Single Poem

• Single poem by a New Brunswick resident author or WFNB member
• Up to 100 lines
• First Prize $200, Second Prize $100, Third Prize 1 year WFNB membership

2026 Judge: Sharon Berg

Sharon Berg’s work appears in periodicals internationally (Canada, USA, Mexico, Chile, England, Wales, The Netherlands, Romania, Germany, Siberia, India, Persia, Singapore, and Australia). Her poetry books include: To a Young Horse, Borealis (1979);The Body Labyrinth, Coach House (1984); and Stars in the Junkyard, Cyberwit (2020) was an International Book Award Finalist. Her short fiction collection, Naming the Shadows, was published by Porcupine’s Quill (2019) and her nonfiction The Name Unspoken: Wandering Spirit Survival School, BPR Press (2019) won a 2020 IPPY Award for Regional Nonfiction. Sharon interviewed authors for Artisanal Writer for 19 issues (2022/2023) and is resident interviewer (2023-continuous) for The tEmz Review. Her book reviews appear in ARC, Freefall, Event, Poetry Canada Review, The Pacific Rim Review of Books, and on the League of Canadian Poets website. Sharon operates Big Pond Rumours Chapbook Press and Oceanview Writers Retreat at Charlottetown, Terra Nova National Park in Newfoundland, Canada.

2025 Judge: Anita Lahey

Winners:

First Place:                Susan Dean (Alma), The Door to My Heart

Second Place:           Frederick Mundle (Moncton), Once a Man

Third Place:               Bryn Harris (Grand Manan), The Thing Missing

Honourable Mentions:

                                    Susan Dean (Alma), Reverence

                                    Mira Dietz Chiasson (Sackville), Ulla

2024 Judge: Jeanette Lynes
Winners

First Prize: A Crack in the Idyllic – Author, KC Clark, Saint Andrews

Second Prize: Time Moves Backwards for Herakles in the Dollhouse – Author, Grace Taylor, Fredericton

Third Prize: Expiration – Author, Melanie Craig-Hansford, Hampton

Honourable Mention: Red Mug – Author, Jennifer McMullin, Fredericton

2022 - 2023 Judge: Dr. Sean Wiebe

Winners

First Place: Melanie Craig-Hansford (Hampton, NB), My other ride is your Mother

Second Place: Heather Gunn (Shediac, NB), Cosmopolitan Magazine says I should be Tangled in the Sheets

Third Place: Melanie Craig-Hansford (Hampton, NB), The Night I Lost Her

2021 - 2022 Judge: Leigh Faulkner

Winners

First Place: Edyn Clowater, The Story Never Told

Second Place: Shaun Cunningham, Grid Road, Saskatchewan

Third Place: Shari Andrews, Her Open Mouth

Honourable Mention: Shari Andrews, Snow on Evergreen

Honourable Mention: Frederick Mundle, One Sighting