For personal reasons, I don't attend as many of these Festivals now. I have plenty to do with other important commitments in my life.
- 2008
- The Country Music Festival - Tamworth
- Second Place - Open Traditional - “The Play”, C.J.Dennis
- Henry Lawson Awards - Gulgong
- Runner-up - Leonard Teale Memorial Performance Award - Original Poem - “Chris”
- Australian Bush Poetry Championships - North Pine
- Third Place - Classical - “The Death Of Ben Hall”, Will H. Ogilvie
- 2005
- The Country Music Festival - Tamworth
- First Place - Performance - Open Traditional - “In The Droving Days”, A.B. Paterson
- Tamworth Bush Poetry Competition
- Finalist - Album of the Year and Performance of the Year - CD - “Travel the Red Road”
- The Man from Snowy River Festival - Corryong
- Runner-up - Performance - “The Man from Snowy River”, A. B. Patterson
- Runner-up - Humorous Written Verse - “Dropped Cold”
- The N. S. W. Bush Poetry Championships (A.B.P.A.) - Dorrigo
- First Place - N. S. W. Champion (Male) Performance Poet
- 2004
- Hastings River Bush Poetry Festival - Wauchope
- First Place - Performance - Open Original - “I Am Sap And Grain, I Am Sweat And Blood”
- First Place - Performance - Open Traditional - “The Death Of Ben Hall”, Will H. Ogilvie
- First Place - Performance - Open Humorous - “The Gay Farmhand”, Neil McArthur
- The Man From Snowy River Bush Festival - Corryong
- First Place - Open Original - “Travel The Red Road”
- Runner-up - Open Traditional - “The Death Of Ben Hall”, Will H. Ogilvie
- Runner-up - Performance - “The Man From Snowy River”, A. B. Patterson
- Runner-up - Overall Champion (Clancy's Choice)
- 2003
- Australian Bush Laureate Awards - Tamworth
- Winner - Book Of The Year (Original Verse) - The Golden Gumleaf Award
- “Frogs And Dogs And Kids”
- The Man From Snowy River Bush Festival - Corryong
- First Place - Performance - “The Man From Snowy River”, A. B. Patterson
- Runner-up - Serious Written Verse - “Glengallen Homestead”
- Runner-up - Overall Men's Champion
- Runner-up - Open (Original Verse) Section - “The Shearers”
- 2002
- Australian Bush Laureate Awards - Tamworth
- Finalist - Book Of The Year (Original Verse) - “Travel The Red Road”
- Australian Bush Poetry Championships - Mulwala
- Runner-up - Serious Written Verse - “Glengallen Homestead”
- Runner-up - Performance - “In The Droving Days”, A. B. Patterson
- Runner-up - Overall Men's Champion
- Henry Lawson Awards - Gulgong
- Runner-up - Leonard Teale Memorial Performance Award - “Glengallen Homestead”
- Victorian Bush Poetry Championships - Stratford, Gippsland, Victoria
- First Place - Open (Original Verse) Section - “Glengallen Homestead”
- First Place - Open (Trad. Verse) Section - “The Death Of Ben Hall”, W. H. Ogilvie
- 2001
- N.S.W. Bush Poetry Championships - Tumut
- First Place - Book Of Bush Verse - “Travel The Red Road”
- Runner-up - Written Verse (Serious) - “Gordon, Lawson And Me”
- Runner-up - Men's Written Verse (Overall)
- First Place - Performance (Traditional Verse) - “The Death Of Ben Hall”, W. H. Ogilvie
- First Place - Performance - Men's Open Section (Overall)
- Runner-up - Country Singer (Open)
- Country Music Festival - Tamworth
- Third Place - Open (Trad. Verse) Section - “The Death Of Ben Hall”, W. H. Ogilvie
- The Bundy Muster - Bundaberg
- Runner-up - Open (Traditional Verse) Section - “King Of The Range”, Alf Wood;
- Runner-up - The Dark And Stormy Cup - “The Outside Loo”
- Highly Commended - Original Poem (Written) - “Cattle Through The Tunnel”
- 2000
- Country Music Festival - Tamworth
- First Place - Open (Original Verse) Section - “The Shearers”
- Highly Commended - Original Poem (Written) - “Why Help The Youth In Any Way, When You See What They Do”
- Australian Bush Poetry Championships - Mulwala
- First Place - Open (Original Verse) Section - “The Shearers”
- Third Place - Original Poem (Written) - “Gordon, Lawson And Me”
- Yarns Night - Scone
- First Place - Open (Contemporary Verse) Section - “The Gay Farmhand”, Neil McArthur
- Runner-up - Open (Original Verse) Section - “Torture In The Gidgee”
- Henry Lawson Awards - Gulgong
- Third Place - Leonard Teale Memorial Performance Award - “Travel The Red Road”
- The Bundy Muster - Bundaberg
- First Place - Overall Champion
- North Pine Camp Oven Festival - Pine Rivers
- Third Place - Open (Original Verse) Section - “Torture In The Gidgee”
- Short Listed - Original Poem (Written) - “Sixty-three Years Droving”
- 1999
- Country Music Festival - Tamworth
- First Place - Open (Original Verse) Section - “I Am Sap And Grain, I Am Sweat And Blood”
- Runner-up - Open (Traditional Verse) Section - “The Convicts Tour Of Hell”, Frank (The Poet) McNamara
- Highly Commended - Original Poem (Written) - “I Am Sap And Grain, I Am Sweat And Blood”
- North Pine Camp Oven Awards
- Short Listed - Original Poem (Written) - “The Red Soil Ground”
- Henry Lawson Awards - Gulgong
- First Place - The Leonard Teale Memorial Performance Award (Original Poem) - “Parrot Pie”
- The Bundy Muster - Bundaberg
- First Place - Open (Traditional Verse) Section - “Marshall's Mate”, Henry Lawson and “The Sick Stockrider”, Adam Lindsay Gordon
- Country On The Tweed - Tweed Heads
- First Place - Humorous Section - “The Gay Farmhand”, Neil McArthur
- Big City Muster - Sydney
- First Place - Humorous (Traditional Verse) Section - “Pete The Piddling Pup”, Anon
- First Place - Contemporary Section - “The Gay Farmhand”, Neil McArthur
- Runner-up - Serious (Original Verse) Section - “I Am Sap And Grain, I Am Sweat And Blood”
- Third Place - Serious (Traditional Verse) Section - “Outback”, Henry Lawson
- Third Place - Humorous (Original Verse) Section - “Torture In The Gidgee”
