KEITH JACKSON
THE STORIES AND VERSE in the Crocodile Prize Anthology 2013, which is about to go to press, have been revealed by the organisers of Papua New Guinea’s national literary contest, an initiative of PNG Attitude and the PNG Post-Courier.
2012 Anthology cover
The Anthology will be launched on Tuesday 11 September as part of events associated with the announcement of the winners in the second Crocodile Prize.
There are seven categories of the Prize: for short stories, essays, poetry, women’s writing, heritage literature, student writing and ‘lifetime contribution to PNG literature’ – the last three introduced just this year.
Of the more than 400 entries submitted to the competition, 125 have been selected for publication in the Anthology.
Let’s take a closer look at them.
The 30 short stories chosen represent the work of 24 writers (six had two of their stories earmarked for publication).
Twenty-one writers contributed the 53 poems in the Anthology. Michael Dom was the most prolific with 15, while Hinuvi Onafima had five selected and Lapieh Landu and Loujaya Tony had four each.
Twelve essayists have had their work selected for publication – and there a number of multiple contributors in the final list of 17 essays.
We come now to the heritage writers, nine in all who contributed the ten stories that have been included in the Anthology
And finally the school students. Fifteen pieces of work from 12 writers are in the final compilation.
These are the bare statistics. We follow with the names of the authors who were successful in being PNG’s ‘best of the best’ for 2012, and the titles of the works they created for the Prize which have been included in Anthology 2012.
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SHORT STORIES (30)
#Second By Alma Warokra
Adults By Jimmy Apiu
An Adventure with Potholes By Hogande Kiafuli
Angel By Regina Dorum
Binge with Mary Jane By Jimmy Apiu
Burnt By Gelab Piak
Dancing in a Redskin’s Arawa By Leonard Fong Roka
Diary of Phoenix By Peter Jokise
Dominoes of Love By Peter Severa
False Tears By Dominica Are
Father of the Man By Grace Maribu
Fire Truck By Biango Buia
God’s Blessing in Every Step of the Way By Elizabeth Wawaga
Happily Ever After By Alma Warokra
He Broke the Egg By Kela Kapkora Sil Bolkin
Love When Bought By Eric Gabriel
Missed by the Wielding Axes By Peter Maime
My Name is Sandy By Imelda Yabara
Nightmare By Ruth Kamasungua
Norah Jones By Nou Vada
Now I Can Die By Kela Kapkora Sil Bolkin
Oh, It’s the Songs They Sing By Jeffrey Mane Febi
The Bamboo Master By Bernard Sinai
The Dilemma By Bernard Sinai
The Fan By Charlotte Vada
The Finger By Dominica Are
The K50 House By Ian Dabasori Hetri
The Knocks By Brigette Wase
The Mountain By Brigette Wase
Third from the Fourth Marriage By Dilu D Okuk
POETRY (53)
A candlelight market in Port Moresby By Michael Dom
A Dog’s Philosophy By Anthony Kippel
A Journey Far Away By Marie-Rose Sau
A Journey to My Womb By Hinuvi Onafima
A Poet’s Chant By Hinuvi Onafima
A Poet’s Quest By Jeffrey Mane Febi
As I bask in her afterglow By Michael Dom
Beauty is in da water By Michael Dom
Christianity By Leonard Fong Roka
Circle of Tears By Agnes Are
Dance to the Beautiful Sea By Leonard Fong Roka
Dreams of a Place By Jeffrey Mane Febi
For You I Will … By Lapieh Landu
Haiku written about night time at a village along the Papua coast By Michael Dom
Hearing rain approach while reading in bed at night: Morobe Province By Michael Dom
I am sorry it has been so frustrating By Mary Koisen
i got sex on my mind – in the club! By Michael Dom
In Bed With Me #2 By Imelda Yabara
Johnny got wan nu muruk insait his banis By Michael Dom
Legal Joke By David Gonol
Lucky Little Lizard By Michael Dom
Mama By Jimmy Drekore
Mama’s Bilum By Erick Kowa
Misconception By Lapieh Landu
Nervous Poet by Hinuvi Onafima
Old Sibuta By Hinuvi Onafima
Once Upon a Prime Time By Loujaya Toni
Paddle Me Back By Gelab Piak
Ples we mitupela I bin stap wantaim By Michael Dom
Return to Mambon Nil By Michael Dom
Road to Seclusion By Hinuvi Onafima
Seasonal Seducers By Jimmy Drekore
She Lied by Loujaya Toni
She’s a Mother – That’s How! By Lapieh Landu
So near, so far – a sonnet to transience By Michael Dom
Sonnet 1: Parallel Lanes to Nowhere By Michael Dom
Sonnet 3: I met a pig farmer the other day By Michael Dom
State of the Public Service By Michael Dom
Struggling between two cultures By Patricia Martin
The Bougainville Crisis By Sophie Garana
The Great Speech – A Bush Poet’s Commentary By Erick Kowa
The Magic of Kunu’nava By Leonard Fong Roka
The Making of Me By Emma Wakpi
This is My Place By Michael Dom
This Part of the World By Anita M Konga
Timeless Attitudes By Peter Severa
To Whom it May Concern By Loujaya Toni
Today another good man passed By Michael Dom
Trials of the Yellow Man By Erick Kowa
Trupla Man By Bernard Sinai
Twenty Two Women By Loujaya Toni
Way out of reach By Imelda Yabara
What Happened Back Then! By Lapieh Landu
ESSAYS (17)
A Tribute to My Fathers By Emma Wakpi
Are we ready 30 years on …? By Lapieh Landu
Delusion, Disillusionment and the Devil’s advocate – A bedtime story for Papua New Guineans who believe in change By Nou Vada
Does PNG really have an attitude problem? By Martyn Namorong
Get the balance right between social and economic realities that underlie the development of professional sport in PNG By David Kitchnoge
How to Break Free from the Vicious Cycle of dinau By Francis Nii
Is Sex Education Compatible in Primary Schools in PNG? By Werner Cohill
Let’s Not Mince Words About Buai Bisnis By Michael Dom
My Atoll, My Home By Raroteone Tefuarani
Nakan in Madang Town By Stanley Mark
Robust Force or Rogue Cops: The Future of the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary By Werner Cohill
Sir Koitaga Mano OBE and the House of Assembly By David Gonol
The Haunting by Emma Wakpi
Untighten Your Fist by Lorraine Basse
Wake Up PNG! By Francis Nii
What is Development? By Martyn Namorong
What’s Buai Got To Do With It? By Michael Dom
HERITAGE (10)
Barasi – The Manam Way of Celebrating a New Year By Lorraine Basse
How Yari Siwi Got Their Body Decoration by Henry Sape
Malah’s Initiation to Womanhood By Hilda Fromai Yerive
Migration and Mythology: The Way from Shortland to Kieta By Leonard Fong Roka
Modernisation of Tribal War: A Threat to Civilisation By Francis Nii
The Complex Rituals of Death in Kieta Society By Leonard Fong Roka
The Last of the Segera Tutubes By Miriam Roko
The Migration of Wanigela People of Central Province to Tufi in Oro Province By Golova Mari
The Story of Totoga Wai from Babaka Village By Beauty Rupa Loi
Traditions of the Bena Bena People of the Eastern Highlands By Anthony Kippel
STUDENTS (15)
Baia Village By Kayla Reimann
First Day at a New School By Sharina Paliou
Going Through the Unimaginable By Angeline Low
Great Man’s Tale By Jovie Hriehwazi
In the Memory By Jeremiah Toni
Man’s Best Friend By Macquin Anduwan
Peace on Earth By Kayla Reimann
Pink and Round By Brenda Anduwan
Sporty: A Dog’s Life By Clara Philomena Are
Sweet Sophie By Angeline Low
The Fight By Joshua Rere
We are Children of God By Pusateryanna Tandak
What Have We Come To? By Axel Rice
Where Have All The Children Gone? By Hannah Ilave
Wonderful Sphere By Vanessa Kavanamur
Sourced from: Keith Jackson & Friends: PNG ATTITUDE (http://asopa.typepad.com/asopa_people/2012/07/were-able-to-reveal-the-best-png-writing-for-2012.html)
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