​25th Annual International  Writing Contest​  Winners 


​Poetry:

3rd Place Carmen Kinniburgh of Thunder Bay for her poem Wild Rose.

2nd Place Chantel Daniels of Peterborough for her three poems Purgatory is Earwigs in Basement Apartments, Carnie, and Empty Roll.
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1st Place Elizabeth Pszczolko of Thunder Bay for her three poems Waking, Winter Poem, and I Am Happy. 

Creative Nonfiction:

3rd place Denarii Peters of Lincolnshire, England for her story Only One Man Died.

2nd place Celia Chandler of Toronto for her story Why.

1st place Tanis MacDonald of the Grand River Region for her story Perfectly Good.

Literary Critical Writing:

3rd place J.F. Foulds of Thunder Bay for Gateway to Reconciliation: a Review of Richard Wagamese’s Keeper ’n Me.

2 place John Pringle of Atikokan for his review of the book The Passenger by Cormic McCarthy.

1st place Brenda Fisk for her review of the work of Graham G. Harris.

Short Fiction:
(only one prize awarded)

1st place Defne Suman of Athens, Greece, for her story Hitchhiker. 

Short Crime Fiction:

3rd place JE Crossman of southwest England for her
story The Gamble. 

2nd place Willow Healy of California for her story One Hundred Million Shades of Colour. 
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1st place John Pringle of Atikokan for his story Sunflowers.


Bill MacDonald Prize for Prose (fiction set in NWO)
(only two prizes awarded)
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2nd  place Irene McCuaig of Kenora for her story Unfettered. 

1st  place Jack Shedden of Thunder Bay for his story Dickie Birds.

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Writing Contest is no longer accepting submissions. Contest closed at midnight February 28, 2023.
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Contest Rules
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Contest Judges

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We work  with a selection of Canada's most prestigious writers.
​To find out more about our 2023  judges, select the button below for their bios.
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​​We look forward to another exciting contest year and thank everyone for their participation and support.