2011 Express Media Awards Winners
Announcing the winners of the 2011 Express Media AwardsCongratulations to the 2011 winners and finalists in each of the categories below.To see a video recording of the awards event, please click here.To read a free ebook featuring the winners of the competitions and publication categories below, please click here.Photos from the event are available on our Facebook page.Winner and Finalists 2011Category: Under 30: Best new project or work by a young person or young people in each stateVICTORIAWinner:Early Harvest by Pigeon Projects/Harvest MagazineFinalists:HoodiePat Grant (Blue)TASMANIAWinner:I Sleep in Haysheds and CornersFinalists:Kate Gordon (Thyla)The Happiness Project by KickstartSOUTH AUSTRALIAWinner:Connor O’Brien (Quiet City and The Bright Young)Finalists:SA Writer’s Centre dB Youth Ambassadors ProgramDubniumWESTERN AUSTRALIAWinner:StrayFinalists:The Kid on The Karaoke Stage published by Fremantle PressWord Wired magazine and forumsQUEENSLANDWinner:Townsville Writers CentreFinalists:StiltsAvid Reader’s Young and the Restless BookclubAUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORYWinner:Scissors Paper PenFinalists:Jack Heath (The Hit List)Artists Unite (Canberra Youth Theatre)NEW SOUTH WALESWinner:Penguin Plays Rough iPhone AppFinalists:SeizureFiona Wright (Knuckled)Sam Twyford-Moore/Seizure (The Five Obstructions)NORTHERN TERRITORYWinner:Tease by Corrugated Iron ArtsFinalists:Finn O’Branagain (Better Half)Celestine Rowe (NT Australian Poetry Slam Finalist and CAAMA Women’s Business presenter)Category: Under 30: Most innovative new project or work by young person or young peopleWinner:Zora Sanders - Meanjin Tournament of BooksFinalists:Penguin Plays Rough AppThe Cup ProjectCategory: Outstanding achievement by a young writer under 30 in 2011Winner: Chris CurrieCategory: Best non-fiction piece in an Express Media publicationWinner:Development’s Underbelly, Bridget Chappell (Voiceworks #85 "Other")Finalists:Christine Nixon, Lucy Green (The Under Age)Wild Things, Kate Cantrell (Voiceworks #85 "Other")Category: Best fiction piece in an Express Media publicationWinner:Vanadis, Matt Young (Voiceworks #86 "V")Finalists:The best way to hold on to in life is each other, Elizabeth Tan (Voiceworks #85 "Other")Seven Seconds, Tara Cartland (Voiceworks #83 "Technicolour")Category: Best poem in an Express Media publicationWinner:luminous and little else, Ainslee Meredith (Voiceworks #83 "Technicolour")Finalists:archipelago, Brendan McDougall (Voiceworks #86 "V")don’t tell me your dreams, Rosa Campbell (Voiceworks #84 "Pulp")Category: Best news article in an Express Media publicationWinner:Charles Bradley - Soul's New King, Maille Halloran Mackay (The Signal Express)Finalists:Cluster Munitions, Luke Dundon (The Under Age)Gay Rights Group Hits Back on Bendigo MP, Jack Egan (The Under Age)Category: Best review in an Express Media publicationWinner:The Definition of Glee, Sharona Lin (The Under Age)Finalists:Jane Eyre, Shaad D'Souza (The Signal Express)Pirate Rhapsody, Mermaid Requiem, Ellen McKechnie (Buzzcuts)Category: Outstanding achievement by an Express Media volunteer in 2011Winner:Jenna StenCategory: Ongoing contribution to Express MediaWinners:Bel SchenkTom DoigClick here to see the WINNERS of the John Marsden Prize for Young Australian Writers.The 2011 Express Media Awards were made possible through the support of some quite lovely people and organisations:Express Media PatronJohn Marsden
2011 Award Sponsors
Ongoing Supporters of Express Media
