April 25, 2022--The Writers' Federation of New Brunswick (WFNB) has announced the winners of its annual New Brunswick Writing Competition. The winners will be celebrated at a literary soiree on Friday evening, June 3, at St. Thomas University, as part of WFNB’s annual WordSpring writing festival, this year to be held in Fredericton.
The program celebrates eight categories of unpublished writing, including the inaugural Jane LeBlanc Screenwriting Award, for unpublished short film script. Seven more categories of novel, short story, single poem, poetry manuscript, books for and by young people, and narrative non-fiction all display a diverse spectrum of writing talent in the province.
The finalists are as follows:
The David Adams Richards Prize for Fiction
Judge: Thomas Moore.
First Place – Heather Gunn (Shediac, NB), Her Wilco Years
Second Place – Vanessa Hawkins (St. George, NB) Dante's Inferno: Canto X
Third Place – Richard Toth (Riverview, NB),
Easy Up and Down
Douglas Kyle Memorial Prize
Judge: Hugh MacDonald
First Place— Andrew Campbell (Riverview, NB),
Nail House: 10048
Second Place—Eva Allen (Moncton, NB),The Gift
Third Place—Pat Post (Fredericton, NB) , The Defaulters
Honourable Mentions:
Neil Sampson (Durham Bridge, NB), House on Water Street
Sandra Bunting (Burnt Church, NB), Dali's Elephant
Angela Joynes (Columbia, Tennessee), Bandana Girls
The Alfred G. Bailey Prize for Poetry Manuscript
Judge: Trevor Corkum
First Prize:
Amy Murphy (Fredericton, NB ) Cliffs and Piles
Second Prize: Phillip Crymble (Fredericton, NB), The Rowan Berries of Winter
Third Prize: Jane Tims (Rusagonis, NB), persist, perish, escape
Honourable Mention:
Bryn Harris (Grand Manan, NB), The Anthem of the White-Throated Sparrow
The Dawn Watson Memorial Prize for Single Poem
Judge: Leigh Faulkner
First Place: Edyn Clowater (Fredericton, NB), The Story Never Told
Second Place: Shaun Cunningham (Sackville, NB) Grid Road, Saskatchewan
Third Place:
Shari Andrews (New Maryland, NB), Her Open Mouth
Honourable Mention: Shari Andrews (New Maryland, NB) Snow on Evergreen
Honourable Mention: Frederick Mundle (Moncton, NB)
One Sighting
The Accreon Books for Young People Prize
Judge: Orysia Dawydiak
First place-- Betty Sleep (Coles Island, NB), The Caterpillar That Roared
Second place-- Brandi Estey-Burtt (Zealand, NB), The Art of Repetition
Third place--Odette Barr (Petit-Cap, NB), Becoming Canadian
Honourable Mention--Nola Hicks (Midgic, NB), Reach for the Rain
The Sheree Fitch Prize for Teen Writers
Judge: Lana Button
First Place—Meaghan Whittier (Saint John, NB), Through a Child’s Eyes
Second Place—Tori Garnett (Saint John, NB), Teenage Years
Third Place—Caleb Bulmer (Moncton), The Main Act
Honourable Mention— Simon Hatfield (Saint John, NB), A Desperately Needed Change
The Narrative Non-Fiction Prize
Judge: Sandra Phinney
First place: Trenton Pomeroy (Rothesay, NB), The Dances We Do With Our Children
Second place: Deborah Carr (Hillsborough, NB), Ashes to Ashes
Third place: Duncan Matheson (Fredericton, NB), On The Overnight Train from London
The Jane LeBlanc Screenwriting Award
Judge: Tracey Lavigne
First Place: Sue Rose (Sackville, NB), The Getaway Tree
Second Place—Gordon Mihan (Fredericton, NB) Happy Campers
Honourable Mention— Jeremy Bouchard (Moncton, NB), Two Angels
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