Announcing the winners of The Writers’ Collective 2009 Poetry Contest
and
Winnipeg Free Press/Writers’ Collective 2009 Non-Fiction Contest:
Poetry
1st Prize:”Goramedes” – Jason Booth
2nd Prize: Untitled –Tara Wohlberg
3rd Prize: “red alligators” Deanne Coombs
Honourable Mentions — Poetry: (in no particular order)
“bread” — Debbie Strange
Untitled –Jaime Drew
“Laundry Basket” — Christie Fischer
“Dad’s House” — Stephen Daniel Berendt
Non-Fiction
1st Prize: “Charlie, My Shepherd” by Beverley Johnston
2nd Prize: “Beloved Aunt” by John Barsby
3rd Prize: “I Should Have Known Better” by Adele Pronchuk
Runners Up – Non-Fiction
1st Runner Up: “A Not So Perfect Autumn Evening” Debbie Miller
2nd Runner Up: “A Life Lesson” by Paul Bilodeau
3rd Runner Up: “The Little Things” by Cheryl Girard
Thank you to everyone who entered, and congratulations to the winners!
Awards will be presented Thursday, December 3rd at 7pm, at the Millennium Library’s Carol Shields Auditorium. The event is open to the public and will include readings of the winners and light refreshments, so please feel free to join us!
