See you September  2026

LitFest 2026
THANK YOU ALL FOR ANOTHER AMAZING WEEKEND!
​SEE YOU AT LITFEST 2027!!! 

Bill MacDonald Prize for Prose - Creative Nonfiction  (Jeanette Lynes, Judge)

First Place                   Elsie Neufeld            Miracle Ice
Second Place              Makenzi Fisk            Picking the Bones
Third Place                  Jenny Sharpe           The Old is Made New
Honourable Mention    Debbie Metzler         Where the Silver Wolf Sleeps
        
Critical Review  (Steven W Beattie, Judge)

First Place                John Pringle           Flesh
Second Place           Makenzi Fisk          The Heretics Daughter
Third Place               Sue Blott                The Woman Who Loves Giraffes
        
Poetry (Hannah Green, Judge)
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First Place            Hans Jorg Stahlschmidt        Our Bodies Aren't Made for Staying, 3 poems
Second Place       Siobhan Farrell                      Fable of a Babbling Brook
Third Place           Jonathan Focht                      Five Poems
        
Short Fiction (Leila Marshy, Judge)

First Place                Margie Taylor             Go Fish
Second Place           Mike Spear                The Bluebird
Third Place               Sue Blott                    All The Blues of Winter
$40.
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Thursday September 24,
Annual General Meeting
6:30 pm 
Information to follow
EVENTS
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READINGS
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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 Estate of Bill MacDonald and from our members. ​