Rhonda Tallnash Bush Poet

Rhonda's Australian Bush Poetry Awards

2019 First Place: Gulgong Literary Awards, Open Performance Poetry Award - Humorous Section, The Henry Lawson Society of N.S.W. Inc. for 'I Hate Morris Majors' by Col Milligan

2019 Victorian Bush Poetry Female Champion - 'Matilda Award': Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Open Performances)

2019 Winner: Jack Riley Heritage Award for 'Banjo's Country' Theme Original Poem for 'Retribution Road'

2019 Runner Up: Victorian Yarn Spinning Championships for 'Waiting for Emma' by Rhonda M. Tallnash

2019 First Place: Open Women's Section - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Original Serious Performance) for 'The Betrayal of Louisa Collins'

2019 Second Place: Open Women's Section - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Modern Performance) 'I Hate Morris Majors' by Col Milligan

2019 Second Place: Open Women's Section - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Classical Performance) for 'The Old Whim Horse' by Edward Dyson

2019 First Place: Open Women's Section - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Original Humorous Performance) for 'Pumpkin Patch Pickle'

2019 Winner: Jim Angel Award - Narrandera's John O'Brien Festival for 'Bushfire Man'

2019 First Place: Narrandera's John O'Brien Bush Poetry Competition, for 'Bushfire Man' and 'The Wrapper'

2019 Second Place: Narrandera's John O'Brien Poetry Recital Competition, John O'Brien Festival for 'Honeymooning from the Country' by John O'Brien

2019 First Place: Yarn Spinning - Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival for 'Waiting for Emma' by Rhonda Tallnash

2019 Second Place: Open Women's Section - Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival (Original Humorous Performance) for 'The Wrapper'

2019 Second Place: Open Women's Section - Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival (Classical Performance) for 'The Road to Danahey's' by John O'Brien

2019 Third Place: Open Women's Section - Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival (Original Serious Performance) for 'Retribution Road'

2019 First Place: Open Women's Section - Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival (Contemporary Performance) for 'I Hate Morris Majors' by Col Milligan

2018 Third Place: Gulgong Literary Awards, Open Performance Poetry Award, The Henry Lawson Society of N.S.W. Inc. for 'The Shirt' by Rhonda M. Tallnash

2018 First Place: Recital of 'The Man from Snowy River' by A.B. (Banjo) Paterson

2018 Second Place: Jack Riley Heritage Award for 'Banjo's Country' Theme Original Performance for the yarn 'The Guardian'

2018 Winner: Jim Angel Award - Narrandera's John O'Brien Festival for 'Retribution Road'

2018 First Place: Narrandera's John O'Brien Bush Poetry Competition for 'Retribution Road' and 'Pumpkin Patch Pickle'

2018 First Place: Open Women's Section - Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival (Original Humorous Performance) for 'Pumpkin Patch Pickle'

2018 Third Place: Open Women's Section - Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival (Classical Performance) for 'Marion Lee' by Bernard Espinasse

2018 Second Place: Open Section - Banjo Paterson Festival, Orange for 'The Shirt'

2018 Third Place: Open Section - Banjo Paterson Festival, Orange for 'I'm the Wrapper'

2017 Runner-Up Australian Bush Poetry Female Champion: Australian Bush Poetry Championships (Open Performances)

2017 Second Place: Open Women's Section - Australian Bush Poetry Championships (Original Humorous Performance) for 'The Wrapper'

2017 Second Place: Open Women's Section - Australian Bush Poetry Championships (Modern Performance) for 'Swingers' by Bill Kearns

2017 Third Place: Open Women's Section - Australian Bush Poetry Championships (Classical Performance) for 'The Road to Danahey's' by John O'Brien

2017 Second Place: Open Women's Section - Australian Bush Poetry Championships (Original Serious Performance) for 'The Shirt'

2017 Third Place: National Henry Lawson Society Award - Short Stort Section for 'The Guardian'

2017 Winner: Merriwa Festival of the Fleeces Bush Poets' Breakfast (Established Poem Performance) for 'Marion Lee' by Bernard Espinasse

2017 Equal Highly Commended: Gulgong Literary Awards, Open Performance Poetry Award, The Henry Lawson Society of N.S.W. Inc. for

'The Wrapper' by Rhonda M. Tallnash

2017 Victorian Bush Poetry Female Champion - 'Matilda Award': Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Open Performances)

2017 Winner: Jack Riley Heritage Award for 'Banjo's Country' Theme Original Poem for 'Retribution Road'

2017 Winner: Victorian Yarn Spinning Championships for 'Weather Woes' by Rhonda M. Tallnash

2017 First Place: Open Women's Section - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Original Serious Performance) for 'Retribution Road'

2017 Third Place: Open Women's Section - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Modern Performance) 'Where Poppies Bloom' by Brenda Joy

2017 Third Place: Open Women's Section - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Classical Performance) for 'Marion Lee' by Bernard Espinasse

2017 First Place: Open Women's Section - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Original Humorous Performance) for 'The Wrapper'

2017 Third Place: Recital of 'The Man from Snowy River' by A.B. (Banjo) Paterson

2017 Third Place: Open Section - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Written Serious Poem) for 'Retribution Road'

2017 Winner: Top Scoring Victorian - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Written Poem) for 'Retribution Road'

2017 Third Place: The Golden Damper Performance Award - Original Section, Tamworth Country Music Festival for 'The Wrapper'

2017 Third Place: The Golden Damper Performance Award - Established Section, Tamworth Country Music Festival for 'Where Poppies Bloom' by Brenda Joy

2017 Second Place: Inaugural Frank Daniel Bush Verse Award for 'The Shirt'

2016 Second Place: Young Cherry Festival Bush Poetry Competition for 'The Shirt' (Winner of the Harold Cunningham Memorial Trophy for Serious Performance Poetry)

and 'The Wrapper'

2016 First Place: Open Section - Western Australia Bush Poetry Championships (Original Written Humorous Poem) for 'The Wrapper'

2016 New South Wales Female Bush Poetry Champion: Binalong Bush Poetry Prize (Open Performances)

2016 First Place: Open Women's Section - Binalong Bush Poetry Prize (Original Performance) for 'Possum Problems'

2014 First Place: Open Women's Section - Binalong Bush Poetry Prize (Modern Performance) for 'Frackin' Fricker' by Gregory North

2016 Second Place: Open Women's Section - Binalong Bush Poetry Prize (Classical Performance) for 'The Old Whim Horse' by Edward Dyson

2016 Female Bush Poetry Champion: Bundaberg Bush Poetry Muster (Open Performances)

2016 First Place: Open Women's Section - Bundaberg Bush Poetry Muster (Original Performance) for 'The Shirt'

2016 Second Place: Open Women's Section - Bundaberg Bush Poetry Muster (Traditional Performance) for 'The Old Whim Horse' by Edward Dyson

2016 Third Place: Open Women's Section - Bundaberg Bush Poetry Muster (Modern Performance) for 'Frackin' Fricker' by Gregory North

2016 Winner: Merriwa Festival of the Fleeces Bush Poets' Breakfast (Original Poem Performance) for 'The Shirt'

2016 Equal Highly Commended: Gulgong Literary Awards, Open Performance Poetry Award, The Henry Lawson Society of N.S.W. Inc. for

'Faces in the Street' by Henry Lawson

2016 Winner: Top Scoring Victorian Woman - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Open Performances)

2016 Winner: Jack Riley Heritage Award for 'Banjo's Country' Theme Original Poem for 'The Shirt'

2016 Second Place: 'Matilda Award' - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Open Performances)

2016 Winner: Victorian Yarn Spinning Championships for 'Through a Child's Eyes' by Rhonda M. Tallnash

2016 First Place: Open Women's Section - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Original Serious Performance) for 'The Shirt'

2016 Second Place: Open Women's Section - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Modern Performance) 'Pot Roast' by Neil McArthur

2016 Second Place: Open Women's Section - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Classical Performance) for 'The Old Whim Horse' by Edward Dyson

2016 Third Place: Open Women's Section - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Original Humorous Performance) for 'The Plot'

2016 Third Place: Recital of 'The Man from Snowy River' by A.B. (Banjo) Paterson

2016 Yarnspinner of the Year - National Folk Festival, Canberra for 'The Guardian' by Rhonda M. Tallnash

2016 First Place: Open Humorous Performance Section - Narrandera's John O'Brien Festival Bush Poetry Competition for 'The 3 a.m. Demise'

2016 Overall Female Winner: Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival (Open Performances)

2016 First Place: Open Women's Section - Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival (Classical Performance) for 'The Old Whim Horse' by Edward Dyson

2016 First Place: Open Women's Section - Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival (Original Serious Performance) for 'The Shirt'

2016 First Place: Open Women's Section - Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival (Contemporary Performance) for 'Pot Roast' by Neil McArthur

2016 Third Place: Open Women's Section - Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival (Original Humorous Performance) for 'The Plot''

2016 Finalist: The Golden Damper Performance Award - Original Section, Tamworth Country Music Festival for 'The Shirt'

2015 Winner: Young Cherry Festival Bush Poetry Competition for 'The Betrayal of Louisa Collins'

(Winner of the Harold Cunningham Memorial Trophy for Serious Performance Poetry) and 'Swingers' by Bill Kearns

2015 Australian Bush Poetry Female Champion - 'Matilda Award': Australian Bush Poetry Championships (Open Performances)

2015 Victorian Female Bush Poetry Champion: Australian Bush Poetry Championships (Open Performances)

2015 Second Place: Open Women's Section - Australian Bush Poetry Championships (Original Humorous Performance) for 'Trailer Troubles'

2015 First Place: Open Women's Section - Australian Bush Poetry Championships (Modern Performance) for 'The Redwood Pub and the Claw-Foot Tub' by Will Moody

2015 Equal Highly Commended: Open Women's Section - Australian Bush Poetry Championships (Classical Performance) for 'Faces in the Street' by Henry Lawson

2015 First Place: Open Women's Section - Australian Bush Poetry Championships (Original Serious Performance) for 'Bushfire Man'

2015 Overall Female Winner: Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival (Open Performances)

2015 First Place: Open Women's Section - Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival (Original Humorous Performance) for 'Trailer Troubles'

2015 First Place: Open Women's Section - Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival (Contemporary Performance) for 'The Redwood Pub and the Claw-Foot Tub' by Will Moody

2015 Third Place: Open Women's Section - Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival (Original Serious Performance) for 'Bushfire Man'

2015 First Place: Open Women's Section - Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival (Classical Performance) for 'Faces in the Street' by Henry Lawson

2015 Third Place: The Golden Damper Performance Award - Original Section, Tamworth Country Music Festival for 'The 3 a.m. Demise'

2015 Finalist: The Golden Damper Performance Award - Established Section, Tamworth Country Music Festival for 'Swingers' by Bill Kearns

2014 Second Place: Open Section - Western Australia Bush Poetry Championships (Original Humorous Performance) for 'The 3 a.m. Demise'

2014 New South Wales Female Bush Poetry Champion: Binalong Bush Poetry Prize (Open Performances)

2014 First Place: Open Women's Section - Binalong Bush Poetry Prize (Original Performance) for 'Trailer Troubles'

2014 First Place: Open Women's Section - Binalong Bush Poetry Prize (Modern Performance) for 'Swingers' by Bill Kearns

2014 First Place: Open Women's Section - Binalong Bush Poetry Prize (Classical Performance) for 'Wheat' by C.J. Dennis

2014 Queensland Female Bush Poetry Champion: Bundaberg Bush Poetry Muster (Open Performances)

2014 First Place: Open Women's Section - Bundaberg Bush Poetry Muster (Original Performance) for 'The 3 a.m. Demise'

2014 First Place: Open Women's Section - Bundaberg Bush Poetry Muster (Modern Performance) for 'Swingers' by Bill Kearns

2014 Third Place: Open Women's Section - Bundaberg Bush Poetry Muster (Classical Performance) for 'Wheat' by C.J. Dennis

2014 First Place: Open Yarn Spinning Section - Bundaberg Bush Poetry Muster for 'Survival' by Rhonda M. Tallnash

2014 Winner: Top Scoring Victorian Woman - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Open Performances)

2014 Second Place: The One Minute Poem - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Original Unknown Topic Performance)

for 'Poem using Text from 'The Man from Snowy River' by A.B. (Banjo) Paterson

2014 Second Place: 'Matilda Award' - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Open Performances)

2014 First Place: Open Women's Section - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Original Humorous Performance) for 'The 3 a.m. Demise'

2014 Third Place: Open Women's Section - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Modern Performance) 'Swingers' by Bill Kearns

2014 Third Place: Open Women's Section - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Classical Performance) for 'Wheat' by C.J. Dennis

2014 Third Place: Open Women's Section - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Original Serious Performance) for 'Bushfire Man'

2014 Overall Female Winner: Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival (Open Performances)

2014 First Place: Open Women's Section - Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival (Original Humorous Performance) for 'The 3 a.m. Demise'

2014 First Place: Open Women's Section - Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival (Contemporary Performance) for 'Swingers' by Bill Kearns

2014 Second Place: Open Women's Section - Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival (Original Serious Performance) for 'Bushfire Man'

2014 First Place: Open Women's Section - Dunedoo Bush Poetry Festival (Classical Performance) for 'Wheat' by C.J. Dennis

2014 Finalist: The Golden Damper Performance Award - Original Section, Tamworth Country Music Festival for 'Bushfire Man'

2014 Finalist: The Golden Damper Performance Award - Established Section, Tamworth Country Music Festival for 'Wheat' by C.J. Dennis

2013 Winner: 'The One Minute Poem - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Original Unknown Topic Performance) for 'The Corryong Competition'

2013 Third Place: 'Matilda Award' - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Open Performances)

2013 Winner: Top Scoring Victorian Woman - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Open Performances)

2013 Second Place: Open Women's Section - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Modern Performance) for 'The Will' by Bobby Miller

2013 Third Place: Open Women's Section - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Classical Performance) for 'The Spotted Heifers' by C.J. Dennis

2013 Third Place: Open Women's Section - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Original Serious Performance) for 'The Old Girl'

2013 Third Place: Open Women's Section - Victorian Bush Poetry Championships (Original Humorous Performance) for 'Possum Problems'

2013 Finalist: The Golden Damper Performance Award - Original Section, Tamworth Country Music Festival for 'The Old Girl'

2013 Finalist: The Golden Damper Performance Award - Established Section, Tamworth Country Music Festival for 'The Will' by Bobby Miller

2012 Winner: 'The Jack Riley Heritage Award' for Original 'Banjo's Country' Poem - National Bush Poetry Championships (Original Performance) for 'Fair Dinkum Ned'

2012 Second Place: Open Women's Section - National Bush Poetry Championships (Original Humorous Performance) for 'Fair Dinkum Ned'

2012 Winner: Intermediate Section - National Bush Poetry Championships (Original Performance) for 'Flowers for Josie'

2012 Finalist: The Golden Damper Performance Award - Original Section, Tamworth Country Music Festival for 'Fair Dinkum Ned'