2006 Award winner : Alisha Vara (Yr 12, Rangi Ruru Girls’ School, Christchurch) – ‘strawberries strung on lines’
Finalist : Andrew Aitken-Fincham – (Year 13, St Andrew’s College, Christchurch) – ‘Madeline’
Finalist : Lisa Cochrane – (Year 13, Epsom Girls Grammar School, Auckland) – ‘Ray’
Finalist : Dora Sharpe-Davidson – (Year 13, St Andrew’s College, Christchurch) – ‘Imogen’
Finalist : Sophia Graham – (Year 13, Epsom Girls Grammar School, Auckland) – ‘Like Tea and Crumpets’
Finalist : Chaturika Jayasinghe – (Year 12, St Cuthbert’s College, Auckland) – ‘Thumb – luv’
Finalist : Graeme Ninness – (Year 12, Awatapu College, Palmerston North) – ‘A Universe in my Head’
Finalist : Jennifer Niven – (Year 13, Samuel Marsden Collegiate, Wellington) – ‘Life Cycles’
Finalist : Sarah Wilks – (Year 13, Samuel Marsden Collegiate, Wellington) – ‘Little Sister’
Finalist : Lilian Yong – (Year 12, Epsom Girls Grammar School, Auckland) – ‘Cellar Door’
Commended entrants 2006