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Results of the 2018 Sheridan Evans Award

October 4, 2018 by Marie-Louise McDermott

2018 Sheridan Evans Art Award logo

Today All into Ocean Pools Inc emailed the winners of our 2018 Sheridan Evans Award for artwork relating to ocean pools. The AU$800 prize-money was divided evenly between 4 prize-money winners – 3 from Australia and one from Portugal. Our judges awarded AU$200 to:
– Newcastle Bogey Hole by Paul Hollins (we are waiting for permission to display this image of the Bogey Hole at Newcastle, Australia),
– Before the Sun by Brydie Piaf (an image of the Merewether Ocean Baths) in Newcastle, Australia,

Before the sun by Brydie Piaf
Before the sun by Brydie Piaf

– High tide by Rosie Steggles (an image of Sydney’s North Curl Curl Rockpool), and

High Tide at North Curlie by Rosie Steggles
High Tide at North Curlie by Rosie Steggles

– Golden Edge by Carlos Resende (an image of the pool at Azenhas do Mar in Portugal).

Golden Edge by Carlos Resende
Golden Edge by Carlos Resende

Our judges awarded Honourable Mentions to:
– Sunrise Swimmer by Rosie Steggles (another image of Sydney’s North Curl Curl Pool), and

Sunrise Swimmer by Rosie Steggles
Sunrise Swimmer by Rosie Steggles

– Pool by Carlos Resende (another image of the pool at Azenhas do Mar in Portugal).

Pool by Carlos Resende
Pool by Carlos Resende

Our judges awarded Special Commendations to Rosie Steggles and Graham Gall, who each submitted 5 fine images of ocean pools.

All into Ocean Pools Inc congratulates all our award winners and thanks all of the award entrants and our judges (Julianne Collingridge and Barbara Smith) for their participation in the 2018 Sheridan Evans Award for artwork relating to ocean pools.

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Results of our 2017 Pat Skinner award for writing about ocean pools

December 15, 2017 by Marie-Louise McDermott

2017 Pat Skinner Award

The late Pat Skinner was a writer and an ocean pool enthusiast who would be very pleased with our judges’ 2017 decisions.

Prize-money

Our judges allocated  prize-money to two writers:
• AU$500 to Lizzie Buckmaster Dove for her reflective essay Archaeology of Sea Pools: A Love Letter, and
• AU$250 to Caroline Josephs for her poem Winter Swimming — Body Oceanic.

The authors of the two entries awarded prize-money have given us permission to publish those entries in the forthcoming issue of Ocean Pool News.

Honourable Mentions

Our judges awarded Honourable Mentions to:
• Tracey Maguire for her poem Changing of the Sisterhood,
• Brydie Piaf for her poem And Swim, and
• Sheridan Hopkins for her prose piece, Pool Fantasies.

Special Commendations

Our judges awarded Special Commendations to:
• Friends of Bude Sea pool for their Bude Sea Pool Handbook 2017, and
• Therese Spruhan for a series of blog posts.

Filed Under: Writing award Tagged With: judging, writing award

Judging of our writing award has started

November 10, 2017 by Marie-Louise McDermott Leave a Comment

Our judges are now reading all the entries for our 2017 Pat Skinner Award for writing received before the deadline of midnight (West Australian time)  on 31 October.

This Award attracted entries from Australia, the UK and Spain.

We expect to announce the award winners in December.

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