SHORT-STORY CONTESTfor Young Writers

First Prize - $200.00Christopher Sanford Beck for The Tunnel

Second Prize - $100.00Bailey Gardien for Broken Crown

Third Prize - $50.00Maddison Konway for Forever and Always

Honourable MentionsMadeika Vercella for The Death SerumAlyssa Canfield for The DragonZoe Mathers for The Night WolfMargaret Yao for When Robbie Moved InAshanti Christian for The Underground CityRachel Brown for The Waking WorldVivian Xie for The Dog HumansGwen Whittaker for The ChaseDylan Shui for Sillysaurus and the LoggerEmma Erhardt for The Biggest Octopus . . . Ever!

2015 ANNUALCONTEST RESULTS

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POETRY CONTESTfor Young Writers

First Prize - $200.00Nicole Green for Stones

Second Prize - $100.00Ania Kolbuszewska for Moonbeam Shutters

Third Prize - $50.00Lora Jackson for Love Me All the Same

Honourable MentionsShawn Chang for A Dream?Elizabeth Hua for HollowAnnette Guadet for Lost MemoriesCharlotte Cherkewski for Love Takes Its TollOrion Ng for Hope for HiroshimaDiba Heydary for The Legacy of the Perhaps WithinPetra Simpson for RebirthStuti Sharma for MysticalAlexander Lo for The AlligatorAabjosh Singh for Hammy

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SHORT-STORY CONTEST

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Second Prize - $250.00Ken Puddicombe for The Underground

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Honourable MentionsTony Gryner for TenacityChad Weiss for I’d LieDonald G. Martel for The Code of SilenceConnie Cook for The Loneliest of LonelyJohn Corvese for Last Phase of the MoonDavid Hawkins for Way to GoLeftie Aubé for Can’t Stand It AnymoreStephen Nolan for Bored as HellDevan Chiappetta McCannel for PortobelloLinda Najjar for Inter Nos

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POETRY CONTEST

First Prize - $500.00Wisteria Wildwood for Timber

Second Prize - $250.00Nick LeBlanc for Dynamics

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Honourable MentionsMelanie Flores for I Remember CherriesJulie Leroux for The Night SkyAbbey Pagée for The Disadvantages of Organized Lawn MowingRobyn Tocker for From the Ashes You Will LearnEileen Bell for Rocking ChairErica Lewis for DesertionLindsay Fumerton for Remember MeKristen Unrau for A Sincere Apology to the GalaxyJamie Kihira for This GirlKate Lightstone for Closed Door, Unlocked

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