2020 WFNB Writing Competition Award Winners

(Writer bios can be found here)

David Adams Richards Prize (fiction manuscript)
Judge: Donna Morrissey

• First place winner: Roger Moore (Island View, NB), On Being Welsh
• Second place winner: Colin Thornton (Shediac, NB), King Nut
• Third place winner: Neil Sampson (Durham Bridge, NB), Tales in Vanilla Voice
• Honourable Mentions:  Vanessa C Hawkins (St. George, NB), Ed Lemond (Dieppe, NB), Jim Read (Saint John, NB), Andrea Kikuchi (Saint John, NB)

Alfred G. Bailey Prize (poetry manuscript)
Judge: Mark Callanan

• First place winner: Kathy Mac (Fredericton, NB), Sidekicks and Love Interests
• Second place winner: Roger Moore (Island View, NB), The Nature of Art and the Art of Nature
• Third place winner: Jane Tims (Rusagonis, NB), A Glimpse of Sickle Moon

Douglas Kyle Memorial Prize (short fiction)
Judge: Ida Linehan Young

• First place winner: Brent Mason (Saint John, NB), Root Cellar
• Second place winner: Trent Pomeroy (Rothesay, NB), Bottomless
• Third place winner: Martha Vowles (Grand Bay-Westfield), Camp Tamarack
• Honourable Mentions:  Derek Nason (Saint John), Allan Hudson (Cocagne, NB)

Narrative Nonfiction Prize
Judge: Judy McFarlane

• First place winner: Trenton Pomeroy (Rothesay, NB), The Vanishing Hope of Singing
• Second place winner: Shaun Cunningham (Sackville, NB), Where I’m From
• Third place winner: Roger Moore (Island View, NB), An Exercise in Writing

Dawn Watson Memorial Prize (single poem)
Judge: Barry Dempster

• First place winner: Melanie Craig-Hansford (Erbs Cove, NB), Sol Invictus
• Second place winner: Brent Mason (Saint John, NB), Heart of the Heart
• Third place winners: Laura Watson (Sackville, NB), Spell for Learning How to Float ;
  Carol Steel (Grand Digue, NB), Squabbles and Promises

Fog Lit Books For Young People Prize
Judge: Jan Coates

• First place winner: Cheryl Thomas (Lower Coverdale, NB), Rainy Day Parade
• Second place winner: Cheryl Thomas (Lower Coverdale, NB), Willowee Willameena Wannabee
• Third place winner: Loie Dunn (Hillsborough, NB), The Magical Confectioner

Sheree Fitch Prize for Teen Writers
Judge: Heather Smith

• First place winner: Kennedy Flander (Hampton, NB), Grief
• Second place winner: Michael Couglin (Florenceville-Bristol, NB), Runaways
• Third place winner: Tori Garnett (Saint John, NB), The Last Pain