Celia Kershaw claims the open poetry prize as a councillor beats the mayors | List of winners

David Fitzsimons
Updated February 18 2018 - 2:23pm, first published 1:30pm
WINNING WORDS: Celia Kershaw won first place with her poem Turtle in the Banjo Paterson Australian Poetry Competition. Photo: JUDE KEOGH 0217jkbanjo5
WINNING WORDS: Celia Kershaw won first place with her poem Turtle in the Banjo Paterson Australian Poetry Competition. Photo: JUDE KEOGH 0217jkbanjo5

Words painted a thousand pictures when 34 poets from across NSW and interstate contested the annual Banjo Paterson Australian Poetry competition at the Orange Civic Theatre on Saturday.

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David Fitzsimons

I am a senior journalist at the Central Western Daily concentrating on council, government and real estate issues. Before moving to Orange I filled senior roles at the Daily Telegraph, Daily Telegraph-Mirror and the Daily Mirror in Sydney. They included being an editor, news editor, chief of staff and reporter.

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