Fiction Manuscript
2024 Judge: Trudy J. Morgan
Trudy Morgan-Cole is a writer and educator in St. John's, Newfoundland. She is the author of numerous works of historical fiction including By the Rivers of Brooklyn, Most Anything You Please, and A Sudden Sun. Her latest work, the Cupids Trilogy (A Roll of the Bones, Such Miracles and Mischiefs, A Company of Rogues), is a fictional exploration of the earliest English settlements on the island of Newfoundland. Trudy's particular interest is in uncovering and re-imagining the lost and silenced voices of women in history. 2022-23 Judge: Michelle WamboldtWinnersFirst 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 MooreWinnersFirst Place: Heather Gunn, Her Wilco Years Second Place: Vanessa Hawkins, Dante's Inferno: Canto X Third Place: Richard Toth, Easy Up and Down | About David Adams Richards"I won the David Adams Richards prize (for a collection of short stories) in 2005. I was super happy to have that as a thing to mention in every single query letter I sent to agents and publishers trying to get published. My advice: Enter." Riel Nason, Quispamsis: Award-winning author |