Supporting writing and literature in Northwestern Ontario by encouraging developing writers and providing opportunities for established writers through education, networking and promotion.
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LitFest 2018 - Pictorial Highlights
20th Annual International Writing Contest Winners - 2018
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Poetry
Judge: Mr. George Elliot Clarke 1st Place: Holly Haggarty Title: Poems from the Season of Paradise 2nd Place: Siobhan Farrell Title: Snow on Cedars 3rd Place: Shannon Anderson Title: Angry Young Woman |
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Short Fiction
Judge: Ms. Heather O'Neill 1st Place: Kirsti Salmi Title: Fifty Fifty 2nd Place: Doug Diaczuk Title: I want to tell you about Danny 3rd Place: Jacob MacEachern Title: The Meat King |
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Historical Fiction
Judge: Mr. Ross King 1st Place: Doug Diaczuk Title: The Snap of a Bird's Wing 2nd Place: Jane Crossman Title: Golden Lotus 3rd Place: Joan M. Baril Title: The Northern Lights |
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Creative Nonfiction
Judge: Ms. Helen Humphreys 1st Place: Brenda Fisk Title: The Right Thing 2nd Place: Susan Rogers Title: The Locker Room 3rd Place: Sue Blott Title: The Penpal: A Memoir |
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Bill MacDonald Prize for Prose (Nonfiction)
Judge: Mr. Michael Christie 1st Place: Joan M. Baril Title: Currents 2nd Place: E. B. Page Title: Morning Musings on a Road Well Travelled 3rd Place: Michael Ward Title: Where the Highway Ends |
Winners of the Kouhi Award and the Margaret Phillips Award 2018
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Kouhi Award
Winner: Ruby Slipperjack |
The Margaret Phillips Award
Winner: Elinor Barr |
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NOWW presents its first anthology of winning stories
from the annual Writing Contest Twenty Years on Snowshoes Copies of the anthology will be on sale at all NOWW events including readings and workshops, at Chapters in Thunder Bay, the Fireweed www.fireweedcrafts.ca/,
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Events |
Readings
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Workshops
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Don't miss out on some fantastic NOWW and Community Events
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Stay up to date on all our Readings and don't miss a single one!
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Mark your calendars for our workshops to help perfect your writing.
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The Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop (NOWW), a not-for-profit organization, is a group for writers, seasoned and new, who hail from Northwestern Ontario, Canada. We do readings, offer writing workshops, and run an annual writing contest. Most of all, we provide inspiration and support to our members, and work hard to put them on the literary map! Looking for more information about what's going on outside of Thunder Bay in the Region? You've found it!
Are you a writer or organization looking for financial or volunteer support from NOWW? Read up on our guidelines and
find out how to apply |
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