Fiction Manuscript

• Story collection, novella, or novel extract by a NB resident author or WFNB member
• 15,000 to 30,000 words
• Individual stories can be previously published, but a novella or novel extract must be unpublished
• First Prize $400, Second Prize $200, Third Prize 1 year WFNB membership

2025 Judge: Sue Murtagh

Winners

First Place:                Kelly Alcorn (Rollingdam), Delilah’s on the Radio

Second Place:           Denise L. McClure (Grand Falls) Helyn of Dumnonia

Third Place:               A.D.(Andrew) MacDonald (Saint John) The Bigness

2024 Judge: Trudy J. Morgan

Winners

First Place: Confessions of a Binge Drinker – Alison Taylor, Fredericton

Second Place: Happenstance, Thomas Chamberlain, Rothesay

Third Place: Little Blue Dancers, John McNeil, Fredericton

Honourable Mention: The Watering of the Girls, Jane Simpson, Belleisle Creek

2022-23 Judge: Michelle Wamboldt 

Winners

First Place: Zev Bagel (Shediac, NB), Seeking Isak Lowenstein

Second Place: Ed Lemond (New Richmond, QC), The Last Thing She Said

Third Place: Kelly Alcorn (Rollingdam, NB), Grand Manan

2021-22 Judge: Thomas Moore

Winners

First Place: Heather Gunn, Her Wilco Years

Second Place: Vanessa Hawkins, Dante's Inferno: Canto X

Third Place: Richard Toth, Easy Up and Down