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Janine McGinness-Whyte Janine McGinness-Whyte i(A87389 works by)
Also writes as: Zinnia Rae
Born: Established: 1961 ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Victorian-based Janine McGinness-Whyte was shortlisted in the 2008 page seventeen poetry competition for her poem 'Garage Sale'. Her poem 'The Truth and Other Small Fictions' was shortlisted in the 2009 page seventeen poetry competition.

Janine has organised events with Geelong Writers Inc., including 'Words at the Gallery'. She has teamed with Brendan Ryan (q.v.) to produce events at the pub in Portarlington. In 2007 these readings moved to the Bush Inn, Geelong. Janine enjoys writing poetry, short stories and songs, and does some editing/publishing (usually for community publications) under the moniker of Kinross Productions. Source: http://www.nationalpoetryweek.com/ww_web/NPW2007/co-ordinators.asp

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Janine McGinness-Whyte's writing has also picked up commendations in the following competitions:

    • Weerama Writing Competition (for poem 'Almost Eleven', 1991)
    • Bessie Rischbieth Memorial trust Essay Competition (for essay 'The Status of Women, as Reflected in the Media', 1998)
    • Society of Women Writers Biennial Literary Awards (for poem 'Sad on Sundays', 2003)
    • Daffodil Day Arts Awards (for poem 'On Seeing Your Chair', 2006)
    • National Year of Reading 'It's Never too Late ... to Learn to Read' National Short Story Competition (for short story 'Words Fall Like Seed', 2012)

Awards for Works

Garage Sale i "bashed up woman sold me", 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Page Seventeen , vol. 6 no. 2008; (p. 160)
2008 shortlisted Page Seventeen Poetry Competition
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