Fiction
2023 Blast Off Writing Competition Winners
Jools and Vern
Fiction
The Rainy Season
story by Sue Gibbison, illustrated by Anna Bron
Poems
Sailor
poem by Beverly McLoughland, illustrated by Matt Ottley
Fiction
Finding Out
story by David Hill, illustrated by Sylvia Morris
Fiction
Darcy Does Things Differently
story by Lara Cain Gray, illustrated by Anna Bron
Fiction
Stinky Sid
story by Zoë Disher, illustrated by Anna Bron
Poems
Francesca Frog
poem by Maura Finn, illustrated by Christopher Nielsen
Articles
Will Wonders Never Cease? Doggy Diversity
article by Zoë Disher, photos The Dog Show by Alexander Khokhlov & Veronica Ershova
Poems
A Dessert Sky
poem by Jackie Hosking, illustrated by Matt Ottley
Fiction
You Can Have Mine
story by Alison McLennan, illustrated by Cheryl Orsini
Poems
The Bonny Port of Sydney
poem by Henry Lawson, illustrated by Matt Ottley
Fiction
Day at the Zoo
story by Vivienne Fletcher, illustrated by Tohby Riddle
Other
Cumulus Aussie Holiday Puzzler
activity by Vern the Meerkat
Poems
A Hairy Tank
poem by Jenny Blackford, illustrated by Heidi Cooper Smith
Fiction
Mr Kessel’s Bush Tucker Garden
story by Sally Dixon, illustrated by Gabriel Evans