• Unpublished short story or poem written by teens age 13 to 18
• Short story–up to 4,000 words; or poem–up to 100 lines
• Only two submissions per person
• First Prize $200, Second Prize $100, Third Prize $50 

• Entry is free! New Brunswick resident students only
  
  How to Participate: 
  
  

• Email your submission and your cover letter to info@wfnb.ca (a cover letter includes your name, address, what school you attend, contact phone number and brief bio) 
• Use the subject line: "Sheree Fitch Prize"
  

2026 Judge: Aren Morris

First Place:         Mia Yang (Quispamsis), The Scent That Sticks

Second Place:    Sophie Arsenau (Carlow), The Café

Third Place:        Devangana Sharma (Fredericton), Between Red and Green

Honourable Mentions:

Madeleine Gershon (Saint John), The Girl in the Mirror

2025 Judge: Jacqueline Halsey

Winners

First Place:         Quinn Mallaley Ryan (Johnville, NB), Dooly

Second Place:     Nadirah Enitan-Adelakun (Moncton, NB), She

Third Place:         Mallory Pitzner (Quispamsis, NB), The Gift of Mortality

Honourable Mentions:

Athena Whitman The Angel and The Devil

Lilyana Page, Murker

Maya Bishop, A Journey

Sarah Langille, The Family Tradition

Madeline Bowie, The Corn Maze

Tyler Prasad, Resses and Rex

Athena Whitman, Little Ball of Rage

2024 Judge: Jay McGrath

Winners

First Place, Yutong (Teresa) Wu, Moncton, Sunken Ship of Theseus  

Second Place, Allison O’Reilly, Quispamsis, Nameless  

Third Place: Madeline Bowie, Fredericton, Where I’m From  

Honourable Mentions:

Sarah Hackett,  The Wolf Cries 

Ziwen Wang,   Wait For Me To Come Home 

Lilyana Page,  Goldilocks and the Wolf

Eliza Johnson,  Lost Echoes 

Quinn Ryan, Centerstage

Ibtihaaj

Enitan-Adelakun, Melting Horizons 

Sarah Harfoush, Mind of Walls

2022 - 2023 Judge: Hope Dalvay

Winners

First Place: Charlotte Upright (Moncton, NB), A Valley of Burnt Skies

Second Place: Grace Pusey (Grand Bay-Westfield, NB), Floopinsbag, Duffelnoth, and Sir George the Scared

Third Place: Liam Johnson (Saint John, NB), Winter’s Claws

2021 - 2022 Judge: Lana Button

Winners

First Place: Meaghan Whittier, Through a Child’s Eyes

Second Place: Tori Garnett, Teenage Years

Third Place: Caleb Bulmer, The Main Act

Honourable

Mention: Simon Hatfield, A Desperately Needed Change