We had over 140 entries in 7 categories and the competition was fierce.
David Adams Richards Prize for Fiction, Judge Jeff Bursey, PEI
Winner
Barry Grenon, Hampton, NB, “The Formosa Papers”
Finalists:
Roger Moore, Island View, NB, “People of the Mist”
Richard Toth, Bathurst, NB, “The Shortest Distance Between Two Points, a Novella”
Honourable Mention
Kelly Cooper, Belleisle Creek, NB, “Spiral”
Alfred G. Bailey Prize for Poetry, Judge matt robinson, NS
Winner
Jennifer Houle, Fredericton, NB, “The Back Channels”
Finalists:
Elena E. Johnson, Alma, NB, “Edge Effect”
Diane Reid, Fredericton, NB, “Tea Party”
Honourable Mention:
Edward Gates, Belleisle Creek, NB, “Root Cellar Poems”
Short Fiction, Judge Gerard Collins, NL
Winner
Jane Gillies, Belleisle Creek, NB, “The Bedclothes Baby”
Finalists:
Dawn Watson, Fredericton, NB, “Black Crystal and a Large Black Pearl”
Susan Dean, Moncton, NB, “In Amplexus”
Honourable Mention:
Cindy Rule, Miramichi, NB “Whole on the Shore”
Chris Wilson, Moncton, NB, “Journey to the Promised Land”
Jason Lawson, Main River, NB “The Date”
Individual Poem, Judge Zach Wells, NS
Winner
Colleen Goguen, Saint John, NB, “Ode for Owls”
Finalists:
Gail Taylor, Saint John, NB, “Elegy: the Deep and the Green”
Gail Taylor, Saint John, NB, “Light Like Honey”
Honourable Mention
Diane Reid, Fredericton, NB “The Crippled Leckie”
Non-Fiction, Judge Mike Heffernan, NL
Winner
Johanna Bertin, Smithfield, NB, “14 Days in Morocco”
Finalists:
Caroline Sawyer, Moncton, NB, “The fault, dear Brutus…”
Wayne Curtis, Fredericton, NB, “Autumnal River”
Sheree Fitch Prize for Writers Aged 14 – 18, Judge Jennifer McGrath Kent, NB
1st, Jeffrey Probert, Fredericton, NB, “The Search”
2nd, Jena Hudson, Rexton, NB, “The Watcher”
3rd, Erin Smith, Moncton, NB, “The Storyteller”
Childrens Literature, Judge Jennifer McGrath Kent, NB
Winner
Sarah Butland, Moncton, NB, “Blood Day”
Finalists:
Sabrina Stace, Moncton, NB, “Reflection”
Beth McLaughlin, Moncton, NB, “Timeline”
