Non Fiction, Judge Stephen Kimber
1st – “Standing in the ICU” Shane Neilson, Guelph, ON
2nd – “The Parting” Helene Boudreau-Jean, Keswick Ridge, NB
3rd – “All That is Mine” Ann Winslow, Woodstock, NB
HM – “The Year of the Four Cats” Brent White, Fredericton, NB
Poetry, Judge Jo-Anne Elder
1st – “Celtic Trilogy” Margaret Patricia Eaton, Moncton, NB
2nd – “The Death of Alden Nowlan” Shane Neilson, Guelph, ON
3rd – “Elizabethan Four Poster” Kathy Mac, Fredericton, NB
HM – “Let us be tender; let us be kind” Kath MacLean, Edmonton, AB
Short Fiction, Judge Mark Jarman
1st – “Jarvis” Julie Curwin, Sydney, NS
2nd – “The Land Below” Alice Petersen, Montreal, PQ
3rd – “That was then… and this is now” Richard Toth, Bathurst, NB
HM— “Umbrellas” Dan Cogger, Moncton, NB
Writing for Children, Judge Glenn Murray
1st – “Jumbalee the Elephant and The Head-in-the-Bed” Gerry O’Brien, PEI
2nd – “Willa’s Story, the Diary of a Maritime Girl” Elaine Ingalls Hogg, Smiths Creek, NB
3rd – “Daisy’s Biggest Success” Harriet Zaidman, Winnipeg, MB
David Adams Richards Prize, Judge Darryl Whetter
Winner – “After Summer” Alice Petersen, Montreal, PQ
HM – “The Well” – Sarah Mian, Halifax, NS
HM – “To Send Me Home” – Geoff North, Fredericton, NS
Alfred G. Bailey Prize, Judge Laurence Hutchman
Winner – “What We Don’t Think of Packing,” Eleonore Schönmaier, Halifax, NS
HM – “Ghosts of Love and Weather,” Kathy Mac, Fredericton, NB
HM – “In the room that become a forest,” Susan Young, Vancouver, BC
Please note: due to a lack of qualifying entries
we did not award the Sheree Fitch Prize this year.
