2013

SINCE 1985, THESE PRIZE-WINNERS & HONOURABLE MENTIONS
HAVE GONE ON TO PUBLICATION SUCCESS!
Laurence Hutchman
Eleonore Schonmaier
matt robinson
Darryl Berger
Michelle Butler Hallet
Steven Mayoff
Travis Lane
Geoffrey Cook
Sharon McCartney
Robert Moore
Michael Thorpe
Kelly Cooper
Larry Lynch
Tammy Armstrong
Shane Rhodes
Carla Gunn
Riel Nason
Alison Pick
Darryl Whetter
Shari Andrews
Rob Taylor
Edward Gates
Jo-Anne Elder
Lynn Coady
Wayne Curtis
Beverly Akerman
Allan Cooper
Nancy Bauer
Joe Blades
Richard Vaughan
John Lavery
Sheree Fitch
Jerrod Edson
Kathy Mac
Lisa Dalrymple
Michael Thorpe
Liliane Welch
Kathy Mac
Miranda Pearson
Johanna Bertin
Diane Reid
WFNB gratefully acknowledges the generous
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2013 LITERARY AWARDS SOIRÉE
ROTHESAY, MAY 11, 2013
SHADOW LAWN INN
7:00 Opening Remarks
7:15 Reading by Riel Nason
7:30 Readings by Competition Winners
8:30 Reading by Sheree Fitch
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR
WINNERS, FINALISTS
DOUGLAS KYLE MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR SHORT FICTION,
Judge Elisabeth de Mariaffi, NL
Winner
Ann Winslow, Woodstock, NB, “End Game”
2nd Prize
Chris Graham-Rombough, Sackville, NB, “Pods”
3rd Prize
Dan Cogger, Moncton, NB, “Window Pain”
Honourable Mention:
Allan Hudson, Moncton, NB, “The Ship Breakers”
Shaun Cunningham, Sackville, NB, “Dust”
INDIVIDUAL POEM
Judge Chad Norman, NS
Winner
Jane Gillies, Belleisle Creek, NB, “The Old Balloon Seller”
Finalists
Edward Gates, Belleisle Creek, NB, “And The Fish Reach Like Dark Thoughts To
Receive Them”
Edith Miller, Fredericton, NB, “Hard Hats”
Honourable Mention
Katherine Adlam, Sackville, NB, “The Garden”
Rachel Baxter, Moncton, NB, “Dancing”
CREATIVE NON-FICTION
Judge Sandra Phinney, NS
Winner
Gwen Martin,Yoho, NB, “The Landscape of Loss”
Finalists
Neil Sampson, Durham Ridge, NB, “Twelve seconds and.... forty years later”
Geoff North, Fredericton, NB, “A Year with Henry”
Honourable Mention
Rhonda Bulmer, Moncton, NB, “My Brother and I and Bikes”
Carlena Munn, Fredericton, NB, “Lessons from a Beaver”
WRITING FOR CHILDREN (AGE 4 - 8)
Judge Lisa Dalrymple, ON
Winner
Jane Fritz, Fredericton, NB, “No More Worms for Supper”
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HONOURABLE MENTIONS!
Finalists
Kelly Trevors Picard, Passekeag, NB, “The Star of Bethlehem”
Kim McAdam, Grand Bay-Westfield, NB, “There's a Monster in My Closet”
Honourable Mention
Kelly Trevors Picard, Passekeag, NB, “Sarah's Soup”
Karen Davidson, Elgin, NB, “A Doggish Good Day”
DAVID ADAMS RICHARDS PRIZE FOR FICTION
Judge Ian Colford, NS
Winner
Jerrod Edson, Rothesay, NB/Mississauga, ON,
“The Moon is Real”
Finalists
Edward Lemond, Dieppe, NB, “Equal Affection ”
Allison Calvern, Fredericton, NB, “Edmundston, etc.”
Honourable Mention
Richard Toth, Bathurst, NB, “Nothing Stays the Same: A Novella”
Shaun Cunningham, Sackville, NB, “Four Stories”
Leanne Petrin, Oromotco, NB, “The Heart of the Watermelon: My Mennonite Gradma & Me”
ALFRED G. BAILEY PRIZE FOR POETRY
Judge Kerri Cull, NL
Winner
Kerry-Lee Powell, Moncton, NB, “Inheritance”
Finalists
Elena E. Johnson, Vancouver, BC “Edge Effect”
Sneha Madhavan-Reese, ON, “Observing the Moon”
Honourable Mention
Jane Tims, Rusagonis, NB, “Within Easy Reach- Growing and Gathering Local Foods”
Shari Andrews, Fredericton, NB, “Waltzing the Mirror”
SHEREE FITCH PRIZE
Judge Jennifer McGrath Kent, NB
1st, Cait Gautron, Fredericton, NB, “Households”
2nd, Kate Van Buskirk, Fredericton, NB, “The Feeding of the Wolves”
3rd, Nancy He, Fredericton, NB, “Between the Silent Spaces”
Honourable Mention
Mariah Donnelly, Irishtown, NB, “Upside Down Roses”
Ashleigh Belyea, Saint John, NB, “Marley”