LitFest 2025 May 16-17
 Michael Sobota and Marianne Jones, photo by Alan Dickson Photography
Another LitFest in the books! It was a great time, with a packed house for the Reading and Q&A at Definitely Superior Art Gallery, a bustling Book Fair and Literary Market at Goods & Co., and a delightful Gala Dinner and Literary Awards Party on Saturday night. NOWW would like to congratulate Michael Sobota on winning the Margaret Phillips Award, and Marianne Jones for winning the Kouhi Award! Both are deserving recipients and we are proud to have them as part of our literary community!
27th annual NOWW Literary Awards winners
Poetry
Judge: Yvonne Blomer First Place Invocation/Invitation by Laura Montgomery Second Place 3 Excerpts from ‘out of pity,’ a poetry novel by Elisabeth Blair Third Place The Original Sin: A Collection of Three Poems by Evien Berry The Bill MacDonald Prize (Fiction) Judge: Rebekah Skochinski First Place The Stealing Wind by Sue Blott Second Place The One by Makenzi Fisk Third Place The Lunker Jack by Mitchell Toews Critical Review Judge: Adrian Lysenko First Place Piranesi by Debbie Metzler Second Place Small Things Like These by John Pringle Creative Nonfiction Judge: Murgatroyd Monaghan First Place Alligator Traveller by Mihriban Pekguleryuz Second Place Spirited by Kim Fahner Third Place A Silent Bullet by Chro Zand Congratulations to all the winners and entrants! For more photos, click HERE!
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Upcoming EventsMay 16-17
LitFest 2025 - Done! Two days of workshops, readings and a gala celebration including the announcement of the 2025 Writing Contest winners. |
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CONTESTS
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Supporting writing and literature in Northwestern Ontario by encouraging developing writers and providing opportunities for established writers through education, networking and promotion.
We would like to acknowledge funding support from the Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Ontario.
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