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”
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Past winners
comments:
Please convey to the
Board of Directors of WFNB and to Jo-Anne Elder, Judge in the Poetry
Category of the 2009 Literary Competition, my sincere thanks for being
named first place winner for my poem, “Celtic Trilogy”. I am
most honored to be the recipient of this award and the evening at the
Literary Awards Banquet will remain forever in my memory as a highlight
in my writing career.
Thank you for giving a
“late comer” to the writing world an opportunity to grow and develop.
This has given me courage and confidence to continue.
Bless you all,
Sincerely,
Margaret Patricia Eaton
...The WFNB has a strong
reputation among writers across Canada, particularly regarding the
administration and provision of your annual Literary Competition. It is
seen as a premiere competition, with a very high level of
prestige, and I am privileged to be connected with the Federation
through this award.
Sincerely,
Sandra Ridley
Winner of the
Alfred G. Bailey Prize for her manuscript DOWNWINDERS, adjudicated by
Peter Richardson.
Dear contest
administrators,
My manuscript, ACADIAN
STAR, placed second in your writing competition this year in the
Children's Literature category. Since then, I'm happy to say, I've
found a publisher and ACADIAN STAR will be published this fall by
Nimbus Publishing. I thought you would like to know what a wonderful
impact your competition has had on one writer's life.
Sincere thanks to Sylvia
McNicoll and the WFNB for the hard work in judging and executing this
competition.
All the best,
Hélène Boudreau
WFNB Literary
Competition 2011 Rules
The WFNB Annual
Literary Competition was established in 1984, and awards prizes of
nearly $1500 each year.
Please
note:
the competition is open to New Brunswick residents and all members of
the WFNB.
Professional,
out of province writers judge entries for a very reasonable fee. All
judging is blind.
The
results of the competition are announced in the spring at
the WFNB Annual
Dinner held during WordsSpring and all entrants are invited to attend
and read from their work. Winners receive a cash prize and
provincial recognition.
Competition
winners have gone on to publish their work in magazines and with
major publishing houses. (Editors are always impressed with contest
winners!)
The WFNB encourages
all New Brunswick writers to take pride in their work and enter the
competition.
COMPETITION
RULES
Entries in
Individual Poems category should not exceed 100 lines. Short Fiction
category should not exceed 4,000 words. Children’s Literature
category alternates between writing for juvenile and young adults,
with 2011 being young adult fiction, word limit 10,000. Entries for
the Bailey Prize must be between 48 and 96 pages, while entries for
the Richards Prize must be between 15,000 and 30,000 words.
Entries
must be original and not previously published.
First
place winners from the previous year cannot enter category in which
they won.
The
competition is open to both amateur and professional writers.
Prizes may
not be awarded at the discretion of the judges.
Entries
must be typewritten, double spaced, on one side of 8 1/2 x 11"
paper, pages numbered. Text only; entries with illustrations
will not be accepted.
Directors
and executive of the WFNB are ineligible to enter.
Author’s
name, entry title and category in which it is entered must be on a
separate page.
Do not
submit your only copy. No SASE required as manuscripts will not be
returned. Winners will be notified in April prior to WordsSpring in
May. A list of winners will be posted on the website announced via
news release to the media.
Mail
entries or direct enquiries to: WFNB, PO Box 306, Moncton, NB E1C
8L4.
An entry
fee of $15 (members) $20 (non-members) should accompany each
submission in the Individual Poems, Short Fiction, and Non fiction
categories; an entry fee of $20 (members) $25 (non-members) should
accompany each submission in the Children’s Literature category;
the Richards & Bailey manuscript categories should be
accompanied by a $30 fee; there is no fee to enter Sheree Fitch
Prize.
direct
inquiries to:
WFNB
Literary Competition
P.O. Box 306
Moncton, NB E1C
8L4
Phone:
(506) 459-7228
e-mail:
wfnb@nb.aibn.com
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