Winning Verse: The Spirit of the Outback by Shelley Hansen

Poems by Shelley Hansen, Catherine Lee, Peter O'Shaughnessy, Fred Duncan, Pat Donovan-Guenott, Peter White, Ken Knuth, Kevin Pye, Laurie Warfe, Kelly Dixon, Val Wallace, Bob Magor, Terry Piggott, Stephen Whiteside, James Kent, Irene Dalgety Timpone, Tom McIlveen, Manfred Vijars, Brenda-Joy Pritchard, David Judge, Max Merckenschlager, Keith Lethbridge, Jill Gold, Glenny Palmer, Ross Rolley, Mick Coventry, Dick Warwick.

Runner up: The Halfway Pub by Catherine Lee.

Highly Commendeds: Return of a Stranger by Catherine Lee, Dawn on the Collie by Peter O'Shaughnessy, Loch Ard by Shelley Hansen.
The Tim Borthwick Memorial Winner: Fred Duncan with Going To School to Vote.