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From left: First place getter Raquel Tracy and the Hon Paul Lynch MP |
The judging panel: (From left) Barbara Hocking, Enrique 'Topo' Rodriguez and Dr Tanya Hanstock |
Entries for the Black Dog Institute's 3rd annual writing competition - this year on the topic of Bipolar Disorder- closed on 31 January, 2007. Three independent judges had the task of reading the essays and selecting the prize winning entries. The prizes and awards were presented on 23 May 2007 at a ceremony held at the Black Dog Institute presided over by the Assistant Minister for Health (Mental Health) the Hon Paul Lynch MP.
Entries were to be in the form of a written article (of up to 1500 words) and had to address the topic of ‘managing the bipolar disorder highs and the getting of wisdom’.
We would like to sincerely thank all of the entrants. By people sharing their stories with others, it will help the Institute develop a grassroots Consumer Bipolar Disorder Survival Kit.
Read a media release [PDF, 56KB]
The Black Dog Institute has much pleasure in publishing the award winning essays from the 2007 Black Dog Institute Writing Competition.
The names of some authors have been deleted for privacy reasons. In addition, the Institute made some minor editorial changes to some essays to protect the privacy of other individuals named in the essays.
The stories can be downloaded and printed using Adobe Flashplayer. To print, click on the printer icon (second from the right).
The winning entries:
| 1st place | Raquel Tracy | The Staircase [Flashpaper] PDF Version [27 KB] |
| 2nd place: | Jennifer Ann Martin | Knowledge is Power [Flashpaper] PDF Version [27 KB] |
| 3rd place | Raechel Mathews | Polar Bears [Flashpaper] PDF Version [41 KB] |
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