Supporting writing and literature in Northwestern Ontario by encouraging developing writers and providing opportunities for established writers through education, networking and promotion.

LitFest 2020
Celebrating Literature in Northwestern Ontario 

NOWW Writing Contest Winners 2020

Short Fiction
Judge: Madeleine Thien

1st Place
Heart Blood
John Pringle

2nd Place
You Must Stay Put
Tina Petrick

3rd Place
Island
Mo Markham
Creative Nonfiction
Judge: Russell Smith

1st Place
Chasing Bubbles
Susan Eldridge-Vautour

2nd Place
Routine Traffice Stop
Marlene Elder

3rd Place
Threadbare Smile
​Cindy Matthews
Poetry
Judge: Gwen Benaway

1st Place
Three Poems for Persephone
Kim Fahner

2nd Place
Homeless Series
Debbie Metzler

3rd Place
Mexican Skies
​Siobhan Farrell
Art Review
Judge: Steven Beattie

1st Place
Blood on the Tracks
John Pringle

2nd Place
Still I Rise
Sue Blott

3rd Place
The Jane Austen Project
​Jennifer Sharpe
Bill MacDonald Prize for Prose (Nonfiction) 
​Judge: Amy Jones

1st Place
Kenogamisis River Moose Hunt, 1981
James Simpson

2nd Place
Granny's Garden
Debbie Metzler

3rd Place
The Boreal Spirit
​John Pringle

THANK YOU TO OUR CONTEST SPONSORS

Short Fiction  (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place):      Thunder Bay Writers Guild
Poetry  (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place):   Lakehead University, Faculty of  Social Sciences and Humanities
Creative Nonfiction  (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place).  Gail Linklater
​​Art Review  (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place):   Michael Sobota

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