2004 Award winner : Poppy Haynes (Chilton St James School, Lower Hutt) – ‘Had I an intelligent dolphin…’
Finalist : Melissa Chen (Epsom Girls Grammar School, Auckland) – ‘Reprise’
Finalist : Helen Lyttelton (Rangi Ruru Girls’ School, Christchurch) – ‘Cards’
Finalist : Shezani Nasoordeen (Epsom Girls Grammar School, Auckland) – ‘Gardening for the 21st Century Woman’
Finalist : Meg Ryburn (Rangi Ruru Girls’ School, Christchurch) – ‘Monbretia’
Finalist : Arielle Tai (Epsom Girls Grammar School, Auckland) – ‘Le Ode to Teenage Angst’