Thunderbolt Prize winners — full results

Fiction
Winner: William Bennett (NSW) A different brand of cat
Highly Commended: Kathryn Lyster (NSW) The Kitchen Table
Highly Commended: J.A. Hooper (WA) A Loner
Highly Commended:  Zoe Downing, (NSW) If it’s good enough for Socrates
Commended: Ann Penhallurick (NSW) Will she come home?
Commended: William Bennett (NSW) One solitary grain of Sand
 
Non-Fiction
Winner: David Vernon (ACT) Much depends on the hangman: the death of Thomas Barrett
Highly Commended: Alan Hewett (VIC), Clock and Mouse
Commended: Jane E.Lee (NSW) Into the Park

Poetry
Winner: Roger Vickery (NSW), Madden’s Palace
Highly Commended: lenora cole, (Qld) In the Company of Butchers
Highly Commended:  Jenny Blackford (NSW) A Blur Dopplering Away
Highly Commended: Yumna Kassab (NSW) 25 May 1870
Commended: Jane O’Sullivan (NSW) Lock Stock and Barrel
Commended: Richenda Rudman (Vic) Separation               
Commended: Paul Prenter (NSW) What I Remember
 
Youth Award
Winner: Caitlyn Dixon (15 years old, NSW) Darkness has a Voice
Highly commended: Noah Maxwell (11yo, NSW) In their Shoes
Commended: Iris Nakamura (11yo, Qld) Loony Tunes
Emerging Author Award:
lenora cole (Qld) In the company of Butchers
New England Award:
Yumna Kassab (Oxley Vale) 25 May 1870