Best friends
Jenna Heller, Ōtautahi Christchurch
SECOND
The gulls, or maybe the rats
Mary Francis, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
THIRD
Last call
Tim Saunders, Papaioea Palmerston North
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Back talk
Mary Francis, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Sam’s nana
Caroline Barron, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
The hole
Michele Powles, West Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
COMMENDED
All aboard
Liz Breslin, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Instructions for lockdown
Himali McInnes, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
The westerly
Tim Saunders, Papaioea Palmerston North
REGIONAL AWARDS
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WAITAHA CANTERBURY
Jenna Heller
TE WHANGANUI A TARA WELLINGTON
Mary Francis
CENTRAL DISTRICTS
Tim Saunders
TĀMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND
Caroline Barron
ŌTĀKOU OTAGO
Liz Breslin
KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON
Abigail Marshall
TE TAI TOKERAU NORTHLAND
Vera Dong
SHORT LIST
All aboard – Liz Breslin, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Astronauts – Russell Boey, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Backtalk – Mary Francis, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Best friends – Jenna Heller, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Carrots – Michele Powles, West Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Disentanglement – Abigail Marshall, Kirikiriroa Hamilton
Facts about drowning (some of which are true) – Michelle Matheson, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Instructions for lockdown – Himali McInnes, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Last call – Tim Saunders, Papaioea Palmerston North
Off centre – Margaret Moores, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Sam’s nana – Caroline Barron, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
The gulls or maybe the rats – Mary Francis, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
The hole – Michele Powles, West Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
The westerly – Tim Saunders, Papaioea Palmerston North
Walnuts – Jenna Heller, Ōtautahi Christchurch
LONG LIST
<-Thread#CripsWestAuks – Hayden Pyke, Kirikiriroa Hamilton
A sniper’s memoir – Andrea Ewing, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
All aboard – Liz Breslin, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Anzac on Albert St – Donna Young, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Astronauts – Russell Boey, Ōtautahi Christchurch
At the bank – Rebecca Styles, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Backtalk – Mary Francis, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Best friends – Jenna Heller, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Blossom in deep winter – Vera Dong, Kerikeri
Burning up – Aimee-Jane Anderson-O’Connor, Kirikiriroa Hamilton
Carrots – Michele Powles, West Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Catch water, hold fire – Claire Beynon, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Disentanglement – Abigail Marshall, Kirikiriroa Hamilton
Down – Michele Powles, West Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Facts about drowning – Michelle Matheson, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Home for the funeral – Tim Saunders, Papaioea Palmerston North
Homeless – Trisha Hanifin, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
I’m looking at my empty city but my empty city isn’t looking back – Anne Perkinson, Whangārei
Instructions for lockdown – Himali McInnes, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Last call – Tim Saunders, Papaioea Palmerston North
Lichen, a successful colonizer in hostile environments – Gail Ingram, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Like two coats in a station’s waiting room – Norman P. Franke, Kirikiriroa Hamilton
Losing it – Andrea Ewing, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Love in the time of wī – Gail Ingram, Ōtautahi Christchurch
No nest for baby bird – Heather McQuillan, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Off centre – Margaret Moores, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Out in the wops – Hayden Pyke, Kirikiriroa Hamilton
Sam’s nana – Caroline Barron Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Seeing wrong – Faith Oxenbridge, Otautahi
Shotgun – Mary Francis, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
The gulls or maybe the rats – Mary Francis, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
The hole – Michele Powles, West Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
The westerly – Tim Saunders, Papaioea Palmerston North
This too shall pass – Ravithri de Silva, Invercargill and Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Took the dog, visited the sea – Madeleine Child, Dunedin
Walnuts – Jenna Heller, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington bites – Susan Maclean, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
The 2020 NFFD Youth Competition winners can be found here.