Squirrel Grip Award Winners 2008

On Sunday night at the Bella Union Bar The Groggy Squirrel were very excited to announce our Squirrel Grip Awards for 2008. Sporting two large, plush, hand made squirrel sculptures for trophies, Annette Slattery and Daniel Sheppard took to the stage.

The first award announced was The Groggy Squirrel Critics’ Award which is open to local (Australia and New Zealand) acts only. The nominees in this catergory were:

Bec Hill for If You Can Read This My Cape Fell Off

Justin Hamilton for The Killing Joke

Sammy J and Heath McIvor for Sammy J In the Forest of Dreams

Sam Wills for The Boy with Tape on His Face

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Adam McKenzie, Rob Lloyd & Tegan Higginbotham) for Every Film Ever Made

The spoils went to Adam, Robby and Tegan from The Hound of the Baskervilles for Every Film Ever Made

The Groggy Squirrel Readers’ Award which is voted for online and is open to every act of the festival went to New Zealand’s Sam Wills for The Boy with Tape on His Face. The nine runners up for this award were, in order:

Storytellers’ Club – Twilight Tales at Trades

Every Film Ever Made

Give My Regards To Broady: Four Kids who’ve Reached the End of the Line

The House of Anomalous Written and Performed by Jason Geary, Jamie Robertson, Elissa Doxey

Andrew McClelland’s Guide to Being a Modern Gentleman

Sammy J in The Forest of Dreams

The Ballad of Rodger and Grace By Daniel Kitson and Gavin Osborn

Mathew Kenneally’s Ill Thought Through Plan for the World

Phil Nichol – Hiro Worship

Congratulations to all the winners, nominees and contenders from everyone here at The Groggy Squirrel.